TY  - BOOK
AU  - Makwasha,Gift M.
TI  - The Repression, Resistance, and Revival of the Ancestor Cult in the Shona Churches of Zimbabwe: a Study in the Persistence of a Traditional Religious Belief
SN  - 9780773430228
AV  - BR1447 .M35 2010 
U1  - 200.96891276.891 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lewiston
PB  - Edwin Mellen Press
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - Shona (African people)
KW  - Religion
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Shona (Peuple d'Afrique)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Philosophy & Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; THE REPRESSION, RESISTANCE, AND REVIVAL OF THE ANCESTOR CULT IN THE SHONA CHURCHES OF ZIMBABWE: A Study in the Persistence of a Traditional Religious Belief; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Shona Ancestor Cult; Chapter 2 -- Mission Churches and the Shona Ancestor Cult: 1890-1923; Chapter 3 -- African Independent Churches and the Shona Ancestor Cult; Chapter 4 -- Kuyera KweDzimbabwe and the Shona Ancestor Cult; Chapter 5 -- Towards a ""Tripartite Shona Ancestor-Christology""; Appendix -- A Case Study of Kurovaguva Ritual: The Ndoro family in Rural WedzaBibliography; Index
N2  - This historical analysis of the evangelization of the Shona by both European missionaries and native evangelists examines the idea of a cross-cultural blending of Christianity and the Shona to create an Africanized Christianity. The author proposes a Christological approach where Jesus is seen as the ancestor par excellence in whom physical and spiritual needs are fulfilled
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