THE RITUAL LOOKING-GLASS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE GIRLS' PUBERTY CEREMONY IN THE NAZARETH CHURCH OF ISAIAH SHEMBE
The Nazareth Church of Isaiah Shembe, split in two in 1978 by an insoluble dispute between a son and grandson of the founder, has long included a girl's puberty rite in its religious calendar. The ritual both borrows from and departs from the traditional Zulu observance, but also draws on a Bib...
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ASRSA
1992
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1992, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-30 |
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