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For the Sake of Christian Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings

Author : Klaus Fiedler
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9996066576
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis For the Sake of Christian Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings by : Klaus Fiedler

Download or read book For the Sake of Christian Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings written by Klaus Fiedler and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between traditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper" church wedding. These are not demanded by the churches, but by common social expectations. Irrespective of whether a church sees marriage as a sacrament or as a civil order, much emphasis is put on it, by the churches and by society. Many churches exclude those "not properly married" from the sacraments. But why should the churches put so much emphasis on their church wed-dings, a ritual not found in the New Testament, and which came into the church only almost a thousand years later?

A History of the Last Church of God and His Christ

Author : Gondwe, Wezi Makuni
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 9996060187
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of the Last Church of God and His Christ by : Gondwe, Wezi Makuni

Download or read book A History of the Last Church of God and His Christ written by Gondwe, Wezi Makuni and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some scholars classify the Last Church of God and His Christ under the ecclesiastical-cultural bloc known as African Indigenous Churches (AICs). David Barret has divided the world’s Christians into seven major ecclesiastical blocs. However, there are many large churches and denominations which do not define themselves under any of these three terms, and often reject all three. As far back as 1549 (Japan) and 1741 (USA), new types of Christianity have emerged that do not fit readily into any of these preceding six major blocs. These consist of denominations, churches and movements that have been initiated, founded and spread by black, Non-White or non-European peoples without European assistance, mainly in the Global South, but also among Black and Non-White minorities in the Western World. The African Indigenous Churches fall under this category. The aim of the book, is to examine the history of the Last Church of God and His Christ International in Malawi from its beginning (1916) through the years and to portray a picture of its current existence in its various branches: What developments and changes have taken place over the years? What has been the relationship of the church to African culture? How has the church grown or expanded? Has the church been able to maintain its unity? And what has been the relationship of the church with other churches?

African Feminist Hermeneutics

Author : Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 999604520X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis African Feminist Hermeneutics by : Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe

Download or read book African Feminist Hermeneutics written by Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has six chapters: The first Chapter deals with a brief history on the genesis of African Feminist theologies as an 'irruption within an irruption' of Feminist theological movements in the world including a reflection on its relationship to the secular Feminist Movement, and to similar theologies such as Contextual Theology, Liberation Theology and the Holiness Feminist Movement. The second chapter deals with an introduction to African Feminist Hermeneutics. In this chapter, the three branches of African Feminist Hermeneutics, the general theories, principles and approaches to African Feminist Hermeneutics are highlighted. The third chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the Old Testament. The fourth chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the New Testament. The fifth is about how Malawian Christian women interpret culture, Bible and power relations to realise their own liberation and chapter 6 concludes the book.

Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity

Author : Klaus Fiedler
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9996045080
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity by : Klaus Fiedler

Download or read book Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity written by Klaus Fiedler and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Interdenominational Faith Missions in Africa

Author : Fiedler, Klaus
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 9996060462
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Interdenominational Faith Missions in Africa by : Fiedler, Klaus

Download or read book Interdenominational Faith Missions in Africa written by Fiedler, Klaus and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was not the European and American churches which evangelised Africa, but the mission societies. The missions from the Great Awakening such as the London Missionary Society and Church Missionary Society, or the Holy Ghost Fathers and the White Fathers, which started the process of Sub-Saharan Africa becoming a Christian continent are well known and documented. Less known, and less documented are the interdenominational faith missions which began in 1873 with the aim of visiting the still unreached areas of Africa: North Africa, the Sudan Belt and the Congo Basin. Missions such as the Africa Inland Mission or Sudan Interior Mission gave birth to some of the big churches like ECWA in Nigeria and Africa Inland Church in Kenya. It is the aim of this book to describe faith missions and their theology and to present an overview of the early development of faith missions insofar as they touched Africa.

Christian Remnant - African Folk Church

Author : Stefan Höschele
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047422686
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Book Synopsis Christian Remnant - African Folk Church by : Stefan Höschele

Download or read book Christian Remnant - African Folk Church written by Stefan Höschele and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Asian and African Studies is continued as African and Asian Studies. See https://brill.com/view/journals/aas/aas-overview.xml for more information.

Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy

Author : Isabel Apawo Phiri
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9990887284
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy by : Isabel Apawo Phiri

Download or read book Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy written by Isabel Apawo Phiri and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi

Author : Mlenga, Joyce
Publisher : Mzuni Press
ISBN 13 : 9996045072
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi by : Mlenga, Joyce

Download or read book Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi written by Mlenga, Joyce and published by Mzuni Press. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi

Author : Joyce Mlenga
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9996045064
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi by : Joyce Mlenga

Download or read book Dual Religiosity in Northern Malawi written by Joyce Mlenga and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

God, People and Power in Malawi

Author : Ross, Andrew C.
Publisher : Luviri Press
ISBN 13 : 9996066045
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis God, People and Power in Malawi by : Ross, Andrew C.

Download or read book God, People and Power in Malawi written by Ross, Andrew C. and published by Luviri Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1992 and 1994 Malawi underwent a remarkable transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truly a transformation of power! Yet this period of profound change raised many issues of power and accountability. In this book some of the key questions are explained and addressed from a theological perspective. The work originated as a case study on the World Council of Churches “Theology of Life” programme. It was then presented as a Kachere Monograph in the belief that it will not only contribute to the reconstruction of politic in Malawi but also be an important resource for all those concerned with the formation of a viable theology of power for today’s world. It is now presented here again as a Luviri Reprint. The contributors are all drawn from the University of Malawi Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Kenneth Ross has written on “The Transformation of Power in Malawi 1992-94: the Role of the Christian Churches” and “A Practical Theology of Power for the New Malawi”; Felix Chingota on “The Use of the Bible in Social Transformation”; Isabel Apawo Phiri on “Marching, Suspended and Stoned: Christian Women in Malawi 1995”; James Tengatenga on “Young People: Participation or Alienation? An Anglican Case”; J.C. Chankanza and Hilary Mijoga on “Muslim Perspectives on Power”; Hilary Mijoga on “Christian Experience in Malawi Prisons”; and Klaus Fiedler on “Power at the Receiving End: the Jehova’s Witnesses’ Experience in One-Party Malawi” and “Even in the Church the Exercise of Power is Accountable to God”.

Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa

Author : Ernst M Conradie
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1919980296
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa by : Ernst M Conradie

Download or read book Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa written by Ernst M Conradie and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of an indigenous African theology, especially since the 1960s is well-documented. A wealth of literature has been published in the context of African theology, especially over the last two or three decades. This indexed bibliography contains a number of publications in and for the African context specifically relevant to the fields of systematic theology and ethics.

The Church-as-family and Ethnocentrism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Gerald K. Tanye
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643107978
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis The Church-as-family and Ethnocentrism in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Gerald K. Tanye

Download or read book The Church-as-family and Ethnocentrism in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Gerald K. Tanye and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnocentrism is one of the greatest obstacles to peace on the African continent. Taking the Church as Family of God as a model of evangelization, this work explores means of inculturating the Gospel message in African cultures in order to transform them, make them blossom and enable Africans to live as authentic Christians in their cultures. It examines the values of African extended families and the prospects of interreligious dialogue as means through which the various religious bodies can effectively work together to overcome ethnocentrism and its evil effects and thus establish a wholesome African society where every human person is at home irrespective of family orientation or tribal background.

From This Day Forward--Rethinking the Christian Wedding

Author : Kimberly Bracken Long
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611646715
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis From This Day Forward--Rethinking the Christian Wedding by : Kimberly Bracken Long

Download or read book From This Day Forward--Rethinking the Christian Wedding written by Kimberly Bracken Long and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weddings have become a billion-dollar industry, with the average cost of a wedding estimated at $30,000. Taking into account dramatic shifts in attitudes toward marriage in recent years, many pastors are confused and frustrated about their role. This book offers a foundational understanding of marriage for today's North American church. Exploring current sociological analyses of marriage and the history of Christian marriage rites, Kimberly Bracken Long suggests that the church rethink its involvement in weddings and offers a distinctively Christian understanding of marriage. Today's church, Long contends, needs to reinterpret classic biblical metaphors and expand the range of scriptural sources that inform our understanding of marriage. Long also looks closely at each element of the wedding service and what makes a marriage liturgy faithful, inclusive, and sensitive to pastoral concerns. She provides practical suggestions for music and Scripture during wedding services as well as guidance on how to respond faithfully to those who are divorced or divorcing. Packed with constructive pastoral wisdom, From This Day ForwardRethinking the Christian Wedding delivers a practical theology of marriage that will be of help to clergy, seminarians, and others interested in this topic.

Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa

Author : Chammah J. Kaunda
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793618038
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa by : Chammah J. Kaunda

Download or read book Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa written by Chammah J. Kaunda and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa argues that, in many African societies, ideas and practices of wellbeing and gender relations continue to be informed and shaped by religious epistemologies. The contributors affirm that for many Africans, it is through religio-spiritual frameworks that daily experiences, interactions, and gender relations are understood and interpreted. However, for many African women, religions have functioned as a double-edged-sword. Although they have contributed to the struggle against issues such as colonialism, gender justice, climate justice, and human rights, they have also endorsed and perpetuated sexism, heterosexism, homophobia, and the denial of human rights for a wide variety of people on the margins. The chapters within this collection demonstrate that most religions and religious formations in Africa have not yet positioned themselves as forces for wellbeing, gender justice, and security for African women and children. The contributors challenge simplistic and superficial readings and interpretations of religio-spirituality in Africa and call for deeper engagements of the interplay between Africa’s religio-spiritual realities and the wellbeing of women, particularly around issues of gender justice, reproductive health, and human rights.

Women of Bible and Culture

Author : John Dubbey
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9990876029
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Women of Bible and Culture written by John Dubbey and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2005 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the Baptist religious denomination underscores the empowerment of women and the expansion of their cultural sphere in Malawi. The study provides the theological background, and gives the history of Baptist women in the south of the country for the period 1961-2001. Women, baptism and marriage is a further subject of study. The author is a theologian, specialising in gender issues.

Annulment, the Wedding that was

Author : Michael Smith Foster
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 161643175X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Annulment, the Wedding that was written by Michael Smith Foster and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The question-and-answer format provides an overview of the marriage law of the [Catholic] church and its practical implications and makes difficult concepts understandable to the nonexpert."--Cover

Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Kathleen Sheldon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442262931
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Kathleen Sheldon

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Kathleen Sheldon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on individual African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts; on important events, organizations, and publications.