Politics, Christianity and Society in Malawi
Title | Politics, Christianity and Society in Malawi PDF eBook |
Author | Ross, Kenneth R. |
Publisher | Mzuni Press |
Pages | 533 |
Release | 2020-02-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9996060780 |
With the death of John McCracken in 2017, Malawi lost a pre-eminent historian. This book celebrates McCracken’s contribution to the study of Malawi’s history and seeks to build on his legacy. Part of his genius was that he identified themes that hold the key to understanding the history of Malawi in its broader perspective. The authors contributing to this volume address these themes, assessing the progress of historiography and setting an agenda for the further advance of historical studies. The book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and all who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Malawi’s past and present.
Politics and Christianity in Malawi, 1875-1940
Title | Politics and Christianity in Malawi, 1875-1940 PDF eBook |
Author | John McCracken |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Christianity |
ISBN | 9990887500 |
First published in 1977 and now in its third edition, this book has been recognised as one of the most successful studies to be made of the impact of a Christian mission in Africa. Starting with a survey of the economy and society of Malawi in the mid ninetieth century, the book goes on to examine the home background to the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland and the influence of David Livingstone upon it. It then describes the failure of 'commerce and Christianity' around the south end of Lake Malawi and the subsequent positive response which the mission evoked among the people of Northern Malawi. African responses and the relationship between Christianity and politics dominate the second half of the book. Comprehensive reassessments are made of the origins of the Watch Tower movement; the growth of Christian independence and the character of interpolitical associations. This revised edition includes a new introduction, and up-dated bibliography, and some revised text.
Religion and Politics in Malawi
Title | Religion and Politics in Malawi PDF eBook |
Author | Sam A. Mchombo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
ISBN | 9780975856222 |
Missions and Politics in Malawi
Title | Missions and Politics in Malawi PDF eBook |
Author | K. Nyamayaro Mufuka |
Publisher | Kingston, Ont. : Limestone Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Politics and Christianity in Malawi 1875-1940. The Impact of the Livingstonia Mission in the Northern Province
Title | Politics and Christianity in Malawi 1875-1940. The Impact of the Livingstonia Mission in the Northern Province PDF eBook |
Author | John McCracken |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789990816242 |
First published in 1977, this book has been recognised as one of the most successful studies to be made of the impact of a Christian mission in Africa. Starting with a survey of the economy and society of Malawi in the mid ninetieth century, the book goes on to examine the home background to the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland and the influence of David Livingstone upon it. It then describes the failure of 'commerce and Christianity' around the south end of Lake Malawi and the subsequent positive response which the mission evoked amoung the people of northern Malawi. African responces and the relationship between Christianity and politics dominate the second half of the book. Comprehensive reassessments are made of the origins of the Watch Tower movement; the growth of Christian independence and the character of interpolitical asssociations. This revised edition included a new introduction, an up-dated bibliography, and some revised text.
Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity
Title | Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Klaus Fiedler |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2015-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9996045080 |
The volume constitutes Klaus Fiedlers crowning contribution to scholarship. Essays in the first half of the book focus on Malawian Christianity and how contrasting Powers, Gospel and Secular, engage each other, creating social, political and cultural conflict in the process. In the second half, Fiedler examines general missiological themes. These essays provide a broader missiological background, offering a theoretical framework necessary for appreciating the essays in the first half. He concludes with a chapter that reviews selected seminal books on themes under study. Throughout the volume Fiedler applies the restorationist revival theory he constructed in The Story of Faith Missions, an earlier 1994 work putting emphasis on non classical missions and churches, not systematically covered in earlier scholarship. This volume, the first of its kind on Malawian Christianity, will long remain an indispensable text for those interested in Missiology and Malawian Christianity.
Christians in Active Politics
Title | Christians in Active Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Yokoniah Mvula |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2022-09-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9996025462 |
Some Christians may be uncomfortable to think of Jesus as being political, since the word "politics" or "political" has evolved to have negative overtones and connotations in our world today, particularly in Africa, where this monograph from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Malawi has originated. Christians often argue that their commission or job description does not include the political process, which is the way a society conducts its public affairs. However Jesus, beginning with his temptation as in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, showed the people who would follow him what it means to do God's will. The third temptation, conceived of in this study as a political temptation for power, is the rational behind the arguments made in this study, which begins by positing that the message of Jesus was not politically neutral and therefore Christianity, as a super culture must be active in all sectors affecting social concerns, if it is to truly be the change agent who Christ believes it to be. It goes on to define and describe what it means to say that the message of Jesus was political and lays out the biblical, theological, ethical, and experiential rationale for Christians' active participation in the secular political arena.