Peter Lambertz

Seekers and Things

Spiritual Movements and Aesthetic Difference in Kinshasa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The study is dedicated to a hitherto largely ignored and understudied subject The voice is lent to actors, who are themselves critical of Pentecostalism Describes South-South transnationalism beyond the sphere of Pentecostalism A key example of globalisation ‘from below’

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781785336690
• ISBN-10: 178533669X
• Artikelnr.: 49021022

Autorenporträt

Peter Lambertz is a post-doc fellow at the German Historical Institute (Paris) and the Centre des recherches sur les politiques sociales in Dakar. He holds a joint PhD from the universities of Utrecht and Leipzig (Religious Studies/African Studies) and has been teaching at the Philosophat Edith Stein in Kisangani.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. 'Light in the Darkness': Towards a Congolese Spiritual Movement
'from Japan'
Chapter 2. Occult Sciences: (il)legitimate Secrecy and the Infrapolitics of
Suspicion
Chapter 3. Blossoming Boundaries: (Re-)production and Contestation of
Japanese Flower Practices
Chapter 4. Cleansing the City: Touch, Rubbish and Citizenship
Chapter 5. Experiencing Faith: Crisis, Miracles and Spiritual Healing
Chapter 6. (In) Touch without Contact: Johrei and the Aura of the Self
Chapter 7. Vibrating Words: Performative Silence and the Power of Words
Chapter 8. Imported Tradition: 'Ancestor Worship' as Reverse Orientalism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index