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Under the canopy : ritual process and spiritual resilience in South Africa
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- Creator
- Linda E. Thomas
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Columbia : University of South Carolina, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xxiv, 174 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781570033117, 1570033110
- OCLC
- ocm40838592
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-170) and index.
- An inquiry into an African indigenous church -- The setting -- Ethnographic profile of St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church, Guguletu -- The ritual and theology of St. John's -- Symbols in St. John's ritual -- St. John's health care system -- Conclusions -- Methodology -- Demographic information -- Schedule of questions
Subjects
- St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church (Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa)
- Spiritual healing.
- Church and social problems -- South Africa.
- Independent churches -- South Africa.
- Racism -- South Africa.
- South Africa -- Race relations.
- South Africa -- Social conditions.
- Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Church history.