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Title: | Grass-Roots Ecumenism: Religious and Social Co-Operation in Two Urban African Churches |
Author: | Jules-Rosette, Bennetta |
Year: | 1977 |
Periodical: | African Social Research |
Issue: | 23 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 185-216 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Zambia Africa |
Subjects: | African Independent Churches Religion and Witchcraft |
Abstract: | The proliferation in numbers of African indigenous Churches is sustained through the radical insistence of each organization on maintaining its respective identity, but, under conditions of internal or external pressure, the groups do unite to accomplish particular goals. This paper examines Marrapodi, a peri-urban settlement near Lusaka, Zambia, in which several sects/Churches are found. The discussion bears not only upon religious groups but also upon the co-existence of voluntary associations in small urban communities undergoing rapid social change. The data. collected in 1974-76, include ethno-historical accounts and ethnographic materials on shanty-town Churches. Examined are the Vapostori (Apostles) of John Masowe and the Vapostori of John Maranke, Churches which both have engaged in spontaneous ecumenism. Ref., notes, photo. |