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Play and Power in Religion : Collected Essays.
The relationship between religion, power and play is a promising theme in the study of religion. This collection of essays contains André Droogers' most relevant articles on their interconnectedness. Having worked on three continents, researching and lecturing in both anthropology and religiou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2011.
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| Colección: | Religion and reason.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: From Contingency to Continuity; 1. What Makes a Career?; 2. Early Parameters: Religious Pluralism, Power, and an Ambiguous Position; 3. The Congo Experience: Play, Margins, Ritual, and Eclecticism; 4. The Brazil Experience: Power, Engagement, and a Syncretistic Laboratory; 5. The Dutch Experience: Pentecostalism, Secularization, and Ludism; 6. Summation; 7. On the Structure of this Book; Acknowledgement; References; Part I Marginality, Play and Power; Margin.
- Chapter 1 Symbols of Marginality in the Biographies of Religious and Secular Innovators: A comparative study of the lives of Jesus, Waldes, Booth, Kimbangu, Buddha, Mohammed and Marx1. Introduction; 2. Jesus; 3. Waldes (Hardmeier 1960, Wakefield 1974: 43-47); 4. Booth (Sandall 1947, 1950); 5. Kimbangu (Martin 1975, Ustorf 1975); 6. Buddha (Saddhatissa 1976); 7. Mohammed (Guillaume 1968, Rodinson 1973); 8. Marx (Banning 1961, Blumenberg 1965, McLellan 1973, 1975); 9. Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 2 The Playful Seriousness of Brazilian Religiosity: Mario Quintana on Religion.
- 1. Introduction2. Contradiction is the Norm; 3. Poetry and Religion; 4. Beyond Doubts; 5. Morality; 6. God; 7. Official Religion; 8. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Inversion; Chapter 3 Paradise lost: The domestication of religious imagination; 1. Introduction; 2. The Human Apparel; 3. Simultaneity and Schemas; 4. Play; 5. Play, Power, Modernity; 6. Religion, Power, Play; 7. The Conditions for Play in Religion; 8. Paradise Regained?; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4 The Popular Use of Popular Religion: Power and Meaning in Three Brazilian Popular Religions; 1. Introduction.
- 2. Umbanda3. Pentecostalism; 4. Ecclesial Base Communities; 5. A Comparison in Conclusion; Note; References; Play and Ritual; Chapter 5 Enjoying an Emerging Alternative World: Ritual in Its Own Ludic Right; 1. Introduction; 2. The Wagenia Initiation Ritual; 3. Social Axes; 4. Comic Ritual Stages; 5. Ritual Play; 6. Schema Repertoires; 7. Conclusion: A Ludic Ritual Repertoire; References; Chapter 6 Feasts: A View from Cultural Anthropology; 1. Introduction; 2. A Significant Case; 3. A Cultural Event; 4. Feast and Ritual; 5. The Ludic; 6. Conclusion; References; Power and Meaning-making.
- Chapter 7 The Power Dimensions of the Christian Community: An Anthropological Model1. Introduction; 2. The Anthropology of Religion; 3. Culture, Repertoire, Schema; 4. The Beliefs-Oriented Dimension; 5. The Internal Dimension; 6. The External Dimension; 7. The Ethnographic Dimension; 8. Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Identity, Religious Pluralism and Ritual in Brazil: Umbanda and Pentecostalism; 1. Introduction; 2. A Framework; 3. Brazilian Religious Pluralism; 4. Umbandists and Pentecostals; 5. Umbanda, Pentecostalism and Religious Pluralism; 6. Conclusion; References; Part II Two Fields.