List of Musical Excerpts and Illustrations on the Compact DiscPrefaceAcknowledgmentsMap1. Introduction2. Isaiah Shembe and the Making of Religious Empire3. Making and Exchanging Nazarite Sacred Forms4. Nazarite Hymns: Indigenizing Sacred Song5. Nazarite Hymns: Popularizing Sacred Song (1940-1997)6. AmaNtombazane as the Mountains of Abstinence7. Nazarite Marriage and the "Brides of Christ"8. AmaNkosikazi as Maidens of Royal BloodA Last WordGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex