'Now we know that the enemy is from within': Shembeites and the Struggle for Control of Isaiah Shembe's Legacy and the Church
In 1911, Isaiah Shembe (1865-1935) founded the Nazareth Baptist Church popularly known as KwaShembe (Dube 1936: 29). The church became the first amongst the Zulus to be founded 'with the quest to restore the Zulu to their glorious past' (Masondo 2004: 69-79). Today it is the oldest and mos...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-153 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nazarite Baptist Church
/ Zulu
/ Nationalism
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RelBib Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church |
Further subjects: | B
Leadership
B power-struggles B Shembe B Identity B Shembeites |
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