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Goshadze, Mariam:
When the Deities Visit for Hɔmɔwɔ : Translating Religion in the Language of the Secular.
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
Bd. 87
(2019)
Heft 1
.
- S. 191-224.
ISSN 1477-4585
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfy031
Abstract
Every summer, indigenous deities visit Ghana’s capital, Accra, for the Hɔmɔwɔ festival. To create a peaceful environment for the guests, Ga indigenous priests introduce a one-month “ban on drumming and noise-making.” Almost overnight, sacred silence blankets the city as nightclubs and dance halls close down and Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches subdue their services. Although sonic negotiations have been amicable recently, in the 1990s Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches fervently resisted the pressure to suppress their worship. Such disobedience resulted in serious confrontations with the Ga “traditionalists” who argued that Christians angered and disrespected their deities. To ensure inter-religious peace in the capital, the Ghanaian state has been actively involved in the regulation of the ban for the past several years. Taking these events as a point of reference, this article analyzes the legal language employed in the negotiations and how it reflects distinct roles of Christianity and traditional religion in Ghana’s public domain.
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| Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Professur Religionswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Afrika Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Professur Religionswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Afrika > Professur Religionswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Afrika - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Spies Fakultäten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 200 Religion > 200 Religion 200 Religion > 280 Christliche Konfessionen |
| Eingestellt am: | 18 Okt 2021 09:07 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 15 Jul 2022 07:59 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/67335 |