Water rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connected

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dc.contributor.authorWepener, Casen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMuller, B. A.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:35:05Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:35:05Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCITATION: Wepener, C. & Muller, B. A. 2013. Water rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connected. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 54(1-2):1-13, doi:10.5952/54-1-2-316.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractAfrican Independent Churches (AICs) are to a large extent paperless churches. This means that for the biggest part liturgical documents do not exist and that a study of their worship must entail a study of their enacted rites which will include recordings and transcriptions of verbal expressions such as sermons. This article focuses on AIC worship in South africa, with special attention to the role of so-called water rituals. In this article the main aim is an attempt to discern what the role of these water rituals are in the worship of this AIC and in the generation of social capital. Thus, after a description of the ritual data, the water rituals are analysed by making use of both anthropological and theological theory, especially the work of Mary Douglas and Gerhardus van der Leeuw.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/316
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent13 pages
dc.identifier.citationWepener, C. & Muller, B. A. 2013. Water rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connected. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 54(1-2):1-13, doi:10.5952/54-1-2-316.
dc.identifier.issn2226-2385 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0028-2006 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5952/54-1-2-316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95191
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectWorshipen_ZA
dc.subjectRitualen_ZA
dc.subjectIndependent churches -- Africaen_ZA
dc.titleWater rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connecteden_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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