Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church. Joel Cabrita, University of Cambridge.
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TextSeries: International African library ; 46.Publication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2014Description: 400 p. 24 cmISBN: - 978-1107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)
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- BX 7068.7 .A4C33 2014
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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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