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Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church / Joel Cabrita, University of Cambridge.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: International African library ; 46.Publication details: London :International African Institue :New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.Description: xvii, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 289.9302 23
LOC classification:
  • BX7068.7.A4 CAB 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- Scholars, their subjects and the sources : ecumenicism and literary collaborations in the Nazaretha Church -- Charting a changing literary landscape : Isaiah Shembe and the early Zion movement in South Africa -- Transcription services : young literates and the transformation of generational relations -- The imitation of Christ : healing performances and Biblical spectacles -- Reading from the same page : Bible-writing and the creation of orthodoxy -- Tales of war : women's testimonies, and the crafting of heroic reputations -- 'God loves this chief of ours' : oratory, and chiefly conversions to the Nazaretha Church -- Pursuing recognition : rhetoric and reality in church-state relations -- Conclusion.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction BX 7068.7 CAB 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 14194 Available MzULM-014194
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction BX 7068.7 CAB 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 14195 Available MzULM-014195
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction BX 7068.7 CAB 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 14196 Available MzULM-014196

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index.

Introduction -- Scholars, their subjects and the sources : ecumenicism and literary collaborations in the Nazaretha Church -- Charting a changing literary landscape : Isaiah Shembe and the early Zion movement in South Africa -- Transcription services : young literates and the transformation of generational relations -- The imitation of Christ : healing performances and Biblical spectacles -- Reading from the same page : Bible-writing and the creation of orthodoxy -- Tales of war : women's testimonies, and the crafting of heroic reputations -- 'God loves this chief of ours' : oratory, and chiefly conversions to the Nazaretha Church -- Pursuing recognition : rhetoric and reality in church-state relations -- Conclusion.

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