Engaging Modernity

Introduction by Dawid Venter A Conceptual Perspective Concepts and Theories in the Study of African Independent Churches by Dawid Venter African Independent Churches and Modernity by Jim Kiernan A Community Perspective Combining Ehtnographic and Survey Methods for a Local Comparative Study of African Independent Churches by Robert Garner African Independent Churches and Economic Development in Edendale by Robert Garner A National Perspective A Methodology for a National and Comparative Study of African Independent Churches by Lawrencia Kwark Reinvention of Tradition in African Independent Churches as Means of Engaging Modernity by Lawrencia Kwark A Global Perspective Methodological Issues of Applying a World System to a Literature Study of African Independent Churches by Dawid Venter Globalization and the Cultural Effects of the World Economy in a Semiperiphery: the Emergence of Zionist Churches in the Transkei by Dawid Venter Epilogue The Future of the African Independent Churches Movement by Robert Garner Glossary Index About the Contributors

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