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石井 美保 Miho Ishii聖霊の贈与 ——ガーナ南部のカリスマ派独立教会における癒しの儀式と女性——
The Gift of the Holy Spirit : Healing Rituals and Gender in an Independent Charismatic Church in Southern Ghana
2007年07月 発行
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[ Abstract ]
The subject of this paper is the African Independent Church in the Republic of Ghana in West Africa and one objective is to identify the current situation and characteristics of the Independent Church in the post colonial African society. Another objective is to focus on the healing rituals performed at the Independent Church and consider the experiences and duality of women followers that participate in the church. Many previous studies on Christianity in Africa consider the Independent Church, a denomination that embodies both Christian and traditional elements, as a “developmental stage” of African Christianity in the process of the formation of the modern Pentecostal Church for the African people which started from enlightenment and conversion conducted by missionaries. Moreover, many previous studies have focused and analyzed the conversion of African males and church movement. On the other hand, recent studies that have focused on the gender differences concerning the experience of conversion have reproduced the modernization model that emphasizes the relief of the “natives” and the construction of modernity by the church by demonstrating the conversion and participation to the church of women as a process to construct identity and procedure for empowerment. Different from these studies, this paper will examine and analyze the experiences of women followers of Independent Church in southern Ghana also known as the “Faith Salvation Church”. At the Faith Salvation Church, healing rituals based on the prophecies of the Holy Spirit are conducted for women with gynecological diseases and pregnant women. Through the analysis of the healing rituals, this paper will identify the uniqueness of the Independent Church that is able to provide direct healing experiences by the Holy Spirit for people who live with illness or diseases. Moreover, this paper will indicate that even though women who participate in the Faith Salvation Church are ordinarily under the control of male professionals during worship, however, through the joint participation in healing rituals a space that transcends the scope of the gendered church—a physical community—is created.