- Christian missionaries quickly followed European explorers to theNew World.- Missionary activities, supported by the crown, were carried out byFranciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits.- Natives, who already had well-established religious traditions, were often resistant to conversion; missionaries sought to learn the languages of the indigenous peoples.- It was not uncommon for natives to blend elements of their traditional beliefs with the new ideas introduced by the missionaries (syncretic beliefs emerged).- Increased interactions between the New and Old Worlds aided in the spread and reform of existing religions and created syncretic belief systems, such as Vodun, an indigenous religion developed in the Caribbean among African slaves that incorporates elements of .

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