@Article{fx20-052,
  author = 	{Rounds, John C.},
  title = 	{Curing what ails them: individual circumstances and religious choice among the Zulu-speakers in Durban, South Africa},
  journal = 	{Africa},
  year = 	{1982},
  publisher = 	{Oxford University Press},
  address = 	{London},
  volume = 	{Vol. 52},
  number = 	{no. 2},
  pages = 	{77--89},
  keywords = 	{Zulu (African people); Zulu; Functional and adaptational interpretations; Cultural participation; Music; Social relationships and groups; Cult of the dead; Spirits and gods; Prayers and sacrifices; Purification and atonement; Revelation and divination; Congregations; Religious denominations; Organized ceremonial},
  abstract = 	{This paper is concerned with the rise and development of  two religious movements among Zulu speakers in the Durban area of South Africa -- a nativistic religion called  'the Zulu way', centered around spiritual healing, and the Pentecostal religion, based on concepts of morality, sin, and salvation. Rounds compares and contrasts these two religions and notes their many basic similarities. According to the author differences between the two arise in the different postures taken toward the city (Durban) and the different decisions made by individuals before conversion about the permanence of their stay in the city. Converts to the nativistic religion were mostly migrants, while converts to the Pentecostal congregation were generally immigrants. 'Activity at the nativist centre appeared to provide solutions  to the problems which confront any migrant, especially financial responsibility, maintaining links with home, and the choice of suitable friends and entertainments. On the other hand, activity in the Pentecostal congregation appeared to provide solutions to the parallel problems confronting any immigrant to the city, especially a different and more burdensome financial responsibility, the choice of a different set of  friends and entertainment, and the lack of  firm guides to proper conduct in a potentially anomic situation' (p. 87).},
  note = 	{John C. Rounds},
  note = 	{text obtained on-line;name searched LOC 4/23 / 04;Pages:  15; ready for analysis 4/23/04; analysis completed 5/11/04;},
  note = 	{Includes bibliographical references  (p. 88)},
  issn = 	{0001-9720},
  url = 	{https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=fx20-052},
  language = 	{English}
  note =        {Accessed on: 2022-06-26}
}