TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lambertz,Peter
TI  - Seekers and things: spiritual movements and aesthetic difference in Kinshasa 
SN  - 9781785336706
AV  - BL2470 .S445 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Sekai Kyūseikyō
KW  - Congo (Democratic Republic)
KW  - Kinshasa
KW  - Temple messianique art de johrei (Congo)
KW  - Cults
KW  - Aesthetics, Japanese
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 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"; 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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