Entering the world of divine desires and the varied flavors that speak to them, this volume takes a fresh approach to the anthropology of religion.
Aisha M. Americans have long been aware of the phenomenon loosely known as faith healing. Such practices most often received attention when they came into conflict with biomedical practice. During the s, however, the American cultural landscape changed dramatically and religious healing became acommonplace feature of our society.
The essays in this book chart this new reality. Insofar as healing traditions constitute the meeting ground or point of conflict between different groups, argue the authors, they provide a powerful lens through which to examine cultural changes at work. Each ofthe papers offers a particular case study.
Many emphasize gender, race, ethnicity, and class as key components of healing experiences. Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers. This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and women make up 75 percent of the membership. The contributors to Spirit on the Move examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community and access to power.
Exploring a range of topics, from Neo-Pentecostal churches in Ghana that help women challenge gender norms to evangelical gospel musicians in Brazil, the contributors show how Pentecostalism helps black women draw attention to and seek remediation from the violence and injustices brought on by civil war, capitalist exploitation, racism, and the failures of the state.
In fleshing out the experiences, theologies, and innovations of black women Pentecostals, the contributors show how Pentecostal belief and its various practices reflect the movement's complexity, reach, and adaptability to specific cultural and political formations. Pritchard, Jane Soothill, Linda van de Kamp.
Considers the complications of race, religion, sexuality, and gender in Europeanizing from below. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up.
Download Free PDF. Approaches to Religion in the Black Atlantic. Ken Chitwood. A short summary of this paper. Approaches to the Black Atlantic: A preliminary analysis of various strategies for the study of Black Atlantic religion from an Americas perspective!
Lorand Matory. Many of our ebooks are available for purchase from these online vendors:. Many of our ebooks are available through library electronic resources including these platforms:. This book contests both the recent conviction that transnationalism is new and the long-held supposition that African culture endures in the Americas only among the poorest and most isolated of black populations.
In fact, African culture in the Americas has most flourished among the urban and the prosperous, who, through travel, commerce, and literacy, were well exposed to other cultures. Morever, they influenced Africa as much as Brazil. Black Atlantic Religion sets a new standard for the study of transnationalism in its subaltern and often ancient manifestations.
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