The People's Zion: Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement

by Joel Cabrita

In The People's Zion, Joel Cabrita tells the transatlantic story of Southern Africa's largest popular religious movement, Zionism. It began in Zion City, a utopian community established in 1900 just north of Chicago. The Zionist church, which promoted faith healing, drew tens of thousands of marginalized Americans from across racial and class divides. It also sent missionaries abroad, particularly to Southern Africa, where its uplifting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737784
• ISBN13: 9780674737785
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"