Afro-Christian Religion at the Grassroots in South Africa
| Author: | Oosthuizen, G. C. Hexham, Irving | |
| Year: | 1991 | |
| Pages: | 412 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-226-7 978-0-88946-226-7 | |
| Price: | $259.95 + shipping | |
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This work contains the research efforts of genuine empirical research by colleagues from various parts of the African continent, especially in Southern Africa. The close association that all have with the African Independent/Indigenous churches enables them to give a clearer picture of what happens at the grassroots level of this vast movement in the Southern Africa context.
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"There are two very positive and exciting outcomes of this volume. One, the analysis of AICs within the contexts of African society helps explain, in a meaningful way, the needs of African people where Western-imported Christianity has had less than positive success. Two, there are contributions that add to a much needed body of writing for understanding music and liturgy within the African context. . . . this excellent and informative volume is a welcome addition to a growing body of information about Afro-Christianity at the grassroots of a rapidly changing African context." - Missiology
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements, G.C. Oosthuizen
Opening Address, A.L. Nkabinde
Section 1: Moving between Two Integrating Worlds: Traditionalism and Afro-Christianity
Chapter 1: Snippets out of Research Experience, G.M. Setiloane
Chapter 2: The Place of Traditional Religion in Contemporary Southern Africa, G.C. Oosthuizen
Chapter 3: Outside the Cattle-kraal: Transformations in a Rural Zionist Church, H.L. Pretorius
Chapter 4: Prioress, Prophetess and "Primitive": An Anthropological Perspective, S. Steel
Chapter 5: Religious Pluralism in a Zulu Chiefdom, F.H. Boot
Chapter 6: The Deeds of Shembe as Described by His Eyewitnesses, H.J. Becken
Chapter 7: Magic and Separatist or Independent Churches, A.L. Vilakazi
Section II: Healing in a Context of Two Integrated Worldviews
Chapter 8: Music and Dance in Zionist Healing Ceremonies, K Balzer
Chapter 9: Spiritual Healing and Traditional Medicine in Botswana, O.N.O. Kealotswe
Section III: Historical Expositions and Assessments of AIC
Chapter 10: Walter Matitta Phangwa (1885-1935), M. Damane
Chapter 11: Spiritual Maturity of Matitta and Schisms, S.A. Mohono
Chapter 12: Liturgical Associations in the Nazarite Association of Lesotho, S. Nussbaum
Chapter 13: The St. Engenas Zion Christian Church, E.K. Lukhaimane
Chapter 14: Resistance or Capitulation?: A Case Study of Early Signs of Independency in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Africa, J.P. Mostert
Chapter 15: Kumoa: The Kushite Movement of Africa (A New Pursuit of an Old Ideal in African Religious Movements), J.P. Mostert
Chapter 16: Some Functions of the Zionist Movement in Swaziland, R.J. Cazziol
Section IV: Scripture Use in AIC
Chapter 17: Scripture Use in AIC Hymnody: Fourteen Fields of Investigation, J.R. Krabill
Section V: Socioeconomic and Political Issues and the AIC
Chapter 18: Religion and World Outlook, P. Zulu and G.C. Oosthuizen
Chapter 19: Possible Theosophical Influences on the Rise of African Independent Churches in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century, I. Hexham
Glossary
Indexes
Acknowledgements, G.C. Oosthuizen
Opening Address, A.L. Nkabinde
Section 1: Moving between Two Integrating Worlds: Traditionalism and Afro-Christianity
Chapter 1: Snippets out of Research Experience, G.M. Setiloane
Chapter 2: The Place of Traditional Religion in Contemporary Southern Africa, G.C. Oosthuizen
Chapter 3: Outside the Cattle-kraal: Transformations in a Rural Zionist Church, H.L. Pretorius
Chapter 4: Prioress, Prophetess and "Primitive": An Anthropological Perspective, S. Steel
Chapter 5: Religious Pluralism in a Zulu Chiefdom, F.H. Boot
Chapter 6: The Deeds of Shembe as Described by His Eyewitnesses, H.J. Becken
Chapter 7: Magic and Separatist or Independent Churches, A.L. Vilakazi
Section II: Healing in a Context of Two Integrated Worldviews
Chapter 8: Music and Dance in Zionist Healing Ceremonies, K Balzer
Chapter 9: Spiritual Healing and Traditional Medicine in Botswana, O.N.O. Kealotswe
Section III: Historical Expositions and Assessments of AIC
Chapter 10: Walter Matitta Phangwa (1885-1935), M. Damane
Chapter 11: Spiritual Maturity of Matitta and Schisms, S.A. Mohono
Chapter 12: Liturgical Associations in the Nazarite Association of Lesotho, S. Nussbaum
Chapter 13: The St. Engenas Zion Christian Church, E.K. Lukhaimane
Chapter 14: Resistance or Capitulation?: A Case Study of Early Signs of Independency in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Africa, J.P. Mostert
Chapter 15: Kumoa: The Kushite Movement of Africa (A New Pursuit of an Old Ideal in African Religious Movements), J.P. Mostert
Chapter 16: Some Functions of the Zionist Movement in Swaziland, R.J. Cazziol
Section IV: Scripture Use in AIC
Chapter 17: Scripture Use in AIC Hymnody: Fourteen Fields of Investigation, J.R. Krabill
Section V: Socioeconomic and Political Issues and the AIC
Chapter 18: Religion and World Outlook, P. Zulu and G.C. Oosthuizen
Chapter 19: Possible Theosophical Influences on the Rise of African Independent Churches in the Early Part of the Twentieth Century, I. Hexham
Glossary
Indexes