African Independent Churches Today: Kaleidoscope of Afro-Christianity
| Author: | Kitshoff, M.C. | |
| Year: | 1996 | |
| Pages: | 324 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-8782-4 978-0-7734-8782-6 | |
| Price: | $219.95 + shipping | |
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This work is the result of multi-disciplinary research and field work on the African Independent/Indigenous Churches, which are the fastest-growing component of Afro-Christianity. Chapters by missiologists, theologians, anthropologists, psychologists, and a musicologist examine multi-colored religious movements.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: On the History of Afro-Christianity
Chapter 1: Considerations on Sources for Writing African Indigenous Church History, H.L. Pretorius
Chapter 2: African Independent Churches in Malawi - Background and Historical Development, C. M. Pauw
Chapter 3: Religious Freedom in Botswana - Zion Christian Church and the Nazareth Church, D. R. Boschman
Chapter 4: Evolving Harrist Views of the Prophet Harris, D. A. Shank
Chapter 5: Simungu Bafazini Shibe and the Formation of the Zulu Congregational Church, A. W. Z. Kuzwayo
Chapter 6: A Reformed African Indigenous Church?, R. J. R. van der Spuy
Part Two: On Healing in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 7: Leaves of Healing - Christian Mission in the Context of African Witchcraft, H-J. Becken
Chapter 8: African Indigenous Healing, S.D., Edwards
Chapter 9: A Zionist Cleansing Ceremony - A Therapeutic Model for a Trauma-laden South Africa, H. Mkhize
Part Three: On Religious Communication in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 10: Music and Leadership in Zionist Churches, M. Xulu
Chapter 11: Religious Communication - Prayer, Sacrifice and Divination, S. K. Mfusi
Chapter 12: The Interface Between Biblical Revelation and Extra-Biblical Revelation - An Axiom in the Development of African Indigenous Churches, S. W. D. Dube
Part Four: On Understanding, Self Understanding and Mutual Sharing in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 13: In Search of Understanding - Anthropological Fieldwork Among Zulu Zionists in KwaMashu, M. Mohr
Chapter 14: "Zion" - Zionists doing Theology, D. C. van Zyl
Chapter 15: The Forces of Fire, A. S. van Niekerk
Chapter 16: Mutual Sharing as Liberation of "Mainline" and Independent Churches, B. A. Mazibuko
Part Five: On Orality in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 17: Shembe Preaching - a Study in Oral Hermeneutics, J. A. Loubser
Chapter 18: From Veneration to Deification of Isaiah Shembe - Reflections on an Oral History, M. C. Kitshoff
Part One: On the History of Afro-Christianity
Chapter 1: Considerations on Sources for Writing African Indigenous Church History, H.L. Pretorius
Chapter 2: African Independent Churches in Malawi - Background and Historical Development, C. M. Pauw
Chapter 3: Religious Freedom in Botswana - Zion Christian Church and the Nazareth Church, D. R. Boschman
Chapter 4: Evolving Harrist Views of the Prophet Harris, D. A. Shank
Chapter 5: Simungu Bafazini Shibe and the Formation of the Zulu Congregational Church, A. W. Z. Kuzwayo
Chapter 6: A Reformed African Indigenous Church?, R. J. R. van der Spuy
Part Two: On Healing in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 7: Leaves of Healing - Christian Mission in the Context of African Witchcraft, H-J. Becken
Chapter 8: African Indigenous Healing, S.D., Edwards
Chapter 9: A Zionist Cleansing Ceremony - A Therapeutic Model for a Trauma-laden South Africa, H. Mkhize
Part Three: On Religious Communication in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 10: Music and Leadership in Zionist Churches, M. Xulu
Chapter 11: Religious Communication - Prayer, Sacrifice and Divination, S. K. Mfusi
Chapter 12: The Interface Between Biblical Revelation and Extra-Biblical Revelation - An Axiom in the Development of African Indigenous Churches, S. W. D. Dube
Part Four: On Understanding, Self Understanding and Mutual Sharing in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 13: In Search of Understanding - Anthropological Fieldwork Among Zulu Zionists in KwaMashu, M. Mohr
Chapter 14: "Zion" - Zionists doing Theology, D. C. van Zyl
Chapter 15: The Forces of Fire, A. S. van Niekerk
Chapter 16: Mutual Sharing as Liberation of "Mainline" and Independent Churches, B. A. Mazibuko
Part Five: On Orality in Afro-Christian Context
Chapter 17: Shembe Preaching - a Study in Oral Hermeneutics, J. A. Loubser
Chapter 18: From Veneration to Deification of Isaiah Shembe - Reflections on an Oral History, M. C. Kitshoff