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Chewa Traditional Religion
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Author : J. W. M. van Breugel
language : en
Publisher: Kachere Series
Release Date : 2001
Chewa Traditional Religion written by J. W. M. van Breugel and has been published by Kachere Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Researched under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances during the Banda era, this book is a unique contribution to anthropological research in Malawi. Orginally published in 1976 this new edition has been throughly reworked and edited at a time when many of the domains described by Van Breugel were in a process of decline, transformation or even disappearance. The book offers precious descriptions of rain rituals at Bunda and Tsang'oma, explications of witchcraft phenomena and of the mdulu-complex, a convincing theory of the religious significance of Nyau and extensive deliberations of concepts of God and ancestors. In addition the book serves as a comprehensive overview on all the domains of Chewa Traditional Religion.
African Traditional Religion In Malawi
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Author : James Amanze
language : en
Publisher: Kachere Series
Release Date : 2002
African Traditional Religion In Malawi written by James Amanze and has been published by Kachere Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The first full-length study of one of the territorial rain cults; and an endeavour to preserve knowledge about a rapidly changing complex system of traditional beliefs, rituals, and practices, under the influence of Christianity, Islam, and western education. Within this cult, a person who is possessed by the spirit of the ancestors is commonly known as Bimbi: the seer, a charismatic and moral leader, to whom the community ascribes a prophetic role. As a religious system, the Bimbi cult has an intricate system of agricultural rituals such as rainmaking ceremonies, a distinctive unwritten theology, elaborate liturgical observances and an organised, inherited priesthood. Studying the Bimbi cult from a multi-disciplinary perspective, the author illustrated how traditional beliefs and practices still have a grip on people in the countryside, who live in an agricultural subsistence economy, and at the mercy of ecological forces. He contends that these forces will continue to shape their understanding of God, themselves and the world around them for many years to come, unless these people change from an agricultural to an industrial society.
Growing Up
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Author : Molly Longwe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Growing Up written by Molly Longwe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
This book investigates that phenomenon: what factors caused the Baptist approach to fail, give initiation for girls was as important; what is the traditional initiation which any new approach would have to replace; and how could a chinamwali be framed for
Women Presbyterianism And Patriarchy
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Author : Isabel Apawo Phiri
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2007
Women Presbyterianism And Patriarchy written by Isabel Apawo Phiri and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Chewa (African people) categories.
This is the first book by a Malawian woman theologian. First released in 1997 it won an honorable mention in the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1998 and is now updated here with a new introduction by the author. The study traces the struggles and contribution of Chewa women to the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Amongst the topics are female mediumships in traditional religion, post-missionary developments in Chigwirizano, womens attempts to achieve some public manifestation of their personal relatioship to God in open ministry, and the current women's organisation in Nkhoma Synod. Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri is in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi.
Initiation Rites For Boys In Lomwe Society In Malawi And Other Essays
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Author : J. C. Chakanza
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2005
Initiation Rites For Boys In Lomwe Society In Malawi And Other Essays written by J. C. Chakanza and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Dual Religiosity In Northern Malawi
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Author : Mlenga, Joyce
language : en
Publisher: Mzuni Press
Release Date : 2016-12-13
Dual Religiosity In Northern Malawi written by Mlenga, Joyce and has been published by Mzuni Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-13 with Religion categories.
Over a century much of Africa south of the Sahara embraced the Christian religion. Malawi, where 80% of the population identify as Christian is no exception, nor are the Ngonde at its northern border with Tanzania. While it is difficult to find someone who does not claim to be a Christian, African traditional religion is by no means dead and often practiced by many. While the two religions are not “mixed”, but they are both realities in many a Christians life, though realities of a different kind. The author explores the intricate and often varied relationship between the two and considers factors which increase or decrease dual religiosity.
Golden Buttons
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Author : Msiska, Stephen Kauta
language : en
Publisher: Luviri Press
Release Date : 2018-05-22
Golden Buttons written by Msiska, Stephen Kauta and has been published by Luviri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-22 with History categories.
Stephen Kauta Msiska was ordained to the ministry in 1945 and served the Livingstonia Synod in a number of lakeshore parishes before being appointed first a tutor and later Principal of the united CCAP Theological College at Nkhoma where he taught from 1962 to 1974. His firm stand for what he understood to be the principles of the Christian Gospel led to a clash with the one-party regime and he was forced to flee to his home village and to live there in relative obscurity. This book makes accessible some of the fruits not only of his years of active pastoral ministry and theological teaching but also of his time of lonely suffering and sorrow. Distinctive in the writing of this pioneering theologian is a profound, though not uncritical, sympathy with the traditional religion of his people combined with a passionate concern for authentic Christian discipleship. Careful readers of this original and thoughful book will find the "golden buttons" which Stephen Kauta is determined should not be lost.
An African Worldview
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Author : Ian D. Dicks
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
An African Worldview written by Ian D. Dicks and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
In this book Ian Dicks informs the reader about the ways in which the Yawo of Malawi view the world. The Yawo are predominantly Muslim, yet many maintain strong links with their traditional religion. They are a largely oral society, teaching and reinforcing their beliefs and practices using oral literature, which includes myths, proverbs, proverbial stories, songs of advice and prayers at various stages of the life cycle, particularly during initiation events. Ian Dicks describes in detail the Yawo's material world, customs, beliefs and rituals, and juxtaposes these with Yawo oral literature. He then examines them under six worldview categories, the result being a rich description of the way in which the Yawo see the world. This book is not an armchair study but has the feel of being written by an eyewitness, by someone who has had first-hand experience of the subject and who seeks to describe this in a manner which is sensitive to the Yawo and their culture.
The Historical Study Of African Religion
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Author : Terence O. Ranger
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1976
The Historical Study Of African Religion written by Terence O. Ranger and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Religion categories.
Religion And The Dramatisation Of Life
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Author : J. M. Schoffeleers
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2000
Religion And The Dramatisation Of Life written by J. M. Schoffeleers and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
Though Malawi in general, and the areas described in this book, are predominantly Christian, traditional religion is still an important reality, beside and within Christianity in Malawi. Matthew Schoffeleers, a Montfortian missionary priest and social anthropologist, addresses here aspects of African tradition religion, with a particular focus on spirit possesion. Both in its individual importance and in its territorial importance. Of the six papers collected in the book two deal with rain cults, which for centuries have played a central role in the political and religious life of Malawi, two with territorial spirit mediumship and two with cults of affliction.