Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 304 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780520249042
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0520249038
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9780520249035
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0520249046
Series Statement:
The anthropology of Christianity 2
Content:
Documents how the apostolics' rejection of scripture speaks to long-standing concerns within Christianity about mediation and authority. Situating the Masowe case within a broad comparative framework, this ethnography shows how the apostolics' rejection of textual authority poses a problem of presence
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; MAP OF ZIMBABWE; Introduction; 1 Up in Smoke: Humility, Humiliation, and the Christian Book; 2 The Early Days of Johane Masowe; 3 The Question of Leadership: The Friday Message after Johane; 4 Mutemo in Three Portraits; 5 Listening for the True Bible: Live and Direct Language, Part I; 6 Singing and the Metaphysics of Sound: Live and Direct Language, Part II; 7 The Substance of Healing; Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520249042
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Problem of Presence : Beyond Scripture in an African Church
Language:
English
