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Politicizing Elsewhere(s). Negotiating Representations of Neo-Pentecostal Aesthetic Practice in Berlin

Religion and Society (Cover)

Religion and Society (Cover)

Mattes, Dominik – 2020

Drawing on ethnographic research in a Nigerian-based Pentecostal church in Berlin, this article explores the discussions that emerged when my scholarly representations of the congregants’ aesthetic engagements with the Elsewhere diverged from the church leadership's expectations. More specifically, it interrogates my representational practice in relation to the stakes of the diasporic congregation, which is operating at the political margin of Berlin's widely diverse religious landscape. In exploring the collision of my analytical focus on the affect-charged elements of the believers’ routines of connecting to the Elsewhere with the church's emphasis on affective discipline and moderation, the article demonstrates how aesthetic practices that engage with the Elsewhere not only have a religious but inevitably also a political bearing.

Title
Politicizing Elsewhere(s)
Author
Mattes, Dominik
Date
2020
Identifier
DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2020.110112
Appeared in
Religion and Society 11(1)
Language
eng
Type
Text
Size or Duration
pp. 163–175