Translating the Fifohazana (Awakening)
The Politics of Healing and the Colonial Mission Legacy in African Christian Missionization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3933374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Britt Halvorson (0000-0003-1114-4280, 1Colby College, Department of Anthropology 4700 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-441 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1163/157006610x545983 |
| OpenAlex | W2007433686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay focuses on the evangelism of charismatic American Lutheran churches in Minneapolis/St. Paul by Merina Malagasy Lutheran pastors affiliated with the Fifohazana movement of Madagascar. By analyzing healing services led by one Malagasy revivalist, I argue that we may better understand how American Lutherans and Malagasy Lutherans are renegotiating the meaning of global Lutheranism while 'reenchanting' the body as a central interface of religious engagement. My main concern is to investigate how parallel framings of the healing services constitute a subtle traffic in representational forms that rework images of the global church
African studies · Archaeology · Charisma · Christianity · Colonialism · Epistemology · Evangelism · History of religions · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Politics · Religious experience · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |