Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha /

Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha /

In Isaiah Shembe's Hymns and the Sacred Dance in Ibandla lamaNazaretha , Nkosinathi Sithole explores the hymns of Prophet Isaiah Shembe and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha, and offers an emic perspective on the Church which has attracted scholars from different disciplines. Isaiah She...

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Main Author: Sithole, Nkosinathi.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 45.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303942.

Subjects:

Shembe, Isaiah, > -1935.
Church of the Nazarites > Hymns.
Church of the Nazarites > Rituals.
Dance > Religious aspects > Church of the Nazarites.
Zulu (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.

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Call Number: BX7068.7.Z5

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 Beyond African Nationalism: Isaiah Shembe and His Hymns
  • 2 The Bible, the Hymns, and Shembe's Sense of Self
  • 3 The Sacred Dance and the Question of Resistance
  • 4 Virginity, Sexual Abstinence and the Maidens' Rituals
  • 5 Male Circumcision, Marriage and the Notion of (In)Completeness
  • 6 Dress Codes and the Poetics of Performance in the Sacred Dance
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.