TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cabrita,Joel
TI  - Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church
T2  - International African library
SN  - 9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - BX7068.7.A4 C33 2014
U1  - 289.9302 23
KW  - Shembe, Isaiah,
KW  - Church of the Nazarites
KW  - History
KW  - Sacred books
KW  - Independent churches
KW  - South Africa
N1  - 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
ER  -