| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in anthropology ; 4 |
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Routledge studies in anthropology ; 4.
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| Contents |
Traveling spirits : unconcealment and undisplacement / Michael Lambek -- Haunted by spirits : balancing religious commitment and moral obligations in Haitian transnational social fields / Heike Drotbohm -- Spirited migrations : the travels of len dong spirits and their mediums / Karen Fjelstad -- Ghanaian Pentecostal prophets : transnational travel and (im- )mobility / Girish Daswani -- Religious media, mobile spirits : publicity and secrecy in African Pentecostalism and traditional religion / Marleen De Witte -- Social catapulting and the spirit of entrepreneurialism : migrants, private initiative, and the Pentecostal ethic in Botswana / Rijk Van Dijk -- 'Trading in spirits'? : transnational flows, entrepreneurship, and commodification in Vietnamese spirit mediumship / Kirsten W. Endres -- Moving East : transnational ties of Vietnamese Pentecostals / Gertrud Hüwelmeier -- Symbolic geographies of the sacred : diasporic territorialization and charismatic power in a transnational Congolese prophetic church / David Garbin -- From house cells to warehouse churches? : Christian Church Outreach Mission International in translocal contexts / Afe Adogame -- Constructing the globe : a charismatic sublime? / Simon Coleman |
| Summary |
Maintaining and forging religious networks across borders have long been part of migrants' activities. However, due to the wide availability of communication technologies and the reduced costs of transportation, transnational social practices, including religious activities, have witnessed an enormous intensification in the last few decades around the world. Traveling Spirits seeks to understand these processes by investigating how religion goes global. How do religious agents create and maintain transborder connections? In what way are religious practices being transformed, |
| Notes |
Outgrowth of a conference held in September 2007 at the Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Religion and civilization -- Congresses
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Prophecy.
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Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects
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Globalization -- Religious aspects
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Religion and civilization
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hüwelmeier, Gertrud.
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Krause, Kristine.
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
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| ISBN |
9780203865262 |
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020386526X |
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9781135224165 |
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1135224161 |
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9781135224110 |
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1135224110 |
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9781135224158 |
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1135224153 |
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9780415808002 |
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0415808006 |
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