Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church

Informationen zum Autor Joel Cabrita is University Lecturer in World Christianities at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext This book tells the story of one of the largest and most influential African churches in South Africa. Zusammenfassung The Nazaretha church! with over four million members! is one of the largest and most influential African churches in South Africa. Unique among other churches! its members have written a new 'Bible' that tells the story of their community. This is the first study to focus upon how these believers used their new Bible to redefine Christianity in a Southern African context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Scholars, subjects and sources: ecumenicism and literary collaborations in the Nazaretha church; 3. Charting a changing literary landscape: Isaiah Shembe and the early Zion Movement in South Africa; 4. Transcription services: young literates and the transformation of generational relations; 5. The imitation of Christ: healing performances and Biblical spectacles; 6. Reading from the same page: Bible-writing and the creation of orthodoxy; 7. Tales of war: women's testimonies and the crafting of heroic reputations; 8. God loves this chief of ours: oratory and casting political obedience as religious obligation; 9. Pursuing recognition: rhetoric and reality in Church-state relations; 10. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Cabrita, Joel (University of Cambridge) Cabrita, Cabrita Joel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9781107054431
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05443-1
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: The International African Library; The International African Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sociology, HISTORY / Africa / General, Religion: general, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Republic of South Africa, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, African History, Baptist Churches