The Precarious Center: Religious Leadership among African Christians
This article addresses a long-standing conundrum in the anthropology of religion concerning the ambiguous status of religious leaders: they are subjects of power in that they are able to exert power over others, yet they are objects of power in that they rely on empowerment through others. Taking Af...
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Berghahn
[2014]
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Religion and society
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-64 |
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extraordinariness
B African Christianity B Precariousness B RELIGIOUS leadership B strategies of self-authorization B paradoxical effects B Empowerment |
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