Messianic Popular Movements in the Lower Congo

Uppsala, Sweden: [Agent: Almqvist & Wiksells boktr.], 1958. First edition. very good +. Quarto (12-1/4" x 9-1/4"). xiii, (1), 287, (1)pp. Text in English. Green library buckram, spine lettered in gilt, original wrappers bound in. Illustrated with 4 plates (3, in color), and several text drawings. An ex-library copy with rubber stamp on title page and a library pocket on rear pastedown, otherwise fine.

Contents: I. Cultural and religious background -- II. Incipience of the prophet movement in the earlier missions -- III. Simon Kimbangu and Ngunzism -- IV. Ngunzism during the years 1921-1924 -- V. The resurgence of Ngunzism in the 1930's -- VI. The rise of new popular movements in the Lower Congo -- VII. The Ngunza-Khaki movement and its leaders -- VIII. Nzambi ya Khaki, distribution, organization, cult -- IX. The doctrine of Nzambi ya Khaki -- X. The Munkukusa or Munkunguna movement of 1951-1953 -- XI. The messianic movements as an ethnographic and sociological problem -- XII. Foreign influences on the messianic movements -- XIII. Concluding remarks.

"Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia. XIV.