Affective Trajectories in Religious African Cityscapes

Dilger, Hansjörg; Burchardt, Marian; Wilhelm-Solomon, Matthew; Bochow, Astrid

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“…In this context too, leaders offer 'authority prayers' or 'prayers of command' to effectuate deliverance, healing or 'breakthroughs' that are aimed at defeating spirits or powers that are considered responsible for causing certain problems in the life of the migrants. As also a recent literature on affective repertoires is indicating (see some of the contributions to Cole & Groes, 2016;Dilger et al, 2020), the religious identity and care that is offered in and through Pentecostalism to migrants in the complexities of their migrant-situation is as much social and spiritual as it is emotional. Pentecostalism is of significance as a way of reaching out to people, although this is primarily directed to migrant groups and not to native Germans.…”

Section: West African Pentecostalism and African Led Migrant Churchesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Professional and Religious Approaches to Care for West African Victims of Human Trafficking in The Netherlands: The Challenge of New Pentecostalism

Kate

Braam

Dijk

et al. 2020

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

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The current study focuses on care for West African Victims of human trafficking (VHTs) in The Netherlands and addresses the question of how (1) social and legal professionals and (2) religious leaders of African-led migrant (Pentecostal) churches perceive their relationship with these VHTs. Thematic analyses of qualitative interviews (N ¼ 21) revealed that both groups share the perception that VHTs are vulnerable, especially in view of so-called voodoo spells. Social and legal professionals noticed that West African VHTs prototypically appear as 'demanding' in a rather pro-active manner. Religious leaders on the other hand indicated that the VHTs feel at ease in the church in a more adaptive sense and may find ways of changing their lives after experiencing the Pentecostal "deliverance" ritual.

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Section: West African Pentecostalism and African Led Migrant Churchesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Professional and Religious Approaches to Care for West African Victims of Human Trafficking in The Netherlands: The Challenge of New Pentecostalism

Kate

Braam

Dijk

et al. 2020

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies

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“…The corporeal body perhaps serves as the most direct site of suasive communication at Tanhua. For Chinese monastics, the body is not only a sensory container where emotions and affects are generated, and expressed in a way that is closely tied to how religious experiences are mediated (Dilger, Burchardt, Wilhelm‐Solomon & Bochow 2020; Meyer 2009); but, more importantly, it both manifests the status of the mind and falls into the target of self's ethical work.…”

Section: Transmitting Buddhist Spirituality Through the Sensual Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

The art of jieyuan: ethical affinity and the cultivation of Chinese Buddhist spirituality in Tanzania

Qiu

2024

Royal Anthropological Inst

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Ethical encounters in cross‐cultural contexts have been a major concern in the anthropology of morality and religion, yet the dominant view assumes that processes of ethical transformation and conversion emphasize the centrality of texts and beliefs. These discussions are influenced by epistemological frameworks associated with Christian theology and practice. Yet studies of other religions have brought about challenges by either doubting whether ‘belief’ still serves as a fruitful analytical tool or stressing the diversity of non‐text‐driven and multimedia forms of conversion. Based on fieldwork in a Chinese Buddhist monastery in Tanzania, this essay examines how Buddhist monks from China seek to cultivate Buddhist spirituality among Tanzanian locals in an embodied and allegorical way. By ethnographically teasing out the Chinese Buddhist notion of jieyuan, it provides a way of understanding religious suasion not just as a rational and intellectual conversation, but also as a process of embodied illumination that induces gradual, inductive, sympathetic changes in others.

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“…Turner's (1988) classic work on public ritual acts draws attention to their potential to produce new subjectivities and to alter social relations, rather than merely reflecting or reproducing pre-existing structures. In diasporic contexts, public rituals involve performative acts of place-making that reterritorialize religious traditions beyond the homeland (Dilger et al, 2020;Garbin, 2013). These temporary appropriations of public space contribute to recognition and feelings of collective empowerment (Garbin, 2012;Saint-Blancat and Cancellieri, 2014;Werbner, 1996).…”

Section: Religious Representation and Performative Citizenshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religious representation and performative citizenship: The civic dimensions of Shia lamentation rituals in Barcelona

2023

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In diasporic contexts, religious representatives play a key role as cultural ambassadors for their respective communities and religions. This article examines religious representation as a form of civic engagement among Shia Muslims who have assumed representational responsibilities in Barcelona. Our study focuses on their interactions with municipal authorities and the wider public amid the planning, organization, and enactment of public lamentation processions. We show how public rituals provide representatives of Barcelona’s main Shia community with a platform for ‘performative citizenship’ practices like claiming rights and demonstrating their deservingness of inclusion in the neighborhood, city, and nation. Yet, different representatives have engaged in distinct styles of representation and performative citizenship. In explaining these differences, we draw attention to how their respective migration trajectories, historical experiences, and sociostructural location have contributed to certain pressures, forms of positional awareness, and practical dispositions that account for their inclinations toward different approaches to civic engagement.

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Affective Trajectories in Religious African Cityscapes

Cited by 4 publications

References 289 publications

Professional and Religious Approaches to Care for West African Victims of Human Trafficking in The Netherlands: The Challenge of New Pentecostalism

Professional and Religious Approaches to Care for West African Victims of Human Trafficking in The Netherlands: The Challenge of New Pentecostalism

The art of jieyuan: ethical affinity and the cultivation of Chinese Buddhist spirituality in Tanzania

Religious representation and performative citizenship: The civic dimensions of Shia lamentation rituals in Barcelona

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