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Tuija Hovi

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Praising as bodily practice: the neocharismatic culture of celebration

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 2011 Tuija Hovi 10 citations

Rhythmic body movements and dancing, as well as singing, have been used as a means and inspiration for both individual and communal spiritual experience throughout the history of religions. This article takes a tentative look at the contemporary neocharismatic culture of celebration as a means of aiming at religious experience through collective bodily practice; namely praising, which is...