Understanding World Religions Chapter Six The Case of Isaiah Shembe © 2011 Irving Hexham Copy by Irving Hexham of earlier photo provided by the Rt. Revd. Londa Shembe. Used by permission 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: National Archives of Canada. In the public domain. © 2011 Irving Hexham Colonial Administrator and novelist John Buchan (1875-1940), Lord Tweedsmuir. His novel Prester John (1910) shaped the thinking of many about African Independent Churches.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Fred and Hebe Welbourn. Used by permission. © 2011 Irving Hexham. Fred Welbourn with a group of African Independent Church leaders. He pioneered the anthropological study of AIC’s.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo by Irving Hexham 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham Anthropologist Karla Poewe interviewing the Rt. Revd. Londa Shembe.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo by Irving Hexham 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham A small amaNazarite group at worship.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Hans-Jürgen Becken. Used by permission. © 2011 Irving Hexham Johannes Galilee Shembe who commissioned the collection of his father’s acts and sayings. Effectively he created the amaNazarite scriptures.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photos by Irving Hexham 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham Rev. Petrus Dhlomo the archivist of the amaNazarites on the left. Members of his research team discussing texts on the right.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo by Irving Hexham. Source: Photo by Irving Hexham 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham amaNazarites sit patiently awaiting the arrival of Bishop Amos Shembe.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo by Irving Hexham 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham Bishop Amos Shembe displaying his liturgical robes.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo by Karla Poewe 1987. © 2011 Irving Hexham Irving Hexham eating a meal at a Durban hotel with the Rt. Revd. Londa Shembe. Notice the tape recorder on the table to record the conversation.
The Case of Isaiah Shembe Source: Photo of Edwin Mellen Press book cover made by Irving Hexham. © 2011 Irving Hexham Now the amaNazarites have translations of key texts in English.