'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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Authors: Kumalo, Raymond Simangaliso (Author) ; Mujinga, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA [2017]
In: 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
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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