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Zulu Zion

Ronald Eyre shows how Christianity is practiced in Africa, a not contradictory Christianity, but not a familiar one.

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  • "African religions--Zulu Zion"@en
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  • "Ronald Eyre shows how Christianity is practiced in Africa, a not contradictory Christianity, but not a familiar one."@en
  • "This program goes to South Africa where the so-called "independent" churches blend Christian teaching with traditional Zulu beliefs."@en
  • "Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa exploring the Black African response to Christianity."
  • "Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity."
  • "Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity."@en
  • "Producer, Peter Montagnon ; director, Mischa Scorer ; photography, Jim Peirson."@en
  • "Forms part of a series on world religions in which theater director Ronald Eyre travels around the globe asking people basic questions about their religious beliefs and practices. Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity. Studies two major groups, the Zionists and the Nazarites, a group founded by Isaiah Shembe. Shows a women's Zionist service, held at a home in the townships, where healing and support are integral parts of the service, and an open-air service of the Nazarites at which the themes of dreams, healing, and power are discussed."@en
  • "An investigation of African Christianity, in the area around Durban, South Africa, especially of those group apart from mission-related churches, which display a unique Africanness. Two major groups are studied, the Zionists and the Nazarites. The interviewer attends a women's Zionist service, held at a home in the twonships, where healing and support are integral parts of the service. At an open-air service of the Nazarites, a group started by Isaiah Shembe, regarded as a black prophet, the themes of dreams, healing and power are discussed."
  • "Explores the black African response to Christianity, exemplified by the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa."
  • "Explores the black African response to Christianity, exemplified by the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa."@en
  • "Eyre explores the black African response to Christianity, exemplified by the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa. Three main elements retained from pre-Christian faith are examined: dreams and visions, healing, and power."@en
  • "Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity. Studies two major groups, the Zionists and the Nazarites, a group founded by Isaiah Shembe. Shows a women's Zionist service, held at a home in the townships, where healing and support are integral parts of the service, and an open-air service of the Nazarites at which the themes of dreams, healing, and power are discussed."@en
  • "Highlights the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa, which espouse an interesting blend of Christianity with native beliefs."@en
  • "Eyre explores the black African response to Christianity, exemplified by the Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa. Three main elements retained from pre-Christian faith are examined : dreams and visions, healing, and power."@en
  • ""The Zulu Independent Churches in South Africa. When Christian missionaries took the Gospel to Africa they also tried to suppress African religion and subvert African culture with their own. But since World War I, and with increasing vigor in the last 20 years, Africans have been rediscovering their lost religious identity and have been forming independent churches with their own festivals, prophets and rituals and greater or lesser devotion to Christ."--Distributor's website."@en
  • "Visits the Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity."@en
  • "The narrator visits Zulu Independent Churches of South Africa to explore the Black African response to Christianity. Traces the history of religious beliefs in Africa from the arrival of the first Christian missionaries to the current rediscovery of the African religious identity."@en

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