The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684–1706
ISBN: 9780521596497 | 0521596491
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 5/13/1998
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The story of Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, a young Kongolese woman who claimed to be possessed by St Anthony and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706, only two years after her movement started.
This book tells the story of the Christian religious movement led by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of Kongo from 1704 until her death, by burning at the stake, in 1706. Beatriz, a young woman, claimed to be possessed by St A... MORE
This book tells the story of the Christian religious movement led by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita in the Kingdom of Kongo from 1704 until her death, by burning at the stake, in 1706. Beatriz, a young woman, claimed to be possessed by St A... MORE
| Introduction | |
| 1. A land in turmoil | |
| 2. The rival kings | |
| 3. Priests and witches in catholic Kongo | |
| 4. The crisis in faith and force | |
| 5. Saint Anthony arrives | |
| 6. The saint and the kings | |
| 7. Saint Anthony in sin and glory |
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