An EBSCO Research Starters reference article on Santeria (Lucumi), the Afro-Cuban tradition, stating that scholars have estimated its practitioners at at least in the hundreds of thousands and possibly in the millions, while explaining that no precise count is possible because practitioners often belong to private, initiatory communities, frequently practice Santeria alongside Catholicism or another religion rather than exclusively, and have historically kept their practice secret out of fear of discrimination.
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Reliability Tier2
A curated academic reference-database entry rather than a fielded demographic study; the article itself states plainly that no reliable count exists because Santeria practitioners frequently keep their practice private and often practice more than one religion at once, which is why it gives only a wide, undated range rather than a single figure. Cited here as an honest account of the measurement difficulty itself, the same standing already given to this axis's Taoism and Confucianism points, where no organization collects formal membership at all. Citation
PublisherEBSCO Information Services
URLhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/santeria
Source Typereference article
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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