导航非洲神圣地理:印度的非洲苏菲派圣徒和精神圣地

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Journal of Africana Religions Pub Date : 2019-01-30 DOI:10.5325/JAFRIRELI.7.1.0017

Neelima Jeychandran

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摘要：印度的非洲神圣空间由主要来自西迪非裔印第安人社区和其他下层社区的凡人雕刻和维护，这些空间永远受到非洲精神生物的保护。作为过度拥挤的印度城市、沿海城镇和村庄的边缘空间，这些非洲神圣的地形不断被投资的利益相关者重新构想和重塑，以适应当代目的。在探讨其中一些圣像与非洲-印度洋奴隶贸易的复杂联系时，本文探讨了当信徒们继续寻求这些圣人和光谱神的代祷时，献给非洲苏菲圣人和灵魂的神殿是如何让非洲记忆鲜活的。通过研究这些圣地的精神信仰和实践，我讨论了非洲神圣地理在印度是如何通过非洲圣人和灵魂的代祷力量，作为一个与印度洋沿岸相连的关系空间而盛行的。

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Navigating African Sacred Geography: Shrines for African Sufi Saints and Spirits in India

Abstract:African sacred spaces in India are carved and maintained by mortal beings mostly hailing from the Sidi African-Indian community and from other subaltern communities, and these spaces are perpetually protected by African spirit beings. Thriving as marginal spaces in the overcrowded Indian cities, coastal towns, and villages, these African sacred topographies are continuously reimagined and reinvented by invested stakeholders to suit contemporary purposes. While addressing the complex connections of some of these sacredscapes with the African Indian Ocean slave trade, this paper examines how shrines dedicated to African Sufi saints and spirits keep African memories alive as devotees continue to seek the intercessions of these saints and spectral deities. By studying the spiritual beliefs and practices at these shrines, I discuss how African sacred geography in India prevails as a relational space connected to the Indian Ocean littoral through the intercessory powers of the African saints and spirits.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Africana Religions publishes critical scholarship on Africana religions, including the religious traditions of African and African Diasporic peoples as well as religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa. An interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, and other allied disciplines, the Journal of Africana Religions embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies in understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of Africana religions.