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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambertz, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Temas:
Sekai Kyūseikyō > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo)
Sekai Kyūseikyō
Cults > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Aesthetics, Japanese > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Esthétique japonaise > Congo (République démocratique) > Kinshasa.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Aesthetics, Japanese
Cults
Kinshasa (Congo) > Religious life and customs.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 'Light in the darkness' : towards a Congolese spiritual movement 'from Japan'
  • Occult sciences : il-/legitimate secrecy and the infrapolitics of suspicion
  • Blossoming boundaries : re-/production and contestation of Japanese flower practices
  • Cleansing the city : ritual attachment to urban space
  • Experiencing faith : crisis, miracles and spiritual healing
  • (In) touch without contact : Johrei and the aura of the self
  • Vibrating words : performative silence and the power of words
  • Imported tradition : 'ancestor worship' as reverse orientalism
  • Conclusion.

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