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Author Engelke, Matthew Eric.

Title A problem of presence : beyond Scripture in an African church / Matthew Engelke.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The anthropology of Christianity ; 2
Anthropology of Christianity ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index.
Contents Up in smoke: humility, humiliation, and the Christian book -- The early days of Johane Masowe -- The question of leadership: the Friday message after Johane -- Mutemo in three portraits -- Listening for the True Bible: live and direct language, part I -- Singing and the metaphysics of sound: live and direct language, part II -- The substance of healing.
Summary Documents how the apostolics' rejection of scripture speaks to long-standing concerns within Christianity about mediation and authority. Situating the Masowe case within a broad comparative framework, this ethnography shows how the apostolics' rejection of textual authority poses a problem of presence.
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Subject Masowe weChishanu Church.
Masowe weChishanu Church.
Masowe, Johane.
Masowe, Johane.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Engelke, Matthew Eric. Problem of presence. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520249035 0520249038 (DLC) 2006023890 (OCoLC)70775616
ISBN 9780520940048 (electronic book)
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