Abstract

This paper explores the sense of danger, doubt, and fear arising from uncertainty regarding managing relations with invisible forces and how forms of “enthusiastic” religion - modes of embodying the divine - thrive in contemporary Africa. It proposes an analytic framework of “relational realism” as a way of interpreting these religious movements without relegating them to mere emanations of “belief”.

Presenters

Adam Ashforth
Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Religious Foundations

KEYWORDS

PENTECOSTALISM, SPIRITUAL INSECURITY, AFRICA

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