The Sacrifice of Flesh and Blood: Male Circumcision in Ibandla lamaNazaretha as a Biblical and African Ritual
Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah S...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-30 |
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Summary: | Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah Shembe reinstated is a hybrid form, combining the precolonial ritual practice as a rite of passage and the Israelites’ biblical one based on Abraham’s covenant with God in Genesis 17:10-14. Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah Shembe reinstated is a hybrid form, combining the precolonial ritual practice as a rite of passage and the Israelites’ biblical one based on Abraham’s covenant with God in Genesis 17:10-14. |
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ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/jsr.v25i1 |