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T1 - The Visible and Less-visible World
T2 - Social Ethnography in the Study of World Christianity
AU - Jeremiah, Anderson
N1 - Copyright © 2021 by The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. No copies may be made without the written permission of the publisher.
PY - 2021/8/16
Y1 - 2021/8/16
N2 - Exploring the idea of religion as the cumulative experiences of an individual within a community, part of lived human existence, this article will argue that “World Christianity” needs to be understood as a social phenomenon deeply enmeshed in the emotional and intellectual encounters of humanity within which the “sacred” is located and experienced. Christian belief and its corresponding symbols are intimately linked to the worldly conditions and “lived-in-environments.” Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in South India, Ghana and England, this article will explore the place of sacred objects, images of the divine, and rituals, which are often treated with great reverence so as to extract power and to prevent misfortune in personal, social, and economic life. From a social ethnographic perspective, this article will shed light on the methodological challenges stemming from the fact that human beings are not neutral/passive observers but are rather active participants in shaping their notions of the “sacred.”
AB - Exploring the idea of religion as the cumulative experiences of an individual within a community, part of lived human existence, this article will argue that “World Christianity” needs to be understood as a social phenomenon deeply enmeshed in the emotional and intellectual encounters of humanity within which the “sacred” is located and experienced. Christian belief and its corresponding symbols are intimately linked to the worldly conditions and “lived-in-environments.” Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in South India, Ghana and England, this article will explore the place of sacred objects, images of the divine, and rituals, which are often treated with great reverence so as to extract power and to prevent misfortune in personal, social, and economic life. From a social ethnographic perspective, this article will shed light on the methodological challenges stemming from the fact that human beings are not neutral/passive observers but are rather active participants in shaping their notions of the “sacred.”
U2 - 10.5325/jworlchri.11.2.0210
DO - 10.5325/jworlchri.11.2.0210
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 210
EP - 224
JO - Journal of World Christianity
JF - Journal of World Christianity
SN - 2377-8784
IS - 2
ER -