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The finger of God : Enoch Mgijima, the Israelites, and the Bulhoek massacre in South Africa / Robert R. Edgar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edgar, Robert R., author.
- Series:
- Reconsiderations in southern African history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israelites (South Africa)--History.
- Israelites (South Africa).
- Mgijima, Enoch, 1868-1929.
- Mgijima, Enoch.
- Christian sects--South Africa--History--20th century.
- Christian sects.
- Millennialism--South Africa--History--20th century.
- Millennialism.
- Bulhoek Massacre, Bulhoek, South Africa, 1921.
- Massacres--South Africa--History--20th century.
- Massacres.
- History.
- South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This book analyzes the South African government's 1921 massacre of Enoch Mgijima's "Israelites," who refused to vacate land on which they were waiting for the end of the world, as both a signal event in South African history and an example of government conflicts with millennial movements worldwide."--Publisher's summary.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The promised land
- The prophet's call
- The making of a massacre
- When people rally round the word of God
- The Bulhoek aftermath
- The lost ark.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813941028
- 0813941024
- OCLC:
- 1010957068
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