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By Retief Müller

ISBN-10: 1409430820

ISBN-13: 9781409430827

Years after the top of Apartheid South Africa is still racially polarized and socially divided. during this context pilgrimage and vacationing rituals serve to aid those that usually locate themselves on the backside finish of the social ladder to make feel in their global. This ebook describes a South Africa that's made from a few various fragmented worlds. the focal point is at the Zion Christian Church, one of many greatest non secular events in southern Africa, and an outstanding instance of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage performs an incredible position in reintegrating a few of these fragmented worlds into whatever drawing close wholeness. This e-book tells the tale of the way the iconic ritual of pilgrimage is reworking African faith, besides the lives of normal South Africans.

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