This book sets out, translates into English and interprets the key documents and texts of the African Ancestors Religion. It contextualises the movement within Malawi's new religious movements and conflicts between tradition and modernisation. It argues that both the negative and positive aspects of the teaching reflect an indigenous, carefully considered strategy to mobilise the masses for a return to traditional practices of worship, and to challenge the foreign ideologies of Christianity, which its follows consider are undermining the religious heritage of Africans.
Edited by:
J. C. Chakanza, J C Chakanza Imprint: Kachere Series Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 5mm
Weight: 128g ISBN:9789990876390 ISBN 10: 9990876398 Pages: 92 Publication Date:15 June 2006 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active