TY - BOOK ID - 135953309 TI - Isaiah Shembe's hymns and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha PY - 2016 SN - 9004320628 PB - Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Dance KW - Zulu (African people) KW - Religious aspects KW - Church of the Nazarites. KW - Rites and ceremonies. KW - Shembe, Isaiah, KW - Church of the Nazarites KW - Hymns. KW - Rituals. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135953309 AB - In Isaiah Shembe’s Hymns and the Sacred Dance in Ibandla lamaNazaretha , Nkosinathi Sithole explores the hymns of Prophet Isaiah Shembe and the sacred dance in Ibandla LamaNazaretha, and offers an emic perspective on the Church which has attracted scholars from different disciplines. Isaiah Shembe’s Hymns and the Sacred Dance in Ibandla lamaNazaretha posits that in the hymns, Shembe found a powerful medium through which he could voice his concerns as an African in colonial times, while praising and worshipping God. Sithole also refutes claims by some scholars that the sacred dance was a response to colonialism and oppression, showing that in fact the sacred dance in Ibandla lamaNazaretha is considered to be a form of worship and is thought to exist on earth and in heaven. ER -