Search Results - "Journal of Africana religions"

What's Really Behind the Mask: A Reexamination of Syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé by Ogunnaike, Ayodeji

“…Afro-Catholic syncretism has predominantly been analyzed through the metaphor of a mask in which African slaves ingeniously employed the traditions of Catholic…”
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The Art of Sweeping Sickness and Catching Death: Babalú Aye, Materiality, and Mortality in Lukumí Religious Practice by Tsang, Martin

“…This article explores the ritual act of sweeping away sickness from the body as associated with Babalú Aye, the deity of healing and miracles. Babalú Aye is…”
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Black Orthodox “Visual Piety”: People, Saints, and Icons in Pursuit of Reconciliation by Kravchenko, Elena

“…African Americans regularly join Eastern Orthodox churches in the United States. By focusing on what practitioners do with Orthodox icons, this case study…”
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Kongo Symbols, Catholic Celebrations: Adornment and Spiritual Power in Nineteenth-Century Religious Festivals in São Paulo, Brazil by Monroe, Alicia L.

“…This paper investigates the use of religious paraphernalia based on West Central African charms in the bodily adornment of participants commemorating the…”
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Rethinking Garveyism as Religion: The UNIA Universal Negro Ritual and UNIA Universal Negro Catechism by Selassie I, W Gabriel

“…New developments in anthropology since the publication of Randall K. Burkett's Garveyism as a Religious Movement (1978) have led to new directions within…”
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Being in Relation: A Critical Appraisal of Religious Diversity and Mission Encounter in Madagascar by Spies, Eva

“…This article presents a relational perspective on religious diversity and encounter. It argues that a relational perspective helps overcome notions of…”
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“Pulpit and Pew”: African American Humor on Irreverent Religious Participation in John H. Johnson's Negro Digest, 1943–1950 by Booker, Vaughn A.

“…This article examines religious humor in the “Pulpit and Pew” series of the midcentury monthly magazine Negro Digest. By entertaining the recurring link in…”
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Manifest Heritages of Family and Nation: Embodying “All the Ancestors” in Guyanese Komfa by Peretz, Jeremy Jacob

“…This article offers comparative ethnographic exploration of Komfa ritual engaged to “entertain the ancestors” that is central to the way of life of…”
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Vodún, Spirited Forests, and the African Atlantic Forest Complex by Landry, Timothy R.

“…Vodún has been described as indefinable, endlessly flexible, and borderless. In this paper, I develop an analytical framework for understanding global Vodún,…”
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A Matter of Time: Spirit Possession and the Temporalities of School in Niger by Masquelier, Adeline

“…The past decade has witnessed a proliferation of incidents of mass possession among schoolgirls in Niger. Possession by revengeful spirits dramatizes the…”
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Killmonger's Quandary: Notes on Religious Meaning, Freedom, and Identity in Black Panther by Hills, Darrius

“…This article explores constructions of meaning and Black male identity formation as portrayed in the film Black Panther. Interpreted through the prism of Black…”
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Navigating African Sacred Geography: Shrines for African Sufi Saints and Spirits in India by Jeychandran, Neelima

“…African sacred spaces in India are carved and maintained by mortal beings mostly hailing from the Sidi African-Indian community and from other subaltern…”
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Embodying the Mahdi: Islamic Messianism and the Body in Colonial Senegal by Halverson, Jeffry R.

“…This study explores modern Islamic messianism as a mode of tajdid, or religious renewal, during the colonial era. It analyzes the case of a nineteenth-century…”
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Polyontologism: When “Syncretism” Does Not Suffice by McIntosh, Janet

“…This article challenges the common assumption that the framework of “syncretism” (in terms of hybridity or blending) neatly characterizes pluralist religious…”
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Liberation or Reconstruction? Black Theology as Unfinished Business in South Africa by Solomons, Demaine, Klaasen, John

“…As a metaphor, “liberation” was at the heart of the Black theological project in South Africa. However, after centuries of colonial and apartheid rule, Black…”
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Filling the Pot: The Remembrance of African Sufi Ancestor-Saints and the Reclamation of African Historical Heritage in Ahmedabad, Gujarat by Graves, Jazmin

“…This essay, based on ethnographic research conducted in 2017–2018, explores the ways in which the death-anniversary celebrations (‘urs) of the Sidi…”
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Islamic Law, Colonialism, and Mecca's Shadow in the Horn of Africa by Massoud, Mark Fathi

“…Drawing on the case of British Somaliland (circa 1884–1960), this article argues that Islam—and competing views of Islamic law in politics—occupied a critical…”
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The Rupture of Identity and Identification in James Cone's Africana Theology of Existence by Ringer, Christophe

“…In this article, I argue that James Cone's Black Theology and Black Power inaugurates a theological project that contributes to the field of Africana…”
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“In the Hope That They Can Make Their Own Future”: James H. Cone and the Third World by Harris, Matthew M., Davis, Tyler B.

“…James Cone views Black theology as of a piece with Third World theology. Contrary to lingering criticisms that Cone's writings are politically limited by…”
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Epistemology or Ideology? Toward a Relational Perspective on Islamic Knowledge in Africa by Seesemann, Rüdiger

“…This article analyzes theories and practices of Islamic knowledge as articulated among Muslims in Africa and examines the relationship between epistemology and…”
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