Under the Canopy: Ritual Process and Spiritual Resilience in South Africa

by Linda E. Thomas

Book Overview

A thought-provoking study of how ritual unites an African community against social and economic hardships

A case study in the transcendent powers of ritual and faith, Under the Canopy illustrates how the healing rites performed at St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church, located in Guguletu, an African township in Cape Town, offered a means by which these poor black South Africans liberated themselves from oppressive systems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570037523
• ISBN13: 9781570037528
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"