‘Their Children Might be Christians’
This article examines the ritual specialists and initiates of the three Adzima shrines in the southeastern Volta Region of Ghana and their criticism of Christianity, particularly Neo-Pentecostalist discourse that encourages adherents to sever lineage-based ties to deities and ancestors. The influenc...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of religion in Africa
Jahr: 2017, Band: 47, Heft: 2, Seiten: 190-223 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Ghana (Süd)
/ Volta-Gebiet
/ Ewe (Volk)
/ Heiligtum
/ Sklaverei
/ Abschaffung
/ Pfingstbewegung
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen KBN Subsahara-Afrika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ghana
religion
trokosi
personhood
Anlo-Ewe
Neo-Pentecostal Christianity
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the ritual specialists and initiates of the three Adzima shrines in the southeastern Volta Region of Ghana and their criticism of Christianity, particularly Neo-Pentecostalist discourse that encourages adherents to sever lineage-based ties to deities and ancestors. The influence of Christianity is an issue that the Adzima shrine ritual specialists deal with on a regular basis since different types of people are drawn into hierarchical relationships with the Adzima deities through the fiasidiwo initiates. The Adzima ritual specialists have to manage shifting perspectives on the appropriate relationship between persons embedded in lineage structures and with deities, which could undermine the meanings attributed to the fiasidiwo and potentially threaten the initiates’ livelihoods. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Enthält: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340109 |