1. 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 © 2011 Irving Hexham

2. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
Source: National Archives of Canada. In the public domain. © 2011 Irving Hexham
Colonial Administrator and novelist John Buchan ( ), Lord Tweedsmuir. His novel Prester John (1910) shaped the thinking of many about African Independent Churches.

3. 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.

4. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
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Anthropologist Karla Poewe interviewing the Rt. Revd. Londa Shembe.

5. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
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A small amaNazarite group at worship.

6. 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.

7. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
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Rev. Petrus Dhlomo the archivist of the amaNazarites on the left. Members of his research team discussing texts on the right.

8. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
Source: Photo by Irving Hexham.
Source: Photo by Irving Hexham © 2011 Irving Hexham
amaNazarites sit patiently awaiting the arrival of Bishop Amos Shembe.

9. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
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Bishop Amos Shembe displaying his liturgical robes.

10. The Case of Isaiah Shembe
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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.

11. 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.