Seekers and Things: Spiritual Movements and Aesthetic Difference in Kinshasa

By Peter Lambertz

Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Ky seiky ) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localized picture of religious globalization. Guided by an aesthetic approach to religion, the study moves beyond a focus limited to text and offers insights into the role of religious objects, spiritual technologies and aesthetic repertoires in the production and politics of difference. The boundaries between non-Christian religious minorities and the largely Christian public sphere involve fears and suspicion of "magic" and "occult sciences".

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178533669X
• ISBN13: 9781785336690
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"