Bibliograph

Holy hustlers, schism, and prophecy, apostolic reformation in Botswana, Richard Werbner

Type

Label

Holy hustlers, schism, and prophecy, apostolic reformation in Botswana, Richard Werbner

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Holy hustlers, schism, and prophecy

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Richard Werbner

Series statement

The anthropology of Christianity

Sub title

apostolic reformation in Botswana

Summary

This text examines the charismatic Christian reformation presently underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between elders and young, apostolic faith healers., This book examines the charismatic Christian reformation presently underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between the elders and the young, apostolic faith healers. Richard Werbner focuses on Eloyi, an Apostolic faith-healing church in Botswana's capital. Werbner shows how charismatic "prophets"-holy hustlers-diagnose, hustle, and shock patients during violent and destructive exorcisms. He also shows how these healers enter into prayer and meditation and take on their patients' pain and how their ecstatic devotions create an aesthetic in which beauty beckons God. Werbner challenges theoretical assumptions about mimesis and empathy, the power of the word, and personhood. With its accompanying DVD, Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy integrates textual and filmed ethnography and provides a fresh perspective on ritual performance and the cinematic

Target audience

specialized

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