the Appearance of Orthodox Old Believers in Uganda and Spiritual Anti-globalism in Contemporary Africa
نام نخستين پديدآور
Dmitri M. Bondarenko
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The present article, based on field evidence collected in 2017, deals with a very recent phenomenon - the Orthodox Old Believers in Uganda. This faith originated in Russia, however in Uganda all its adherents belong to African ethnic groups. We describe the short by now history and current state of the Old-Believer communities in Uganda and then concentrate on their members' motivation for converting to Old Believers vs. knowledge of this religion. We show that what brings them to Old Believers is the search for the true faith associated with the original and hence correct way of performing Christian rites. In this we see an intricate interplay of the features typical for authentic African cultures and acquired by them in the course of interaction with the wider world. Basing on our case study, we discuss how globalist and anti-globalist trends manifest themselves in the religious context in contemporary Africa. The present article, based on field evidence collected in 2017, deals with a very recent phenomenon - the Orthodox Old Believers in Uganda. This faith originated in Russia, however in Uganda all its adherents belong to African ethnic groups. We describe the short by now history and current state of the Old-Believer communities in Uganda and then concentrate on their members' motivation for converting to Old Believers vs. knowledge of this religion. We show that what brings them to Old Believers is the search for the true faith associated with the original and hence correct way of performing Christian rites. In this we see an intricate interplay of the features typical for authentic African cultures and acquired by them in the course of interaction with the wider world. Basing on our case study, we discuss how globalist and anti-globalist trends manifest themselves in the religious context in contemporary Africa.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2019
توصيف ظاهري
127-155
عنوان
Exchange
شماره جلد
48/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1572-543X
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
contemporary African religiosity
اصطلاح موضوعی
doctrinal knowledge
اصطلاح موضوعی
motivation for conversion
اصطلاح موضوعی
Orthodox Old Believers
اصطلاح موضوعی
religious globalism and anti-globalism
اصطلاح موضوعی
ritualism
اصطلاح موضوعی
true religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
Uganda
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )