Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 ‘Light in the Darkness’: Towards a Congolese Spiritual Movement ‘from Japan’ 35
7. Chapter 2 Occult Sciences: (Il)legitimate Secrecy and the Infrapolitics of Suspicion 69
8. Chapter 3 Blossoming Boundaries: (Re-)production and Contestation of Japanese Flower Practices 95
9. Chapter 4 Cleansing the City: Touch, Rubbish and Citizenship 124
10. Chapter 5 Experiencing Faith: Crisis, Miracles and Spiritual Healing 143
11. Chapter 6 (In) Touch without Contact: Johrei and the Aura of the Self 164
12. Chapter 7 Vibrating Words: Performative Silence and the Power of Words 195
13. Chapter 8 Imported Tradition: ‘Ancestor Worship’ as Reverse Orientalism 225
14. Conclusion 257
15. Bibliography 267
16. Index 291