Mission in Malawi: Essays in Honour of Klaus Fiedler, livre ebook

The first four essays in Mission in Malawi reassess the meaning, nature and place of mission in a postmodern world. Subsequent essays examine various issues that missionaries and the Church in Malawi have and continue to struggle with. These range from the problem of administering church discipline, the challenge of Bible translation, the question of how to deal with corruption in the corridors of power to the challenges of dealing with initiation rites, HIV/AIDS, patriarchy, gender inequality, the exercise of the Church's prophetic role, lack of contextualized theology, and the difficult task of creating an inclusive church and society. The last three essays are an attempt to describe a contextual theology appropriate for the African church, construct a theology for Malawi and project a future for mission in Malawi in the context of a changing world. These essays offer a rare window into the life and struggles of the Malawian Church even as it faces the postmodern future. The essays are not only informative but also challenging and thought-provoking. Scholars, students and other readers who share an interest in mission and the life of the Church in Malawi will find this collection of essays indispensable in the many years to come.

Contributors

Preface

Chapter 1 Mission in the Postmodern World: A Philosophical Foundation

JONATHAN S. NKHOMA 

Chapter 2 Mission in the Postmodern World: A Biblical Foundation

JONATHAN S. NKHOMA 

Chapter 3 Mobile Telephony Shaping Present Day Development

JOHN A. RYAN 

Chapter 4 Together Towards Life in the Context of Liquid Modernity: Mission and Evangelism in the Age of Secularization

KENNETH R. ROSS 

Chapter 5 Chichewa Bible Versions and Divergent Translations of the Tetragrammaton

WINSTON R. KAWALE 

Chapter 6 Church Discipline in Early Livingstonia Mission

TIMOTHY K. NYASULU 

Chapter 7 The Ngoni Response to Early Christian Missions: The Case of Loudon

BOSTON SOKO 195 

Chapter 8 Kenōsis and Incarnation: A Theological Response to the Fight against Corruption

PETER QEKO JERE 

Chapter 9 An African Contextualized Study Bible: A Case Study of the Chichewa Study Bible

WINSTON R. KAWALE 

Chapter 10 TEEM: Challenges and Opportunities of a Missional Education in Malawi

JONATHAN S. NKHOMA 

Chapter 11 Revival History as it Affects Malawian Church History, with Special Reference to the CCAP 

RHODIAN MUNYENYEMBE 

Chapter 12 The Post-Classical Missions' Missionary Affair in Malawi

HANY LONGWE 

Chapter 13 The Unfinished Agenda: Puberty Rites and the Response of the Roman Catholic Church in Southern Malawi, 1901-1994

JOSEPH C. CHAKANZA 

Chapter 14 The Attitude of Blantyre Synod of the CCAP towards Initiation Rites: A Historical Account 

FELIX L. CHINGOTA 

Chapter 15 The Initiation of Chewa Women of Malawi: A Presbyterian Woman's Perspective

ISABEL APAWO PHIRI 

Chapter 16 African Women's Theologizing

PATRICK A. KALILOMBE 

Chapter 17 The Church as a Healing Community: Voices and Visions from Chilobwe Healing Centre

ISABEL APAWO PHIRI 

Chapter 18 When the Telling Itself is a Taboo: The Phoebe Practice

FULATA L. MOYO 

Chapter 19 The God who Appears to Hide His Face: HIV/AIDS from a Biblical Perspective

FELIX L. CHINGOTA 464 

Chapter 20 The Renewal of the State by the Church: The Case of the Public Affairs Committee 

KENNETH R. ROSS 

Chapter 21 Divinity or Divinities? The Religious Role of Ancestors in Nyakyusa Belief

JOSEPH C. CHAKANZA 

Chapter 22 Evangelicalism and African Christian Theology

AUGUSTINE C. MUSOPOLE 

Chapter 23 Towards a Theological Method for Malawi

AUGUSTINE C. MUSOPOLE 

Chapter 24 The Future of Missions in Malawi: Expectations and Projections

KLAUS FIEDLER 

Bibliography

Index