Bantu Prophets in South AfricaOriginally published in 1948 and then updated in 1961 outlines the religious and social background of the Zulus and discusses the rise of the Independent Church Movement. It examines the organization and inner workings of the different Churches, their forms of worship, and the personalities of their leaders. It also analyses the blend of old and new which appears in Zulu interpretations of some aspects of Christian doctrine. |
Contents
RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THE ZULUS | |
3 Net vir BlankesFor Europeans Only | |
a Congregational offshoots | |
GOVERNMENT POLICY | |
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY | |
LEADER AND FOLLOWERS | |
WORSHIP AND HEALING | |
3 Revelation through | |
4 Green PasturesZulu Version | |
CONCLUSIONS | |
DEVELOPMENTS 194560 | |
2 Tribe Chief and Church | |
3 Bantu Messiah | |
NOTES | |
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African Church African Congregational Church African Methodist Episcopal ancestral spirit Angel Anglican Bantu Independent Churches Baptist Church Bethesda Bible Bishop called chief Christian Apostolic Christian Church Church in Zion Church leaders Church movement Church of Africa Church of Christ Church of South claim colour Congregational Church dancing diviner dream Durban Ekuphakameni Ethiopian and Zionist Ethiopian Catholic Church Ethiopian Church European evangelists fact faithful festival followers healing heathen heaven Holy Spirit hymns important Independent Bantu Churches influence Isaiah Shembe Jesus Johannesburg king kraal leadership Lutheran Messiah Methodist Episcopal Church Mission Church Mthethwa Natal National Church Nazarite Nazarite Church Negro organization pattern prayed prayer preacher Pretoria problem purification rites Rand religious ritual Sabbath secession Separatist Churches Shembe’s singing Sotho South Africa Swazi Swaziland told tribal uMoya White women Xhosa Zion Apostolic Zion of South Zionist Church Zionist groups Zionist prophet Zionist type Zulu Church Zulu prophet Zululand