| Church, State and Society in Malawi. An Analysis of Anglican Ecclesiology Contributor(s): Tengatenga, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 9990876517 ISBN-13: 9789990876512 Publisher: Kachere Series OUR PRICE: $56.43 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - General - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christianity - Anglican |
| LCCN: 2006305059 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Missionary history in Africa asserts that political history on the continent cannot be understood without an in depth understanding of the workings of the missions: missionary activities and ideologies were central to political consciousness. The Anglican Church was involved in society, education, health and politics right from its first foray into Malawi. This study considers the nature of the involvement of that Church in society, and how it engaged with the State from its genesis in the colonial period through the post-independence period to the new post-Banda political dispensation in 1994. It illustrates how the Church was involved on both sides of the independence struggle; and interrogates why it fell conspicuously silent thereafter. |