Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church /
Cabrita, Joel, 1980-
Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church / Joel Cabrita, University of Cambridge. - xvii, 400 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm. - International African library ; 46 . - International African library ; 46. .
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.
9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)
2013045319
Shembe, Isaiah, -1935.
Church of the Nazarites--History.
Church of the Nazarites--Sacred books.
Independent churches--South Africa.
BX7068.7.A4 / C33 2014
289.9302 / CAB
Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church / Joel Cabrita, University of Cambridge. - xvii, 400 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm. - International African library ; 46 . - International African library ; 46. .
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.
9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)
2013045319
Shembe, Isaiah, -1935.
Church of the Nazarites--History.
Church of the Nazarites--Sacred books.
Independent churches--South Africa.
BX7068.7.A4 / C33 2014
289.9302 / CAB