| ID | 170748 |
| Title Proper | Maitreya’s garden in the township |
| Other Title Information | transnational religious spaces of yiguandao activists in urban South Africa |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Broy, Nikolas |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper seeks to explore the spaces created by practitioners of the Taiwanese-Chinese religious movement Yiguandao 一 貫 道 (“Way of Pervading Unity”) in urban South Africa. Drawing on ethnographic data from fieldwork conducted in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town in late 2017 as well as on published Yiguandao materials, this contribution analyses how these spaces are created, maintained, and charged with meaning. It investigates the uses of these spaces as well as how and why various actors engage in them. By proposing a preliminary typology that is based on the location, function, and mobility of these spaces, this contribution argues that Yiguandao religious spaces represent more intense arenas of transcultural interaction than most other – and predominantly economic – Chinese spaces in Africa. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Perspectives No. , 2019; p27-36 |
| Journal Source | China Perspectives 2019-09 |
| Key Words | Globalisation ; South Africa ; Religious Travel ; Chinese Migration ; Chinese Religions ; Taiwanese Religions ; Yiguandao ; Religious Transnationalism |