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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY Oxford
Berghahn
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Democratic Republic
/ Congo (État Indépendant)
/ Kinshasa
/ Sekai-Kyuseikyo
/ Sect
/ New religion
/ Aesthetics
/ Japanese
/ Religious life
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| Further subjects: | B
Aesthetics, Japanese (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa)
B Cults (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa) B Sekai Kyūseikyō Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa B Kinshasa (Congo) Religious life and customs B Sekai Kyūseikyō (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa) B Cults Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa B Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo) B Aesthetics, Japanese Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | 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'.--Publisher's summary |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leipzig and Utrecht, 2015, under the title: Divisive matters : aesthetic difference and authority in a Congolese spiritual movement "from Japan". - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 178533669X |