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almafu_9961852618002883
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1 online resource (320 p.)
ISBN:
9781478090106
Series Statement:
Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People : 47
Content:
The contributors to Affective Trajectories examine the mutual and highly complex entwinements between religion and affect in urban Africa in the early twenty-first century. Drawing on ethnographic research throughout the continent and in African diasporic communities abroad, they trace the myriad ways religious ideas, practices, and materialities interact with affect to configure life in urban spaces. Whether examining the affective force of the built urban environment or how religious practices contribute to new forms of attachment, identification, and place-making, they illustrate the force of affect as it is shaped by temporality and spatiality in the religious lives of individuals and communities. Among other topics, they explore Masowe Apostolic Christianity in relation to experiences of displacement in Harare, Zimbabwe; Muslim identity, belonging, and the global ummah in Ghana; crime, emotions, and conversion to neo-Pentecostalism in Cape Town; and spiritual cleansing in a Congolese branch of a Japanese religious movement. In so doing, the contributors demonstrate how the social and material living conditions of African cities generate diverse affective forms of religious experiences in ways that foster both localized and transnational paths of emotional knowledge.Contributors. Astrid Bochow, Marian Burchardt, Rafael Cazarin, Hansjörg Dilger, Alessandro Gusman, Murtala Ibrahim, Peter Lambertz, Isabelle L. Lange, Isabel Mukonyora, Benedikt Pontzen, Hanspeter Reihling, Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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INTRODUCTION. Affective Trajectories in Religious African Cityscapes --
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PART I AFFECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURES --
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CHAPTER ONE. Affective Regenerations: Intimacy, Cleansing, and Mourning in and around Johannesburg's Dark Buildings --
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CHAPTER TWO. Emotions as Affective Trajectories of Belief in Mwari (God) among Masowe Apostles in Urban Zimbabwe --
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CHAPTER THREE. The Sites of Divine Encounter: Affective Religious Spaces and Sensational Practices in Christ Embassy and NASFAT in the City of Abuja --
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CHAPTER FOUR. Religious Sophistication in African Pentecostalism: An Urban Spirit? --
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PART II EMOTIONS ON THE MOVE --
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CHAPTER FIVE. Affective Routes of Healing: Navigating Paths of Recovery in Urban and Rural West Africa --
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CHAPTER SIX. The Cleansing Touch: Spirits, Atmospheres, and Attouchment in a "Japanese" Spiritual Movement in Kinshasa --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. Learning How to Feel: Emotional Repertoires of Nigerian and Congolese Pentecostal Pastors in the Diaspora --
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PART III EMBODIMENT, SUBJECTIVITY, AND BELONGING --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. "Those Who Pray Together": Religious Practice, Affect, and Dissent among Muslims in Asante (Ghana) --
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CHAPTER NINE. Longing for Connection: Christian Education and Emerging Urban Lifestyles in Botswana --
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CHAPTER TEN. "Here, Here Is a Place Where I Can Cry": Religion in a Context of Displacement: Congolese Churches in Kampala --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. Men of Love? Affective Conversions on Township Streets --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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CONTRIBUTORS --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1515/9781478090106
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