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Where the Spirits Dwell: Possession, Christianization, and Saints' Shrines in Late Antiquity / David Frankfurter in Harvard Theological Review, 103/1 (2010)
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Titre : Where the Spirits Dwell: Possession, Christianization, and Saints' Shrines in Late Antiquity Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : David Frankfurter, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 27-46. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : With its clear-glass, brightly-lit, whitewashed interior, Harvard Divinity School's Andover Chapel reflects all the values of elite Protestant culture in New England history: quiet prayer, thoughtful sermons, an approach to God through the heart rather than the senses, and a minimum of iconic reminders that the space is Christian. And it was here, in April 2007, that this author beheld the Voudoun spirits Danbala and Ogoun arrive through several experienced mediums. The ceremony had not really been intended to call down the spirits, only to praise them in a kind of broad sampling of Haitian Voudoun songs. But the altar was full of their treats, the room was full, the drummers were good, the singing was loud, and the mediums were expert. So the spirits arrived: various Danbalas slithering across the floor and a very martial Ogoun huffing and puffing around the altar to get his rum. And they were greeted, with awed interest by the Harvard students, familiarity by the Haitians, and annoyed tolerance by one Adventist woman.
in Harvard Theological Review > 103/1 (2010) . - pp. 27-46.[article] Where the Spirits Dwell: Possession, Christianization, and Saints' Shrines in Late Antiquity [texte imprimé] / David Frankfurter, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 27-46.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Harvard Theological Review > 103/1 (2010) . - pp. 27-46.
Résumé : With its clear-glass, brightly-lit, whitewashed interior, Harvard Divinity School's Andover Chapel reflects all the values of elite Protestant culture in New England history: quiet prayer, thoughtful sermons, an approach to God through the heart rather than the senses, and a minimum of iconic reminders that the space is Christian. And it was here, in April 2007, that this author beheld the Voudoun spirits Danbala and Ogoun arrive through several experienced mediums. The ceremony had not really been intended to call down the spirits, only to praise them in a kind of broad sampling of Haitian Voudoun songs. But the altar was full of their treats, the room was full, the drummers were good, the singing was loud, and the mediums were expert. So the spirits arrived: various Danbalas slithering across the floor and a very martial Ogoun huffing and puffing around the altar to get his rum. And they were greeted, with awed interest by the Harvard students, familiarity by the Haitians, and annoyed tolerance by one Adventist woman.