Author: Vilakazi, Absolom. (with Mthethwa, Bongani., & Mpanza, Mthembeni).
Title: Shembe. The Revitalisation of African Society.
Description: Skotaville. Johannesburg 1986. 165pp paperback. Eps foxed and ff tanned. externally very bright. Overall VG condition. ISBN: 9780947009083 Presents the theology of the (Isaiah) Shembe Church with its aim of regenerating African society. The African Reformation, either ignored by Christian writers or treated as an aberration, regards the white mission churches as apostate and agents of Western imperialism. The African has learnt the basic premise of Protestantism, the right to interpret the bible as he understands it and organise a new purified society on this basis.

Keywords: isaiah mloyiswa mdliwamafa shembe christian christianity south southern africa african Ibandla lamaNazaretha nazareth baptist church


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