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Author Lambertz, Peter, author

Title Seekers and things : spiritual movements and aesthetic difference in Kinshasa / Peter Lambertz
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2018
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Contents Introduction -- 'Light in the darkness' : towards a Congolese spiritual movement 'from Japan' -- Occult sciences : il-/legitimate secrecy and the infrapolitics of suspicion -- Blossoming boundaries : re-/production and contestation of Japanese flower practices -- Cleansing the city : ritual attachment to urban space -- Experiencing faith : crisis, miracles and spiritual healing -- (In) touch without contact : Johrei and the aura of the self -- Vibrating words : performative silence and the power of words -- Imported tradition : 'ancestor worship' as reverse orientalism -- Conclusion
Summary 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
Notes 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."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2021)
Subject Sekai Kyūseikyō -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo)
SUBJECT Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo) fast
Sekai Kyūseikyō fast
Subject Cults -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Aesthetics, Japanese -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Aesthetics, Japanese
Cults
SUBJECT Kinshasa (Congo) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Kinshasa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017053066
ISBN 9781785336706
1785336703