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Date: Monday 16 May 2011
Time: 15:30-17:00
Place: Room 1A09, Pieter de la Court building, Wassenaarseweg 52,
Leiden.
Speaker:
Dr.
Marloes Janson, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
Discussant: Dr. Rijk van Dijk,
African Studies Centre
This is a joint seminar arranged by the Institute of Cultural
Anthropology and Development Sociology and the African Studies Centre.
The seminar will present an ethnographic case study in order to explore the
emergence of Chrislam (Oke Tude/Mountain of Losing Bondage), a religious
movement that mixes Christian and Islamic beliefs and practices in its
socio-cultural and political setting in contemporary Lagos. Nigeria is an
interesting context in which to study Chrislam as its population, which is
almost equally divided between Christians and Muslims, has increasingly
become involved in religious violence. Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital, is a
megacity characterized by chaos, corruption, eroding socio-economic
structures, unprecedented levels of inequality and staggering levels of
criminality. It presents a challenging site for mapping the spiritual means
that Chrislam can offer its worshippers to deliver them from the
socio-political anxiety and economic hardships that characterize their
everyday lives. At a time when born-again Christianity and reformist Islam
are among the world’s fastest-growing religious traditions, this
presentation suggests that the expansion of Chrislam has to be seen as a
part of a wider move towards what has been designated as ‘Islamic
Pentecostalism’ in some of the recent anthropological literature on
religion. Although an analysis of this development in terms of syncretism is
obvious, the shortcomings of such an approach will be shown, and alternative
ways will be proposed for looking at Chrislam’s religious pluralism that are
more in line with how its worshippers perceive their own religiosity.
You are kindly requested to register for this seminar. |
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