Their Children Might be Christians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3933253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Jenkins (Skidmore College), Julie A Jenkins (0000-0001-5295-834X, Skidmore College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-223 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700666-12340109 |
| OpenAlex | W2793118064 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
This article examines the ritual specialists and initiates of the three Adzima shrines in the southeastern Volta Region of Ghana and their criticism of Christianity, particularly Neo-Pentecostalist discourse that encourages adherents to sever lineage-based ties to deities and ancestors. The influence of Christianity is an issue that the Adzima shrine ritual specialists deal with on a regular basis since different types of people are drawn into hierarchical relationships with the Adzima deities through the fiasidiwo initiates. The Adzima ritual specialists have to manage shifting perspectives on the appropriate relationship between persons embedded in lineage structures and with deities, which could undermine the meanings attributed to the fiasidiwo and potentially threaten the initiates' livelihoods
Agriculture · Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Biology · Christianity · Criticism · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · History of religions · Lineage (genetic) · Livelihood · Political science · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |