02901nam 22004333a 450 99659956860331620230124202100.01-4780-9234-3(CKB)4900000000578845(ScCtBLL)0640fbd5-f238-47ec-acb2-d7ab588fa70b(EXLCZ)99490000000057884520220304i20212022 uu enguru||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmbodying Black Religions in Africa and Its DiasporasYolanda Covington-Ward, Jeanette S. Jouili[s.l.] :Duke University Press,2021.1 online resource (353 p.)Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora PeopleThe contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and transformation of social relationships and political and economic power. Among other topics, the essays examine the dynamics of religious and racial identity among Brazilian Neo-Pentecostals; the significance of cloth coverings in Islamic practice in northern Nigeria; the ethics of socially engaged hip-hop lyrics by Black Muslim artists in Britain; ritual dance performances among Mama Tchamba devotees in Togo; and how Ifá practitioners from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and the United States join together in a shared spiritual ethnicity. From possession and spirit-induced trembling to dance, the contributors outline how embodied religious practices are central to expressing and shaping interiority and spiritual lives, national and ethnic belonging, ways of knowing and techniques of healing, and sexual and gender politics. In this way, the body is a crucial site of religiously motivated social action for people of African descent. Contributors. Rachel Cantave, Youssef Carter, N. Fadeke Castor, Yolanda Covington-Ward, Casey Golomski, Elyan Jeanine Hill, Nathanael J. Homewood, Jeanette S. Jouili, Bertin M. Louis Jr., Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Aaron Montoya, Jacob K. Olupona, Elisha P. RenneReligious Cultures of African and African Diaspora PeopleSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialbisacshReligion / Comparative ReligionbisacshSocial Science / Black Studies (Global)bisacshReligionSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialReligion / Comparative ReligionSocial Science / Black Studies (Global)ReligionCovington-Ward YolandaJouili Jeanette SScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK996599568603316Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas2788074UNISA