Seekers and Things: Spiritual Movements and Aesthetic Difference in Kinshasa
Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Kyûseikyô) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localised picture of religious globalization. Guided b...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
2017
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| In: | Jahr: 2017 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Afrika
/ Demokratische Republik Kongo
/ Congo (État Indépendant)
/ Kinshasa
/ Sekai-Kyuseikyo
/ Sekte
/ Neue Religion
/ Ästhetik
/ Japanisch
/ Religiöses Leben
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| Parallele Ausgabe: | Nicht-Elektronisch
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| Zusammenfassung: | Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Kyûseikyô) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localised picture of religious globalization. Guided by an aesthetic approach to religion, the study moves beyond a focus limited to text and offers insights into the role of religious objects, spiritual technologies and aesthetic repertoires in the production and politics of difference. The boundaries between non-Christian religious minorities and the largely Christian public sphere involve fears and suspicion of ‘magic’ and ‘occult sciences’. |
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| ISBN: | 1785336703 |