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.