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020			_a9781107054431 (hardcover)
040			_beng _cGSU _erda _dGSU
050	0	0	_aBX7068.7.A4 _bCAB
100	1		_aCabrita, Joel, _d1980- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aText and authority in the South African Nazaretha church / _cJoel Cabrita, University of Cambridge.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
264		1	_c©2014.
300			_axvii, 400 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aInternational African library ; _v46
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-379) and index.
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.
610	2	0	_aChurch of the Nazarites _xSacred books.
650		0	_aIndependent churches _zSouth Africa.
830		0	_aInternational African library ; _v46.
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