Worship, Culture, and the Contested Past: Seventh-day Adventists in Nigeria

IF 0.4 4区 哲学 0 RELIGION
Chigemezi Nnadozie Wogu
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This article is a product of an empirical study that argues that denominational worship praxis is a contested issue among Seventh-day Adventists (SDA s) in Nigeria today. Using analysis from fieldnotes and interviews, this article shows that there are some congregants who prefer to do worship as it was practiced by their denominational pioneers. This group keeps this memory sacred. Another group of Adventists contest the same past by leaning toward the Nigerian Pentecostal ethos. This contestation regarding the past combined with acceptance or rejection of cultural matters in the worship arena shows the diversity of Adventism in Nigeria. It also reveals how cultural and missionary traditions intersect and influence the local contemporary worship praxis of Adventist Christianity. Based on ethnographic findings, the article concludes that the example of conflicting visions of the past in one denomination (Seventh-day Adventists) in Nigeria contributes to a richer perspective in studies in world Christianity.

崇拜、文化和有争议的过去:尼日利亚的基督复临安息日会
本文是一项实证研究的成果,该研究认为,在当今尼日利亚的基督复临安息日会(SDA)中,教派崇拜方式是一个有争议的问题。本文通过对现场笔记和访谈的分析表明,有些会众更喜欢按照其教派先驱的做法做礼拜。这部分人将这种记忆视为神圣。另一部分基督复临安息日会信徒则倾向于尼日利亚五旬节派的精神,从而对过去提出质疑。这种对过去的争论,加上在崇拜领域对文化事项的接受或拒绝,显示了尼日利亚基督复临安息日会的多样性。文章还揭示了文化传统和传教传统是如何交织在一起并影响当地基督复临安息日会的当代崇拜实践的。根据人种学研究结果,文章得出结论,尼日利亚一个教派(基督复临安息日会)对过去的看法相互冲突的例子有助于为世界基督教研究提供更丰富的视角。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Religion in Africa was founded in 1967 by Andrew Walls. In 1985 the editorship was taken over by Adrian Hastings, who retired in 1999. His successor, David Maxwell, acted as Executive Editor until the end of 2005. The Journal of Religion in Africa is interested in all religious traditions and all their forms, in every part of Africa, and it is open to every methodology. Its contributors include scholars working in history, anthropology, sociology, political science, missiology, literature and related disciplines. It occasionally publishes religious texts in their original African language.
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