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Perceptions of the Spiritist Churches: a Survey of Methodists and Roman Catholics in Winneba, Ghana

Perceptions of the Spiritist Churches: a Survey of Methodists and Roman Catholics in Winneba, Ghana PERCEPTIONS OF THE SPIRITIST CHURCHES: A SURVEY OF METHODISTS AND ROMAN CATHOLICS IN WINNEBA, GHANA* BY R. W. WYLLIE (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada) Introduction Independent 'prophet-healing' or Spiritist churches first ap- peared in Ghana in 1914 with the emergence of the Harris-inspired Twelve Apostles movement, and they are now found in most towns throughout the country. In Winneba, the coastal town in which research for this paper was conducted, Spiritism has been a fact of local religious life since 1930, the year in which a branch of Musama Disco Christo Church was established in the community. In the half century which has elapsed since that time, Winneba has seen its Spiritist churches multiply, so that by 1982 the town had some 35 Spiritist congregations with over 2,000 regular members.2 2 Despite this growth, such churches are still regarded as being 'beyond the pale' by most ministers and leading members of the town's non-Spiritist churches. In conversations with such persons the most common decriptive term applied to the Spiritist churches is nyamanyama, which means `worthless' or `insubstantial.' This dismissive adjective, which sug- gests that Spiritist groups ought not to be taken seriously as proper churches, is well http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

Perceptions of the Spiritist Churches: a Survey of Methodists and Roman Catholics in Winneba, Ghana

Wyllie, R.W.
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 15 (2): 142 – Jan 1, 1985
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© 1985 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4200
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10.1163/157006685X00174
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PERCEPTIONS OF THE SPIRITIST CHURCHES: A SURVEY OF METHODISTS AND ROMAN CATHOLICS IN WINNEBA, GHANA* BY R. W. WYLLIE (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada) Introduction Independent 'prophet-healing' or Spiritist churches first ap- peared in Ghana in 1914 with the emergence of the Harris-inspired Twelve Apostles movement, and they are now found in most towns throughout the country. In Winneba, the coastal town in which research for this paper was conducted, Spiritism has been a fact of local religious life since 1930, the year in which a branch of Musama Disco Christo Church was established in the community. In the half century which has elapsed since that time, Winneba has seen its Spiritist churches multiply, so that by 1982 the town had some 35 Spiritist congregations with over 2,000 regular members.2 2 Despite this growth, such churches are still regarded as being 'beyond the pale' by most ministers and leading members of the town's non-Spiritist churches. In conversations with such persons the most common decriptive term applied to the Spiritist churches is nyamanyama, which means `worthless' or `insubstantial.' This dismissive adjective, which sug- gests that Spiritist groups ought not to be taken seriously as proper churches, is well

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Published: Jan 1, 1985

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