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Title: | The Work of Zion: An Analysis of an African Zionist Ritual |
Author: | Kiernan, James P. |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 340-356 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Southern Africa South Africa Africa |
Subjects: | African Independent Churches faith healing Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159298 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1976-046-00-000033 |
Abstract: | African Zionist ritual is a healing rite, but it makes demands on the patience of the participants. The author is particularly interested in the following paradox: despite an absence of overall control there are visible signs that control is somehow being exercised. Sections: the structure of the meeting - phase of constitution - statement of purpose - division of functions - the expression of powers. Conclusion: there is not a simple progression from disorder to order; rather it is the working out of a complex dialectic between the two. Notes, ref., résumé en français. |