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Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. ‘Light in the Darkness’: Towards a Congolese Spiritual Movement ‘from Japan’
Chapter 2. Occult Sciences: (il)legitimate Secrecy and the Infrapolitics of Suspicion
Chapter 3. Blossoming Boundaries: (Re-)production and Contestation of Japanese Flower Practices
Chapter 4. Cleansing the City: Touch, Rubbish and Citizenship
Chapter 5. Experiencing Faith: Crisis, Miracles and Spiritual Healing
Chapter 6. (In) Touch without Contact: Johrei and the Aura of the Self
Chapter 7. Vibrating Words: Performative Silence and the Power of Words
Chapter 8. Imported Tradition: ‘Ancestor Worship’ as Reverse Orientalism

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Seekers and Things

Spiritual Movements and Aesthetic Difference in Kinshasa

Peter Lambertz

308 pages, 25 illus., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-78533-669-0 Hb Published (December 2017)

eISBN 978-1-80539-870-7 eBook