Previous articleNext article No AccessMissionaries and Mechanical Clocks: An Essay on Religion and History in South AfricaJean ComaroffJean Comaroff Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Religion Volume 71, Number 1Jan., 1991 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/488536 Views: 26Total views on this site Citations: 33Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1991 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Azille Coetzee Woman, time and the incommunicability of non-Western worlds: understanding the role of gender in the colonial denial of coevalness, Feminist Theory 22, no.33 (Jan 2021): 465–482.https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700120987391Richard D. G. 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