Fromont, Cecile,

The art of conversion : Christian visual culture in the Kingdom o f Kongo / Cecile Fromont. - xviii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sangamentos : performing the advent of Kongo Christianity -- Unde r the sign of the cross in the Kingdom of Kongo : religious conversion and visual correlation -- The fabric of power, wealth, and devotion : clothing and regalia of the Christian Kongo --Negotiating time and sp ace : architecture, rituals, and power in the Christian Kongo -- Fro m Catholic kingdom to the heart of darkness : the fate of Kongo Christi anity in the nineteenth century.

9781469618715 (cloth : alk. paper)

2014-034799


Christianity-- Kongo Kingdom.
Christian art and symbolism-- Kongo Kingdom.


Kongo Kingdom-- Church history.
Kongo Kingdom-- Religious life and customs.

276.75106