The Spiritual Baptist Religion

Forde, Maarit

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“…They jump and skip and walk on their hands and go through a series of wild antics in the back streets -like so many brutes "possessed by the devil" -to propitiate "the spirit". 69 The ordinances which followed, interestingly, were connected to the prohibition of Obeah: both were seen to challenge the legitimate mechanisms of colonial authority, such as institutionalised Christianity, and both were connected to subversive forms of apparently 'African' bodily and ritual practice. 70 These ordinances were adapted from older antivagrancy laws, as if they targeted these practices of the dispossessed because of the proof they gave of an alternative distribution of possession, power and animation.…”

Section: Spiritual Baptismmentioning

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Dispossessing Animism: Zong! And Spiritual Baptism

Dickinson¹

2021

New Formations

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This essay intervenes in the emerging discussions around animism by situating animism within the ongoing projects of colonial bio- and necropolitics. While 'animism' is often taken to denote pre- or anti- or counter-modern cosmologies that promise an alternative to the ontologies that sustain colonial violence, it has been recognised that there are in fact a variety of ways in which animism is 'built in' to modernity, and in which modernity itself is constituted as animistic. This essay pulls this recognition in a new direction by developing a theory of the 'distribution of the animate', describing a system of animist perception and expression by which different kinds of bodies, beings and forces are positioned and differentiated. This theory allows me to explore a shared zone in which the apparently relentless materialism of colonial biopolitics and the supposedly spiritual orientation of animism meet, collide and intertwine. This zone appears in this essay in a range of moments and modes, including the 'word' of possession in new world conquest, the anthropological invention of animism itself, the anticolonial resistance and spirit possession of the Hauka, the transubstantiative magic of chattelisation and, via an extended close reading, the text and performance of Marlene NourbeSe Philip's long poem, Zong!. I show that animism is not really the other to colonial modernity: to say this is to buy into a foundational colonial myth. Instead, what is at stake in the theoretical construct of animism are the qualities that distinguish one kind of life from another. The colonial systems for knowing the other (enshrined in anthropology) and dominating the other (exemplified by biopolitics) invent, recruit and disavow animism in order to naturalise the denial of personhood to colonialism's others. My argument is that for animism to escape these systems of possession it has to become something other than animism, by affirming a dispossession (rather than distribution) of animacy. I locate this dispossession in the sound and performance of Zong! and associate it with the poem's refusal of more familiar literary projects that try to reclaim and restore voice and personhood.

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Dispossessing Animism: Zong! And Spiritual Baptism

Dickinson¹

2021

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“…Baptists are renowned for their commitment to congregational autonomy, individual liberty, and the priesthood of all believers (Afolaranmi, 2022a). The aforementioned emphasis on autonomy is also present within the local church, wherein members are actively encouraged to engage in governance and decision-making (Forde, 2019). Notwithstanding this preoccupation with personal autonomy, the Baptist denomination concurrently fosters a robust sense of loyalty to one's denomination.…”

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Denominational Loyalty on the Cooperative Programme of the Nigerian Baptist Convention Between (2013-2023)

Musa,

Afolaranmi

2024

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The Baptist Cooperative Programme is a system in which churches, who cooperate with the Nigeria Baptist Convention (NBC), make contributions in the form of certain percentages of their tithes, offerings, and undesignated income to their associations, state conferences, and the national body. This paper explores the effects of denominational loyalty on the Cooperative Programme of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) and strategies to deepen this loyalty among church members. Social identity theory suggests that individuals define themselves based on their membership in social groups, leading to the formation of an identity that is partly derived from their group membership. The decline in the commitment of churches within this period of ten years is worrisome. The existing problem lies in the need to strengthen denominational loyalty to the Convention amidst changing societal dynamics and competing religious influences. Using secondary sources of data collection, including scholarly articles, books, and Convention reports, this study analyses the historical context and current practices of the Baptist Cooperative Programme. Preliminary findings suggest that the Cooperative Programme plays a crucial role in fostering a sense of belonging and loyalty among members, contributing to the overall growth and sustainability of the denomination. Also, while there is a strong desire for cooperation among Baptist Churches, challenges such as lack of loyalty, proper communication, and financial constraints hinder the commitment of the members. The study concludes that the Baptist Cooperative commitment has the potential to strengthen denominational loyalty among Baptist churches in Nigeria. Hence, by addressing these challenges and building on the potential successes of the Cooperative Programme, the Nigerian Baptist Convention can further enhance unity and cooperation among its member churches, ultimately strengthening the denomination as a whole.

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Washing the Dead Bed, from Poem to Digital Story

Ferguson

Lambert

2022

The Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation

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The Spiritual Baptist Religion

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Dispossessing Animism: Zong! And Spiritual Baptism

Dispossessing Animism: Zong! And Spiritual Baptism

Denominational Loyalty on the Cooperative Programme of the Nigerian Baptist Convention Between (2013-2023)

Washing the Dead Bed, from Poem to Digital Story

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