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020			_a9781107294318 (ebook)
020			_z9781107054431 (hardback)
020			_z9781107673137 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aBX7068.7.A4 _bC33 2014
082	0	4	_a289.9302 _223
100	1		_aCabrita, Joel, _d1980- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aText and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church / _cJoel Cabrita, University of Cambridge.
246	3		_aText & Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 400 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe International African library ; _v46
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0	0	_tIntroduction -- _tScholars, their subjects and the sources : ecumenicism and literary collaborations in the Nazaretha Church -- _tCharting a changing literary landscape : Isaiah Shembe and the early Zion movement in South Africa -- _tTranscription services : young literates and the transformation of generational relations -- _tThe imitation of Christ : healing performances and Biblical spectacles -- _tReading from the same page : Bible-writing and the creation of orthodoxy -- _tTales of war : women's testimonies, and the crafting of heroic reputations -- _t'God loves this chief of ours' : oratory, and chiefly conversions to the Nazaretha Church -- _tPursuing recognition : rhetoric and reality in church-state relations -- _tConclusion.
520			_aText 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.
600	1	0	_aShembe, Isaiah, _d-1935.
610	2	0	_aChurch of the Nazarites _xHistory.
610	2	0	_aChurch of the Nazarites _xSacred books.
650		0	_aIndependent churches _zSouth Africa.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aCambridge eBooks.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107054431
830		0	_aInternational African library ; _v46.
856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107294318
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