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PLAY AND POWER IN RELIGION - ANDRÉ DROOGERS GEB...

At a religion's margins a counterpoint can be found for its power center. In a creative manner
relatively free from clerical control  religious virtuosos take new initiatives there. Inspired
by their experience with the sacred  they explore their liberty to play with meanings  images
and practices. Yet  the eventual success of such an innovation calls for organization and thus
for the exercise of power. Accordingly new movements slow down into institutions - till a new
virtuoso brings the cycle to a fresh start. Over the last thirty years André Droogers has
extensively published on the relation between religion  power and play. In this collection of
essays the most relevant articles are reprinted. For this volume Droogers wrote an
autobiographical introduction  showing how the contingencies of a career may nevertheless lead
to a more or less consistent approach. In Part I of the book articles are included that
represent the basic ideas of Droogers' approach  with an emphasis on margin  inversion  ritual
and meaning-making. In part II some of his articles on syncretism and Pentecostalism illustrate
his views. Part III contains articles that apply the play-and-power perspective to
methodological issues in the study of religion.

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