Competition and Integration in the Religious History of North-Western Zimbabwe

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3932168
AutoresJocelyn Alexander (1St. Antony's, Oxford), Terence Ranger (2St. Antony's, Oxford)
Ano1998
Volume28
Fascículo1
Páginas3-31
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/157006698x00116
OpenAlexW2007577135
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas1

COMPETITION AND INTEGRATION IN THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF NORTH-WESTERN ZIMBABWE BY JOCELYN ALEXANDER AND TERENCE RANGER (St. Antony's, Oxford) Introduction 'Literature on religion in Zimbabwe,' wrote Adrian Hastings recently, 'is exceptionally rich.' There has been work on mission Christianity and its indigenisation; on African independent churches; and on African religion. Such research has 'wrestled with the complex relationship between native Zimbabwean religion, Christianity and their social con- text-the total history of Zimbabwe." Zimbabwe is very 'Christian.' The churches which have descended from the main missions remain strong; Apostolic and Zionist churches, emerging in the 1930s, still attract fresh adherents; the

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