{"product_id":"transcripts-of-the-sacred-in-nigeria-beautiful-monstrous-ridiculous-paperback-softback-9780253066435","title":"Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria; Beautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253066435","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTranscripts of the Sacred in Nigeria\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNimi Wariboko (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253066435\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.372 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranscripts of the Sacred in Nigeria\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the sacred plays itself out in contemporary Africa. It offers a creative analysis of the logics and dynamics of the sacred (understood as the constellation of im\/possibility available to a given community) in religion, politics, epistemology, economic development, and reactionary violence. Using the tools of philosophy, postcolonial criticism, political theory, African studies, religious studies, and cultural studies, Wariboko reveals the intricate connections between the sacred and the existential conditions that characterize disorder, terror, trauma, despair, and hope in the postcolonial Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sacred, Wariboko argues, is not about religion or divinity but the set of possibilities opened to a people or denied them, the sum total of possibilities conceivable given their level of social, technological, and economic development. These possibilities profoundly speak to the present political moment in sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Ambiguity of the Sacred\u003cbr\u003eInterlude: Methodological Matters and a Theory of African Postcolony\u003cbr\u003e1. The Sacred as Im\/possibility\u003cbr\u003e2. Demons as Guests: Pentecostal Aesthetics of Prayers\u003cbr\u003e3. The Pentecostal Incredible\u003cbr\u003e4. Production of Violence in the Postcolony\u003cbr\u003e5. Chosenness, Spirituality, and the Weight of Blackness\u003cbr\u003e6. Disruption and Promise: The Religious Powers of Development\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525595656472,"sku":"9780253066435","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transcripts-of-the-sacred-in-nigeria-beautiful-monstrous-ridiculous-paperback-softback-9780253066435","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}