Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Ky?seiky?) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localized picture of religious globalization. Guided by an aesthetic approach to religion, the study moves beyond a focus limited to text and offers insights into the role of religious objects, spiritual technologies and aesthetic repertoires in the production and politics of difference. The boundaries between non-Christian religious minorities and the largely Christian public sphere involve fears and suspicion of magic and occult sciences.
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Introduction
Chapter 1. ‘Light in the Darkness’: Towards a Congolese Spiritual Movement
