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Isaiah Shembe’s Prophetic Uhlanga

The Worldview of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Colonial South Africa

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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers


Paru le : 2013-11-04



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Isaiah Shembe’s Prophetic Uhlanga: The Worldview of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Colonial South Africa examines the worldview generated and sustained by the Zulu Zionist prophet Isaiah Shembe and his congregation, the Nazareth Baptist Church, during South Africa’s colonial era. The book contends that the worldview embraced by Shembe and his congregants was prophetically defined and reified. This argument challenges nationalist and postcolonialist discourses about colonized populations that have viewed empire and its consequences as the prime determinants of colonized individuals’ lives. Through a close reading of the church’s records, Joel E. Tishken demonstrates that at the heart of the narrative Shembe and church members told of themselves was a sincere and faithful conviction that Shembe was God’s anointed prophet and his followers God’s new chosen people. Within their understanding of colonial South Africa, British imperialism and white supremacy were part of God’s cosmic vision to provide atonement and salvation for Africans – plans they believed God was prophetically communicating to Shembe. The historical narrative, theology, and identity of Shembe and his parishioners revolved around this prophetically prescribed explanation for the conditions of colonial Africa. Thus, Tishken argues that colonized communities interpreted their worlds in much more creative and complex ways than scholars have recognized. This book is applicable to courses on imperialism, South Africa, African religions, and the history of Christianity.
Pages
242 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2013-11-04
Marque
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
EAN papier
9781433122859
EAN PDF
9781453911075
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Nombre pages copiables
48
Nombre pages imprimables
48
Taille du fichier
2877 Ko
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69,58 €

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