Matthew Engelke 
A Problem of Presence [PDF ebook] 
Beyond Scripture in an African Church

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The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as ‘the Christians who don’t read the Bible.’ They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God ‘live and direct’ from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding concerns within Christianity over mediation and authority. The Bible, of course, has been a key medium through which Christia...

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Map of Zimbabwe
Introduction
1. Up in Smoke: Humility, Humiliation, and the Christian Book
2. The Early Days of Johane Masowe...

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Sobre el autor

Matthew Engelke is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 321 ● ISBN 9780520940048 ● Tamaño de archivo 2.2 MB ● Editorial University of California Press ● Publicado 2007 ● Edición 1 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 4995625 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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