Médias religieux, esprits voyageurs. Diffusion publique et secret dans le Pentecôtisme et dans la religion traditionnelle au Ghana. (March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: De Witte, Marleen
• Other Names: Pype Katrien guest-editor.; Mélice Anne guest-editor.; Van Wolputte Steven guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Social compass. Volume 61:Number 1(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Subjects: Ghana -- mass media -- neo-traditionalism -- Pentecostalism -- religious media; Ghana -- médias de masse -- médias religieux -- néo-traditionalisme -- Pentecôtisme; Religion and sociology -- Periodicals; 306.605
• DOI: 10.1177/0037768613513939
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-7686

Abstract

This article compares the role of media in three religious movements in Ghana, a country where the mediascape has undergone fundamental changes since the 1990s. It shows how visual mediation, mobility and the spiritual domain are intertwined, and demonstrates how media evoke both a public and a secret realm, as distinct yet connected spheres. The ethnography documents how this negotiation of public and secret finds itself at the heart of charismatic Pentecostalism, neo-traditional African religion, and traditional spiritual practices – three religions that situate themselves differently in public space but are interrelated and heavily interdependent.