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A prophet of the people [electronic resource] : Isaiah Shembe and the making of a South African church / Lauren V. Jarvis

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Jarvis, Lauren V.
Published
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
293 pages cm.
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Contents
Introduction -- An Inheritor in the Free State -- A Baptist in Town -- An Evangelist in Durban -- A Guest in the Reserves -- A Landowner in Inanda -- A Matchmaker at Ekuphakameni -- A Dissident in Southern Zululand -- A Celebrity in South Africa -- Conclusion.
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"--
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ISBN
9781611864847 (paperback)
9781609177522
9781628955170
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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