Abstract

Rituals of Fertility is divided into seven chapters: Isaiah Shembe and the Making of religious Empire; Making and Exchanging Nazarite Sacred Forms; Nazarite Hymns: Indigenizing Sacred Song; Nazarite Hymns: Popularizing Sacred Song; AmaNtombazane as the Mountains of Abstinence; Nazarite Marriage and the "Brides of Christ"; and AmaNkosikazi as Maidens of Royal Blood. The title of the book derives from a subheading of the same name found on page 196 (ch. 6). The title is further illuminated in the following words:

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