Text and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church
Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church tells the story of one of the largest African churches in South Africa, Ibandla lamaNazaretha, or Church of the Nazaretha. Founded in 1910 by charismatic faith-healer Isaiah Shembe, the Nazaretha church, with over four million members, has bec...
| Subtitles: | Text & Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | The International African library
46 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nazarite Baptist Church
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B Shembe, Isaiah 1870-1935 |
| Further subjects: | B
Church of the Nazarites
History
B Independent churches (South Africa) B Church of the Nazarites ; History B Independent churches ; South Africa B Shembe, Isaiah ; -1935 B Shembe, Isaiah (-1935) B Church of the Nazarites Sacred books B Church of the Nazarites ; Sacred books |
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Print version: 9781107054431 |
| Summary: | Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church tells the story of one of the largest African churches in South Africa, Ibandla lamaNazaretha, or Church of the Nazaretha. Founded in 1910 by charismatic faith-healer Isaiah Shembe, the Nazaretha church, with over four million members, has become an influential social and political player in the region. Deeply influenced by a transnational evangelical literary culture, Nazaretha believers have patterned their lives upon the Christian Bible. They cast themselves as actors who enact scriptural drama upon African soil. But Nazaretha believers also believe the existing Christian Bible to be in need of updating and revision. For this reason, they have written further scriptures - a new 'Bible' - which testify to the miraculous work of their founding prophet, Shembe. Joel Cabrita's book charts the key role that these sacred texts play in making, breaking and contesting social power and authority, both within the church and more broadly in South African public life. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1107294312 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107294318 |