The finger of God : Enoch Mgijima, the Israelites, and the Bulhoek massacre in South Africa /

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"This book analyzes the South African government's 1921 massacre of Enoch Mgijima's "Israelites," who refused to vacate land on which they were waiting for the end of the world, as both a signal event in South African history and an example of government conflicts with mille...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Edgar, Robert R. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Collection:Reconsiderations in southern African history.
Sujets:
Mgijima, Enoch, > 1868-1929.
Israelites (South Africa) > History.
1900-1999
Christian sects > South Africa > History > 20th century.
Millennialism > South Africa > History > 20th century.
Bulhoek Massacre, Bulhoek, South Africa, 1921.
Massacres > South Africa > History > 20th century.
Sectes chrétiennes > Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Millénarisme > Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Massacres > Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Eschatology.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
Christian sects
Massacres
Millennialism
South Africa
South Africa > Whittlesea
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The promised land
  • The prophet's call
  • The making of a massacre
  • When people rally round the word of God
  • The Bulhoek aftermath
  • The lost ark.

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