Issus d'une conférence née des contacts entre étudiants et chercheurs du Seminar für Orientkunde de l'Université de Mayence et ceux du Centre de recherches africaines de la Sorbonne, ces textes étudient le rôle des récits hagiographiques sur l'identité culturelle, l'histoire et les différents pans des sociétés africaines. ©Electre 2025
Although in the African societies the term "holy" lets one think immediately of monotheistic religions, here it is related to every person who maintains a supernaturally mediating relation to the Godly sphere. Saints, as dilettantes with special vocation and instructions, interfere in particular fields with actual professionals. Apart of that, they intervene with general instructions and demands in the lives of all members of their community : In relation to the supernatural with the medicine man, shamans, concerning the divine with the priests and religious scholars, socially and politically with those in power, politicians and military. In any case the wonder is the regular confirmation of their charisma and instructions. The saint can act here either as a simple mediator but also as a medium in a broader sense. The contributions discuss how the biographical material is constantly revised to keep its role in creating and maintaining a historico-cultural identity. The sources to be investigated were not restricted to written ones, but also include pieces of oral tradition and fine arts.
Paru le : 22/10/2003
Thématique : Anthropologie
Auteur(s) : Non précisé.
Éditeur(s) :
P. Lang
Collection(s) : Nordostafrikanisch-Westasiatische Studien
Contributeur(s) : Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Bertrand Hirsch - Editeur scientifique (ou intellectuel) : Manfred Kropp
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : Non précisé.
EAN13 : 9783631364987
Reliure : Broché
Pages : X-355
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm
Poids: 1401 g
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