Cabrita, Joel,  1980- <br/><br/>
Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church / 
Joel Cabrita, University of Cambridge. 
 - London :International African Institue :New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  2014. 
 - xvii, 400 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
 - International African library ;  46 .
 - International African library ;  46. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013045319 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shembe, Isaiah, -1935. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Church of the Nazarites--History.<br/>Church of the Nazarites--Sacred books.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Independent churches--South Africa.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX7068.7.A4  / CAB 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289.9302