ISBN:
9781782382737
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
248 p.
Edition:
1st edition
Keywords:
Religion
Abstract:
Combining ethnographic and historical research conducted in Angola, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, A Prophetic Trajectory tells the story of Simão Toko, the founder and leader of one of the most important contemporary Angolan religious movements. The book explains the historical, ethnic, spiritual, and identity transformations observed within the movement, and debates the politics of remembrance and heritage left behind after Toko's passing in 1984. Ultimately, it questions the categories of prophetism and charisma, as well as the intersections between mobility, memory, and belonging in the Atlantic Lusophone sphere.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- -- Introduction: prophetic territories and temporalities -- -- PART I: ITINERARIES -- -- Chapter 1. Trajectories: a prophetic biography, part I -- Chapter 2. Trajectories: a prophetic biography, part II -- -- PART II: HERITAGES -- -- Chapter 3. Transmission: word, action and mediation -- Chapter 4. Trepidation: spirits, memories and disputed heritage -- Chapter 5. Transcendence: Tokoist diasporas -- -- Conclusion -- -- Primary sources -- Bibliography -- Index --
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