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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Carfax Publ.
2023
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Journal of contemporary religion
Año: 2023, Volumen: 38, Número: 1, Páginas: 79-96 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Subsaharisches Afrika
/ Neocharismatische Bewegung
/ Movimiento
/ Peregrinación
/ Cura milagrosa
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AF Geografía de la religión AG Vida religiosa KAJ Época contemporánea KBN África subsahariana KCD Hagiografía KDG Iglesia libre NBK Soteriología |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
African Pentecostalism
B Pilgrimage B Pilgrimage studies B Healing B neo-Pentecostal journeys |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2023.2170575 |