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Thomas, Linda E.
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Under the canopy : ritual process and spiritual resilience in South Africa $c / Linda E. Thomas.

Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, c1999.

xxiv, 174 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission church was founded by Mother Mokotuli Christinah Nku in the early 1930s. She left the predominantly white Apostolic Faith Church and started St. John's, a church focused on healing in a way that blended the signs, symbols, and practices of her own Sotho culture and those borrowed from Protestant Christianity. St. John's is an independent African church that blends Christian symbols and practices into well-established precolonial religious systems.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Prologue. -- Introduction. -- An inquiry into an African indigenous church. -- The setting. -- Ethnographic profile of St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church, Guguletu. -- The ritual and theology of St. John's. -- Symbols in St. John's ritual. -- St. John's health care system. -- Conclusions. -- Appendix methodology. -- Appendix demographic information. -- Appendix schedule of questions. -- Notes. -- Bibliography. -- Index.

Spiritual healing.
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Church and social problems--South Africa.
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Independent churches--South Africa.
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Racism--South Africa.
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12/04/2009