02667nam 22004933u 450 99624805110331620230721021218.00-226-11444-9(CKB)1000000000747381(EBL)432157(OCoLC)808802813(SSID)ssj0000363844(PQKBManifestationID)12132456(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363844(PQKBWorkID)10394729(PQKB)11736073(EXLCZ)99100000000074738120130418d2009|||| u|| |engtxtccrOf Revelation and Revolution, Volume 2[electronic resource] The Dialectics of Modernity on a South African FrontierChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (614 p.)Description based upon print version of record.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; IndexIn 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. The relOf Revelation and Revolution, Volume IIOf Revelation and Revolution, Volume 2OF REVELATION AND REVOLUTION, 2Tswana (African people)Tswana (African people).303.48/241/00899639775303.48241068Comaroff John L251726Comaroff Jean251727AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996248051103316Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume 22380628UNISA