De-centring pilgrimage studies: understanding neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage in Africa
This article aims to de-centre the taken-for-granted categories and empirical tendencies in the field of pilgrimage studies by discussing how the phenomenon of neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage emerges in Africa. Pentecostal Christianity’s rapid growth and development in Africa are now well-kn...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Carfax Publ.
2023
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Journal of contemporary religion
Έτος: 2023, Τόμος: 38, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 79-96 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Subsaharisches Afrika
/ Neocharismatische Bewegung
/ Πεντηκοστιανισμός
/ Προσκύνημα (μοτίβο)
/ Θαυματουργή θεραπεία (μοτίβο)
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AF Γεωγραφία της θρησκείας AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή ΚΒΝ Υποσαχάρια Αφρική KCD Αγιογραφία, Άγιοι KDG Ελεύθερη Εκκλησία ΝΒΚ Σωτηριολογία |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
African Pentecostalism
B Pilgrimage B Pilgrimage studies B Healing B neo-Pentecostal journeys |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article aims to de-centre the taken-for-granted categories and empirical tendencies in the field of pilgrimage studies by discussing how the phenomenon of neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage emerges in Africa. Pentecostal Christianity’s rapid growth and development in Africa are now well-known and researched; however, some distinctive patterns of transnational religious circulation and mobilities have so far escaped academic attention. Over the last decade, West Africa has emerged as a Pentecostal spiritual centre for religious pilgrimage, a space where ‘godfathers’ mentor young, mainly male, aspiring prophets from across Africa to perform ‘extraordinary miracles’. It is also a space where politicians, diasporas, and ordinary believers flock for spiritual rebirth and release from the burden of poverty and the quest for healing and prophecy. This article highlights that the neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage are grounded in indigenous religious worldviews, Pan-African connections, and Africans’ agency, on a continent shaped by violent and exploitative structures and experiences of enslavement, colonialism, and neoliberal capitalism. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2023.2170575 |