01809cam a2200301 i 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000420009004000320013204200080016404300120017205000260018408200170021010000350022724501030026226000520036530000530041749000400047050400670051050507400057760000280131761000380134561000430138365000400142683000410146617938460MWNLS20150811160203.0131112s2014    enkab    b    001 0 eng c  a  2013045319  a9781107054431 (hardback : alk. paper)  aIEN/DLCbengcIENerdadDLC  apcc  af-sa---00aBX7068.7.A4bC33 201404a289.93022231 aCabrita, Joel,d1980-eauthor.10aText and authority in the South African Nazaretha Church /cJoel Cabrita, University of Cambridge.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2014.  axvii, 400 pages :billustrations, maps ;c24 cm.1 aInternational African library ;v46  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index.00tIntroduction --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.10aShembe, Isaiah,d-1935.20aChurch of the NazaritesxHistory.20aChurch of the NazaritesxSacred books. 0aIndependent churcheszSouth Africa. 0aInternational African library ;v46.