African pilgrimage : ritual travel in South Africa's Christianity of Zion / Retief Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Retief.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--South Africa.

Christianity.

Rites and ceremonies.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Independent churches.

South Africa.

Zion Christian Church (Limpopo, South Africa).

African Independent Church.

Independent churches--South Africa.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--South Africa.

Rites and ceremonies--South Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

Contents:

Part I. Introduction. Introduction and background

Part II. The local church context. ZCC worship observed : a world within worlds

The ZCC pulpit : a rhetorical focal point in the local church

The prophet's word : charismatic discourse at the grassroots

Part III. Pilgrimage to Moria : a sacred center in a rural periphery. A "New Year's" festival at the ZCC headquarters

Zion City revisited

Part IV. Outward-bound pilgrimage : the ZCC Bishop in the center. The traveling church

A border-crossing pilgrimage

Part V. Conclusion. The ZCC enigma and the role of pilgrimage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409430827

1409430820

9781409430834

1409430839

OCLC:

707725954