TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Linda E.
TI  - Under the canopy: ritual process and spiritual resilience in South Africa 
T2  - Studies in comparative religion
SN  - 1570033110
AV  - BT 732.5.T473 1999 BT 732.5.T473 1999
U1  - 289.9/3/0968735 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Columbia, S.C.
PB  - University of South Carolina Press
KW  - St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church (Guguletu, Cape Town, South Africa)
KW  - Spiritual healing
KW  - Church and social problems
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Independent churches
KW  - Racism
KW  - Guguletu (Cape Town, South Africa)
KW  - Church history
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-170) and index; Prologue -- Introduction -- An inquiry into an African indigenous church -- The setting -- Ethnographic profile of St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission Church, Guguletu -- The ritual and theology of St. John's -- Symbols in St. John's ritual -- St. John's health care system -- Conclusions -- Appendix methodology -- Appendix demographic information -- Appendix schedule of questions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
ER  -