Concerned about Purity and Power: The Zionist Churches in Southern Africa
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| Title: | Concerned about Purity and Power: The Zionist Churches in Southern Africa |
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| Authors: | Christoffer H. Grundmann |
| Source: | Kulturní Studia, Vol 2, Iss 2025, Pp 3-27 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: | Kulturní studia, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | LCC:Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology |
| Subject Terms: | african indigenous churches (aics), zionist churches, prophet-healer movements, faith healing, christianity, southern africa, ritual practice, religion and medicine, intercultural theology, Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology, GN301-674 |
| Description: | The emergence of African Indigenous Churches (AICs) in sub-Saharan Africa during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constitutes a paradigmatic case for interdisciplinary inquiry. It has attracted the attention of historians, sociologists, cultural and medical anthropologists, scholars of religion, theologians, and many others. Rooted in a conscious break with the colonial past, while at the same time assimilating elements of the European Holiness movement and the North American Healing movement, the AICs form a highly diverse and dynamic constellation of church-like bodies, today numbering well in excess of 10,000. Approximately thirty per cent of African Christians are affiliated with one of these churches, which are commonly classified according to distinctive characteristics—the defining feature of the Zionist type of AIC being its emphasis on healing. This article first outlines the emergence of Prophet-Healer/Zionist type churches (I), then proceeds to examine their worship, ritual practices, and congregational life (II), and finally highlights issues that invite further interdisciplinary discussion and research (III). |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | Czech German English Russian Slovak |
| ISSN: | 2336-2766 |
| Relation: | https://kulturnistudia.cz/concerned-about-purity-and-power-the-zionist-churches-in-southern-africa/; https://doaj.org/toc/2336-2766 |
| DOI: | 10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).01 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/b95d25c8703c45e3adf10999df49c8aa |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.b95d25c8703c45e3adf10999df49c8aa |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | The emergence of African Indigenous Churches (AICs) in sub-Saharan Africa during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constitutes a paradigmatic case for interdisciplinary inquiry. It has attracted the attention of historians, sociologists, cultural and medical anthropologists, scholars of religion, theologians, and many others. Rooted in a conscious break with the colonial past, while at the same time assimilating elements of the European Holiness movement and the North American Healing movement, the AICs form a highly diverse and dynamic constellation of church-like bodies, today numbering well in excess of 10,000. Approximately thirty per cent of African Christians are affiliated with one of these churches, which are commonly classified according to distinctive characteristics—the defining feature of the Zionist type of AIC being its emphasis on healing. This article first outlines the emergence of Prophet-Healer/Zionist type churches (I), then proceeds to examine their worship, ritual practices, and congregational life (II), and finally highlights issues that invite further interdisciplinary discussion and research (III). |
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| ISSN: | 23362766 |
| DOI: | 10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).01 |