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 b...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY Oxford
Berghahn
2018
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| Dans: | Année: 2018 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Afrique
/ Demokratische Republik Kongo
/ Congo (État Indépendant)
/ Kinshasa
/ Sekai-Kyuseikyo
/ Secte
/ Nouvelles religions
/ Esthétique
/ Japonais
/ Vie religieuse
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Aesthetics, Japanese (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa)
B Cults (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa) B Sekai Kyūseikyō Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa B Kinshasa (Congo) Religious life and customs B Sekai Kyūseikyō (Congo (Democratic Republic)) (Kinshasa) B Cults Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa B Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo) B Aesthetics, Japanese Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 by an aesthetic approach to religion, the study moves beyond a focus limited to text and offers insights into the role of religious objects, spiritual technologies and aesthetic repertoires in the production and politics of difference. The boundaries between non-Christian religious minorities and the largely Christian public sphere involve fears and suspicion of 'magic' and 'occult sciences'.--Publisher's summary |
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| Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leipzig and Utrecht, 2015, under the title: Divisive matters : aesthetic difference and authority in a Congolese spiritual movement "from Japan". - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 178533669X |