The spectacular and the spirits: charismatics and neo-traditionalists on Ghanaian television

This paper deals with the visual culture of Pentecostalism as it is produced and broadcast on TV by the numerous and very successful Charismatic-Pentecostal "media ministries" in Ghana. It argues that a transnationally circulating Pentecostal program format has become paradigmatic not only...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witte, Marleen de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Taylor & Francis [2005]
In: Material religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 314-334
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 166728052X
003 DE-627
005 20190612093452.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 190612s2005 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.2752/174322005778054050  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)166728052X 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP166728052X 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)105170989X  |0 (DE-627)786608579  |0 (DE-576)262823543  |4 aut  |a Witte, Marleen de 
109 |a Witte, Marleen de  |a DeWitte, Marleen  |a De Witte, Marleen 
245 1 4 |a The spectacular and the spirits  |b charismatics and neo-traditionalists on Ghanaian television  |c Marleen de Witte 
264 1 |c [2005] 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This paper deals with the visual culture of Pentecostalism as it is produced and broadcast on TV by the numerous and very successful Charismatic-Pentecostal "media ministries" in Ghana. It argues that a transnationally circulating Pentecostal program format has become paradigmatic not only for local Pentecostal groups but also for other religions seeking media access. Comparing Charismatic-Pentecostal and African traditionalist media use, it further examines the specific relationship between the visual and the spiritual in both religions. Conceiving of religion as a practice of mediation, creating links between the visible world and the invisible, spiritual world, the paper looks at how older forms of religious mediation relate to newer forms of technological mediation. It traces the success of the televisual culture of Charismatic-Pentecostalism to the similarity between the dominant formats, styles, and modes of address of the medium of television and those of mediating the spirit in Charismatic religious practice. Traditional practices of spiritual communication, on the other hand, are closely linked to secrecy and seclusion with little emphasis on visuality and esthetics and do not easily translate into public spectacle. The alternative, neo-traditionalist spectacles created for public consumption, then, lack the charisma and spiritual power that characterize Charismatic television. 
601 |a Charismatiker 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Material religion  |d Abingdon : Taylor & Francis, 2005  |g 1(2005), 3, Seite 314-334  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)490718434  |w (DE-600)2192970-1  |w (DE-576)273875507  |x 1751-8342  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:1  |g year:2005  |g number:3  |g pages:314-334 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.2752/174322005778054050  |x Resolving-System  |3 Volltext 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 3486190733 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 166728052X 
LOK |0 005 20190612090708 
LOK |0 008 190612||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a rwrk 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL