The Realm of the Word
Language, Gender and Christianity in a Southern African Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932037 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J D Y Peel |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194 |
| Publication date | 1997-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The realm of the Word: Language, gender, and Christianity in a Southern African kingdom, Paul Stuart Landau, 1995 |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1581692 |
| OpenAlex | W2530620041 |
| Language | EN |
Part One The centre of the kingdom: Kharma III and the word of God missionary labours - the struggle to master the church how the meaning of Thuto changed - status, literacy, cattle and nationalism. Part Two The periphery of the realm of the word: the body of Christians medicine, extraction and prayer the way, the truth and the light - how Christians spread the word interference in matters of belief - rape, closed spaces and colonial complicity the masters of the cattle are absent citizenship, identity and power in the village a realm of the word - conclusion and epilogue
African studies · Archaeology · Christianity · History of religions · Kingdom · Linguistics · Realm · Sociology · Word (group theory) · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Geology · History · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy · Religious studies
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| Highly cited | No |