The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa
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The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa

About this book

What does it mean for the spirit world to be real? Scholars from different disciplines investigate this topic focusing on the role played by the spiritual realm in Pentecostalized Africa. The grammatical angle of their research proves to be a fruitful avenue to clarify the kind of reality or realities the spirit world has. This novel approach takes us beyond most existing research by investigating the often unaddressed assumption that we know what it means for the spirit world to be taken as real. This volume shows the importance of paying close attention to the grammar according to which people speak of spirits, Spirit, witchcraft, ancestors and other aspects of the spirit world.

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Yes, you can access The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa by Hermen Kroesbergen,Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps,Philipp Ohimann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
LIT Verlag
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9783643964311
Edition
0
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Grammar of the Spirit World in Pentecostalized Africa
  4. Chapter 2 African Indigenous Religions, Spiritual Beings and the Debate over Religion and Superstition
  5. Chapter 3 Language for What Cannot Be Explained, Controlled, or Predicted
  6. Chapter 4 “Witchcraft is Real!”
  7. Chapter 5 Witchdemonology: The New Face of Witchcraft in Africa
  8. Chapter 6 Spirits as Interlocutors or Taking Animism Seriously
  9. Chapter 7 African Traditional Religion and the Grammar of the Spirit
  10. Chapter 8 The Grammar of the Spirit: A Reflection
  11. Chapter 9 Copy and Paste! Or: Theo-linguistic Strategies of Streamlining “Charisma” in African Pentecostal Megachurches
  12. Chapter 10 The Grammar of Sound in Ghana’s Indigenous Religious Traditions and Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
  13. Chapter 11 Relational Affliction and the Grammar of the Spirit World
  14. Chapter 12 Spirits and Illness: Batswana Christians’ Views of the Causes of Illness
  15. Chapter 13 Voices: Highlights from the Discussions
  16. Chapter 14 Conclusion: Investigating What it Means for the Spirit World to be Real