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Social scientists and philosophers confronted with religious
phenomena have always been challenged to find a proper way to
describe the spiritual experiences of the social group they were
studying. The influence of the Cartesian dualism of body and mind
(or soul) led to a distinction between non-material, spiritual
experiences (i.e., related to the soul) and physical, mechanical
experiences (i.e., related to the body). However, recent
developments in medical science on the one hand and challenges to
universalist conceptions of belief and spirituality on the other
have resulted in "body" and "soul" losing the reassuring solid
contours they had in the past. Yet, in "Western culture," the
body-soul duality is alive, not least in academic and media
discourses. This volume pursues the ongoing debates and discusses
the importance of the body and how it is perceived in contemporary
religious faith: what happens when "body" and "soul" are
un-separated entities? Is it possible, even for anthropologists and
ethnographers, to escape from "natural dualism"? The contributors
here present research in novel empirical contexts, the benefits and
limits of the old dichotomy are discussed, and new theoretical
strategies proposed.
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise
studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New
Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost
offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and
Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and
healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the
changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in
particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no
longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an
experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in
general and Pentecostalism in particular.
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise
studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New
Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost
offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and
Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and
healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the
changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in
particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no
longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an
experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in
general and Pentecostalism in particular.
Focusing on mobility, religion, and belonging, the volume
contributes to transatlantic anthropology and history by bringing
together religion, cultural heritage and placemaking in the
Atlantic world. The entanglements of these domains are
ethnographically scrutinized to perceive the connections and
disconnections of specific places which, despite a common history,
are today very different in terms of secular regimes and the
presence of religion in the public sphere. Ideally suited to a
variety of scholars and students in different fields, Atlantic
Perspectives will lead to new debates and conversations throughout
the fields of anthropology, religion and history.
Combining ethnographic and historical research conducted in Angola,
Portugal, and the United Kingdom, A Prophetic Trajectory tells the
story of Simao Toko, the founder and leader of one of the most
important contemporary Angolan religious movements. The book
explains the historical, ethnic, spiritual, and identity
transformations observed within the movement, and debates the
politics of remembrance and heritage left behind after Toko's
passing in 1984. Ultimately, it questions the categories of
prophetism and charisma, as well as the intersections between
mobility, memory, and belonging in the Atlantic Lusophone sphere.
Gananath Obeyesekere calls his contribution to this volume a peon
to 'foolishness'. But this is a fertile foolishness that implies a
positive freedom to engage passionately in comparison, to avoid
disciplinary overspecialization, to understand that the
non-rational need not imply the irrational, and to acknowledge the
power of art and literature as potential inspirations for our work.
These themes of creativity and engagement echo through this
volume's discussions of orthodoxy, aesthetics, and the ambivalences
that surround religious authority and leadership. A special section
on pilgrimage to Holy Land sites examines sacred space, place, and
narrative as expressions of knowledge and power, while Birgit
Meyer's inaugural lecture at the University of Utrecht calling for
a material approach to religion elicits a number of constructive
responses from scholars in art history, anthropology, and religious
studies. The volume is rounded out by a teaching section exploring
the dynamics of teaching the anthropology of Christianity in a
seminary and reviews of recent literature in the anthropology of
religion and related studies.
To open this volume Jean Comaroff, one of the most important voices
in the anthropology of religion over the past 30 years, reflects on
the development of her thought on religion, the colony and the
postcolony, in terms both personal and scholarly. Her work and
interests echo in this volume through subsequent discussions of
community, politics and morality in the Occupy movement in London;
religion and diaspora; the cultural logics behind Afro-Brazilian
cults; and the 'anthropology of missions' on both sides of the
Atlantic. Other contributions explore an almost forgotten tradition
of cosmological studies; hyperbole and sacredness in the dramatic
case studies of 9/11 and the Holocaust; and the somewhat
counterintuitive links between religion and sport. This volume's
debate section considers the place and role of religion in
revolutionary contexts, from 'Tahrir politics' to the Tamil
conflict, from the implicit historicity and structure of jihadism
to the conflation of international political developments and
religious movements. The volume is rounded out by discussions of
Manuel Vazquez's Beyond Belief, a book that picks up longstanding
debates concerning practice, belief, materiality and cognition; a
teaching section; and an extensive set of book reviews.
Right-wing extremism has become a popular topic, attracting a large
number of scholars. The success of scholarly forums like the
Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy of the European
Consortium of Political Science (ECPR), whose members come from
more than 50 countries, confirms this. This volume focuses on the
contemporary far Right in Europe and covers some neglected, yet
fundamental, geo-political areas. With different methodological
approaches, the contributors examine the far Right in an
interdisciplinary perspective, reflecting recent developments and
parties that are operating in a new globalized arena. They
additionally uncover how the so-called Europeanization of national
spaces is affecting the single domestic manifestations of many
political phenomena as, for instance, the rise of ethno-regionalist
movements (e.g. the Italian Northern League) as well as the
migrationA" of racist cultures and movements across state borders.
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