'Everything is Plastic': The Faith of Unity Movement and the Making of a Post-Catholic Religion in Uganda

One of David Chidester's long-term fascinations in the academic study of religion is his nuanced scrutiny of the sensorial features of contemporary religious life. Chidester uses an approach of multi-sensorial imagination of matter to investigate the plasticity and elasticity of religion to inn...

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Autore principale: Ukah, Asonzeh Franklin-Kennedy 1965- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: [2018]
In: Journal for the study of religion
Anno: 2018, Volume: 31, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 138-160
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Uganda / Cambiamento socio-culturale / Cambiamento religioso / Nuove religioni
Notazioni IxTheo:AD Sociologia delle religioni
AZ Nuove religioni
KBN Africa subsahariana
Altre parole chiave:B Material Religion
B Owobusobozi
B David Chidester
B post-Catholic
B African Religion
B Faith of Unity
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Riepilogo:One of David Chidester's long-term fascinations in the academic study of religion is his nuanced scrutiny of the sensorial features of contemporary religious life. Chidester uses an approach of multi-sensorial imagination of matter to investigate the plasticity and elasticity of religion to innovate and accommodate changing religious and spiritual desires and how such adaptions ensure the popularity of religious participation in a contemporary, technology-saturated society. Based on an ethnographic investigation of a new religious movement in Uganda, this essay mobilizes some of the analytical concepts developed by Chidester to think through the material dynamics of African religious life in the context of changing socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts of Africa.
ISSN:2413-3027
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2018/v31n2a6