Life Trajectories in the Language Games of Islamic Reform and Pentecostalism in Cape Town
I present two individuals in Cape Town as they became religious leaders in Islamic reform and Christian Pentecostalism respectively. This essay pays attention to the place of charisma generated in their practices, how they relate to existing traditions and institutions, and how they introduce innova...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-20 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cape Town
/ Congregational leadership
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Islam
/ Reform
/ Language game
/ History 1980-2015
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Charisma
B Pentecost B Cape Town B RELIGIOUS leadership B Post-apartheid South Africa B Islamic Reform B religious reform |
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| Summary: | I present two individuals in Cape Town as they became religious leaders in Islamic reform and Christian Pentecostalism respectively. This essay pays attention to the place of charisma generated in their practices, how they relate to existing traditions and institutions, and how they introduce innovations over their life trajectories. Unlike most studies on Pentecostalism and Islamic reform, this essay analyses lesser-known leaders in their respective congregations and communities to illustrate what Wittgenstein has called a ‘language game’. The latter offers a perspective on how individuals inhabit a movement without being constrained by it. The language games of these movements come alive in the life trajectories of my subjects. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a5 |