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Religious revivalism among urban Zulu
Man: anthropological essays presented to O. F. Raum • Cape Town • Published In 1971 • Pages: 80-103
By: Du Toit, Brian M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with the development of a revivalist religious cult among Zulu near Durban -- its antecedents, its leadership, its role in a society much altered since the 19th century peak of its military power. The revivalism includes many aspects of traditional Zulu culture, and the cult has a predominately religious character. The author was a professional anthropologist who did field research.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Political movements
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- General character of religion
- Revelation and divination
- Prophets and ascetics
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Jan Simpson ; John Beierle ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kwa Mashu urban complex, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Brian M. Du Toit
- The cult itself has been indexed for SECTS (794), and the leaders for PROPHETS AND ASCETICS (792).
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77881637
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)