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Victory Over Fear Charms Witchcraft And Worldview In South Central Malawi
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Author : Robert Beaton
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2023-05-25
Victory Over Fear Charms Witchcraft And Worldview In South Central Malawi written by Robert Beaton 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 2023-05-25 with Social Science categories.
In this volume, the author presents much of his field research into the use of African traditional religious charms, in the Zambezi Evangelical churches of South-Central Malawi. He details the kinds of charms used, by whom, exactly how, the underlying motives, and the particular purposes. He shows how charm-dependency creates a problem for discipleship within the churches. An anthology of real-life stories of charm-usage is presented which makes for interesting reading. The basic tenets of a Chewa worldview are also articulated to demonstrate how charm-dependency and other witchcraft related activities are stimulated and perpetuated by deep-seated worldview assumptions. The voices of local pastors, student-pastors, and African authors are ‘heard’ throughout, providing a contextual feel. This book is an excellent practical resource for teaching and learning, for those involved in discipleship, theology, ATR, missions and cultural perspectives.
Victory Over Fear Charms Witchcraft And Worldview In South Central Malawi
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Author : Robert Beaton
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2023-05-25
Victory Over Fear Charms Witchcraft And Worldview In South Central Malawi written by Robert Beaton 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 2023-05-25 with Social Science categories.
This volume is about effective discipleship. The author discusses how it is possible to transform worldview and thus change behaviour (practice) in the area of African traditional religious charm- dependency and related witchcraft practices in the church. He lays foundations for an appropriate approach for renewal, one which takes into consideration cultural sensitivity, Biblical fidelity and pedagogic efficacy. Specific Biblical passages are studied with a view to both theological significance and practically applicable significance for the context, and suggestions are made regarding how to best communicate these Biblical truths effectively in situ. This material provides a malleable resource for church leaders, theological educators and missionaries, to use, develop or modify, according to their own particular didactic needs and specific ATR challenges to Christian discipleship.
Victory Over Fear
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Author : Robert Beaton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-05-26
Victory Over Fear written by Robert Beaton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-26 with categories.
This volume is about effective discipleship. The author discusses how it is possible to transform worldview and thus change behaviour (practice) in the area of African traditional religious charm- dependency and related witchcraft practices in the church. He lays foundations for an appropriate approach for renewal, one which takes into consideration cultural sensitivity, Biblical fidelity and pedagogic efficacy. Specific Biblical passages are studied with a view to both theological significance and practically applicable significance for the context, and suggestions are made regarding how to best communicate these Biblical truths effectively in situ. This material provides a malleable resource for church leaders, theological educators and missionaries, to use, develop or modify, according to their own particular didactic needs and specific ATR challenges to Christian discipleship. Robert Beaton has served as a missionary in Malawi for the past 16 years.
Victory Over Fear
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Author : Robert Beaton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-05-26
Victory Over Fear written by Robert Beaton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-26 with Occultism categories.
In this volume, the author presents much of his field research into the use of African traditional religious charms, in the Zambezi Evangelical churches of South-Central Malawi. He details the kinds of charms used, by whom, exactly how, the underlying motives, and the particular purposes. He shows how charm-dependency creates a problem for discipleship within the churches. An anthology of real-life stories of charm-usage is presented which makes for interesting reading. The basic tenets of a Chewa worldview are also articulated to demonstrate how charm-dependency and other witchcraft related activities are stimulated and perpetuated by deep-seated worldview assumptions. The voices of local pastors, student-pastors, and African authors are 'heard' throughout, providing a contextual feel. This book is an excellent practical resource for teaching and learning, for those involved in discipleship, theology, ATR, missions and cultural perspectives. Robert Beaton has served as a missionary in Malawi for the past 16 years.
Nchimi Chikanga
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Author : Boston Soko
language : en
Publisher: Kachere Series
Release Date : 2002
Nchimi Chikanga written by Boston Soko 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 Healers categories.
Chikanga was one of Malawi's most powerful and successful healers who brought concepts and methods from indigenous tradition to his own Christian culture. During the fifties and sixties people having heard he had the power of divination to free them from the bondage of witchcraft and other evil practices, would make pilgrimages to him from the whole of eastern and southern Africa. His methods were, and are, popular and common, though always controversially opposed by the institutional Christian church. This book documents eye-witness accounts of pilgrims, and Chikanga's sessions and techniques, and includes interviews with his acquaintances. It describes his activities in the political context, which forced him to go into exile for seventeen years, and his final period in Malawi.
The Ethics Of Anthropology
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Author : Pat Caplan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03
The Ethics Of Anthropology written by Pat Caplan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Social Science categories.
Since the inception of their discipline, anthropologists have studied virtually every conceivable aspect of other peoples' morality - religion, social control, sin, virtue, evil, duty, purity and pollution. But what of the examination of anthropology itself, and of its agendas, epistemes, theories and praxes? In 1991, Raymond Firth spoke of social anthropology as an essentially moral discipline. Is such a view outmoded in a postmodern era? Do anthropological ethics have to be re-thought each generation as the conditions of the discipline change, and as choices collide with moral alternatives? The Ethics of Anthropology looks at some of these crucial issues as they reflect on researcher relations, privacy, authority, secrecy and ownership of knowledge. The book combines theoretical papers and case studies from eminent scholars including Lisette Josephides, Steven Nugent, Marilyn Silverman, Andrew Spiegel and Veronica Strang. Showing how the topic of ethics goes to the heart of anthropology, it raises the controversial question of why - and for whom - the anthropological discipline functions.
African Atlantic Cultures And The South Carolina Lowcountry
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Author : Ras Michael Brown
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-27
African Atlantic Cultures And The South Carolina Lowcountry written by Ras Michael Brown and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-27 with History categories.
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences and political discourse.
The Language Of Faith In Southern Africa Spirit World Power Community Holism
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Author : Hermen Kroesbergen
language : en
Publisher: AOSIS
Release Date : 2019-12-12
The Language Of Faith In Southern Africa Spirit World Power Community Holism written by Hermen Kroesbergen and has been published by AOSIS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-12 with Religion categories.
The aim of this book is to provide a way to do justice to an African language of faith. In systematic theology, anthropology and philosophy of religion, similar debates about how to interpret an African language of faith are ongoing. Trying to avoid the othering discourses of past generations, scholars are careful to take seriously what people in Africa say without portraying peoples beliefs as weird or backward. Yet, in their desperate attempts to avoid othering, these theologians, anthropologists and philosophers often painfully misconstrue the language of faith in Africa. Understanding the language of faith in Southern Africa is not an easy task. How should we take seriously the form of language that often seems so strange and different? I argue that, after African inculturation theology and black liberation theology, a better way to make sense of being a Christian in Southern Africa is to pay close attention to peoples language of faith. The way in which people speak of the spirit world or powers in Africa appears strange to outsiders, and the sense of community and the holistic worldview differentiates the African way of life from its Euro-American counterparts. When proper attention is paid to the use of concepts like spirit world, power, community and holism, language of faith in Southern Africa is neither as strange as it may seem, nor as romantic. By investigating these distinguishing concepts that colour language of faith in Southern Africa, this book contributes to future projects of both fellow theologians who try to construct a contemporary African theology and those who are interested in theology in Africa given the well-known southward shift of the centre of gravity of Christianity.
Unearthly Powers
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Author : Alan Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21
Unearthly Powers written by Alan Strathern and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with History categories.
This ground-breaking study sets out a new understanding of transformations in the interaction between religion and political authority throughout history.
Culture And Customs Of Zambia
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Author : Scott D. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2006-10-30
Culture And Customs Of Zambia written by Scott D. Taylor and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-30 with Social Science categories.
Zambia stands out in Africa as one of the continent's most peaceful countries. In its early years as an independent state, Zambia became a regional bulwark against colonial domination and South African apartheid. This book explores Zambia's culture, through various topics, focusing on how "traditional" and "modern" interact, and sometimes collide.