Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in AfricaOUP USA, 2004 - 263 páginas With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear that the world is not heading towards a community of secular states. Nowhere are religious thought and political practice more closely intertwined than in Africa. African migrants in Europe and America who send home money to build churches and mosques, African politicians who consult diviners, guerrilla fighters who believe that amulets can protect them from bullets, and ordinary people who seek ritual healing: all of these are applying religious ideas to everyday problems of existence, at every level of society. Far from falling off the map of the world, Africa is today a leading centre of Christianity and a growing field of Islamic activism, while African traditional religions are gaining converts in the West. One cannot understand the politics of the present without taking religious thought seriously. Stories about witches, miracles, or people returning from the dead incite political action. In Africa religious belief has a huge impact on politics, from the top of society to the bottom. Religious ideas show what people actually think about the world and how to deal with it. Ellis and Ter Haar maintain that the specific content of religious thought has to be mastered if we are to grasp the political significance of religion in Africa today, but their book also informs our understanding of the relationship between religion and political practice in general. |
Índice
II | 1 |
III | 3 |
IV | 7 |
V | 11 |
VII | 13 |
VIII | 16 |
IX | 21 |
X | 24 |
XXIX | 102 |
XXX | 110 |
XXXI | 114 |
XXXII | 115 |
XXXIII | 118 |
XXXIV | 123 |
XXXV | 128 |
XXXVI | 132 |
XI | 27 |
XII | 28 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 33 |
XV | 39 |
XVI | 49 |
XVII | 51 |
XVIII | 56 |
XIX | 60 |
XX | 63 |
XXI | 66 |
XXII | 70 |
XXIII | 72 |
XXIV | 75 |
XXV | 87 |
XXVI | 90 |
XXVII | 92 |
XXVIII | 99 |
XXXVII | 141 |
XXXVIII | 142 |
XXXIX | 149 |
XL | 154 |
XLI | 158 |
XLII | 163 |
XLIII | 165 |
XLIV | 168 |
XLV | 172 |
XLVI | 177 |
XLVII | 178 |
XLVIII | 182 |
XLIX | 187 |
L | 192 |
LI | 197 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa Stephen Ellis,Gerrie ter Haar Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa Stephen Ellis,Gerrie ter Haar Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa Stephen Ellis Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
Afri African traditional religions Afrique Ahmadou Kourouma America become believe Botswana Brazzaville bureaucratic Bwiti capital century chapter charismatic Christian churches colonial communication Congo considered continent Côte d'Ivoire countries cults cultural economic elite Emmanuel Milingo ethnic Europe European evil example existence formal Gerrie ter Haar Ghana groups human important individual institutions invisible world Islam Karthala Kimbangu leaders living London marabouts mass media ment Milingo modern moral Mukendi mystical Nigeria organisation Paris pentecostal politicians politics in Africa Politique africaine popular postcolonial precolonial president radio trottoir recent regarded relationship religion and politics religion in Africa religious movements ritual role rule rumours secret societies secular social South Africa spirit idiom spirit possession spirit world spiritual power Stephen Ellis stories techniques tion trance transformation University Press wealth West Western witchcraft witchcraft accusations witches Zaire Zambia
Referencias a este libro
Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa Werner F. Menski Vista previa restringida - 2006 |
Comparative Perspectives on Shariʻah in Nigeria Philip Ostien,Jamila M. Nasir,Franz Kogelmann Vista de fragmentos - 2005 |