Transcripts of the sacred in Nigeria : beautiful, monstrous, ridiculous /

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"Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria explores how the sacred plays itself out in contemporary Africa. It offers a creative analysis of the logics and dynamics of the sacred (understood as the constellation of im/possibility available to a given community) in religion, politics, epistemology, e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wariboko, Nimi, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Religion and culture > Nigeria.
Religion and state > Nigeria.
Postcolonialism > Nigeria.
Possibility.
Holy, The.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
Politics and government.
Postcolonialism.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Ambiguity of the Sacred
  • Interlude: Methodological Matters and a Theory of African Postcolony
  • The Sacred as Im/possibility
  • Demons as Guests: Aesthetics of Pentecostal Prayers
  • The Pentecostal Incredible
  • Production of Violence in the Postcolony
  • Chosenness, Spirituality, and the Weight of Blackness
  • Disruption and Promise: The Religious Powers of Development
  • Conclusion.

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