| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 293 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
African History and Culture Series |
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African history and culture
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. An Inheritor in the Free State -- Chapter 2. A Baptist in Town -- Chapter 3. An Evangelist in Durban -- Chapter 4. A Guest in the Reserves -- Chapter 5. A Landowner in Inanda -- Chapter 6. A Matchmaker at Ekuphakameni -- Chapter 7. A Dissident in Southern Zululand -- Chapter 8. A Celebrity in South Africa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"In A Prophet of the People: Isaiah Shembe and the Making of a South African Church, historian Lauren Jarvis provides a portrait of Isaiah Shembe, founder of the Nazaretha Baptist Church and one of South Africa's most famous religious figures, and in turn South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Shembe, Isaiah, -1935.
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| SUBJECT |
Shembe, Isaiah, -1935. fast |
| Subject |
Church of the Nazarites -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Church of the Nazarites. fast |
| Subject |
Independent churches -- South Africa -- History
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HISTORY / General
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Independent churches.
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South Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781609177522 |
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1609177525 |
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