Description: Kongolese Saint Anthony : Dona Beatrix Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1, Paperback by Thornton, John Kelly, ISBN 0521596491, ISBN-13 9780521596497, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a young Kongolese woman who in 1704 claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries for not supporting black saints, and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706. Background information is supplied on Kongo, the development of Catholicism there, and the role of local warfare in the Atlantic slave trade.
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Book Title: Kongolese Saint Anthony : Dona Beatrix Kimpa Vita and the Antonia
Number of Pages: 238 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Kongolese Saint Anthony : Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Subject: Christian Church / History, Religious, Europe / Renaissance, Ethnic & Tribal
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: John K. Thornton
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
