Of revelation and revolution Jean Comaroff and John Comaroff.

By: Comaroff, Jean

Contributor(s): Comaroff, John L, 1945- | American Council of Learned Societies

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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-Book: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991-1997Description: 2 v. ill., maps ; 24 cmSubject(s): London Missionary Society -- Missions -- South Africa | Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society -- Missions -- South Africa | London Missionary Society | Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society | Tswana (African people) -- History | Tswana (African people) -- Missions | Tswana (African people) -- Social conditions | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa | South Africa -- History | Africa -- HistoryAdditional physical formats: No title

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v. 1. Christianity, colonialism and consciousness in South Africa -- v. 2. Dialectics of modernity on a South African frontier. Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chronology; 1 Introduction; 2 Preachers and Prophets: The Domestication of the Sacred Word; 3 Cultivation, Colonialism, and Christianity: Toward a New African Genesis; 4 Currencies of Conversion: Of Markets, Money, and Value; 5 Fashioning the Colonial Subject: The Empire's Old Clothes; 6 Mansions of the Lord: Architecture, Interiority, Domesticity; 7 The Medicine of God's Word: Saving the Soul by Tending the Flesh; 8 New Persons, Old Subjects: Rights, Identities, Moral Communities; 9 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

In: ACLS Humanities E-BookURL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/Summary: In the second of a proposed three-volume study, John and Jean Comaroff continue their exploration of colonial evangelism and modernity in South Africa. Moving beyond the opening moments of the encounter between the British Nonconformist missions and the Southern Tswana peoples, Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume II, explores the complex transactions-both epic and ordinary-among the various dramatis personae along this colonial frontier.The Comaroffs trace many of the major themes of twentieth-century South African history back to these formative encounters.

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v. 1. Christianity, colonialism and consciousness in South Africa -- v. 2. Dialectics of modernity on a South African frontier.
Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chronology; 1 Introduction; 2 Preachers and Prophets: The Domestication of the Sacred Word; 3 Cultivation, Colonialism, and Christianity: Toward a New African Genesis; 4 Currencies of Conversion: Of Markets, Money, and Value; 5 Fashioning the Colonial Subject: The Empire's Old Clothes; 6 Mansions of the Lord: Architecture, Interiority, Domesticity; 7 The Medicine of God's Word: Saving the Soul by Tending the Flesh; 8 New Persons, Old Subjects: Rights, Identities, Moral Communities; 9 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

In the second of a proposed three-volume study, John and Jean Comaroff continue their exploration of colonial evangelism and modernity in South Africa. Moving beyond the opening moments of the encounter between the British Nonconformist missions and the Southern Tswana peoples, Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume II, explores the complex transactions-both epic and ordinary-among the various dramatis personae along this colonial frontier.The Comaroffs trace many of the major themes of twentieth-century South African history back to these formative encounters.

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