Confronting Disunity: Indigenous Religions as Critics of Politics in Africa
In this article, I present visions of political unity as imagined by Faith of Unity from Uganda and the Waqqeeffana Followers Association from Ethiopia. I describe how politics is mobilized through notions of disunity and unity. The organizations' critique of politics is articulated using the v...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2018
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Journal of Africana religions
Ano: 2018, Volume: 6, Número: 2, Páginas: 190-207 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Uganda
/ Äthiopien
/ Crença popular
/ Comunidade religiosa
/ Participação política
/ União nacional
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AX Relações inter-religiosas AZ Nova religião BB Religiões indígenas (de grupos étnicos) KBN África subsaariana NBN Eclesiologia NCD Ética política RB Ministério eclesiástico XA Direito |
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| Resumo: | In this article, I present visions of political unity as imagined by Faith of Unity from Uganda and the Waqqeeffana Followers Association from Ethiopia. I describe how politics is mobilized through notions of disunity and unity. The organizations' critique of politics is articulated using the vocabulary of religion, which is central to political dis/unity. Drawing on ethnographic data generated from Ethiopia and Uganda, I show that indigenous religions are, in their own right, spaces for the production of political thought attuned to the time and context of their existence. Their engagement expands the domains of the political from its usual confinesfor instance, civil society associations, parties, NGOs, and states. Paying attention to such spaces uncovers more sites in which political subjectivities are formed, shaped, and reshaped. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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