African traditional religions revisited : dynamics in indigenous religions in 21st centruy Africa : essays in honour of Monsignor Professor Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza / edited by Louis W. Ndekha, Rhodian Munyenyembe and Judith Bachmann ; in cooperation with Joachim Kügler.

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Book
Language
English
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  • Bamberg : University of Bamberg Press, 2024.
  • ©2024
Description
227 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.

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Honoree
Editor
Series
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Chakanza and Malawian religions and culture: an intellectual quest (Preface) / Louis Ndekha
  • Continuity, change and methodology in African traditional religions / Louis Ndekha, Rhodian Munyenyembe & Judith Bachmann
  • Section 1. ATR's dynamic history
  • African traditional religion in comparison: Re-negotiating identity through pan-Africanist and esoteric networks / Judith Bachmann
  • Section 2. ATR and Christianity
  • The unfinished agenda: Puberty rites and the response of the Roman Catholic Church in southern Malawi, 1901-1994 / Joseph C. Chakanza
  • Ngoni funeral burial practices amongst Christians in northern Malawi / Sangwani Tembo & Edwin Phoro
  • Continuing relevance of African traditional religion: Case studies of African instituted churches in Kenya --Section 3. ATR's social transformations
  • The modification of traditional and religious rituals and its impact on the adherents in modern Malawi / Joyce Mlenga
  • Assessment of the Gule Wamkulu as a rite of passage among the Chewas of the central region in Malawi / Mastone L. K. Mbewe
  • Section 4. ATR and ethics
  • Fortune in the bones: an intersectionality of ATR and albinism discourse in Malawi / Jones Hamburu Mawerenga
  • Exploring ways of utilizing ATR in the fight against corruption in Nigeria / Obafemi Jegede
  • Section 5. ATR and health
  • From the bush to social media: Dynamics in the practice of traditional medicine in contemporary Malawi / Louis Ndekha & Thokozani Solomon
  • Health and healing: New developments in spirit mediumship in Malawi / Joseph C. Chakanza
  • Epilogue / Louis Ndekha.
ISBN
  • 9783989890305 ((paperback))
  • 3989890301 ((paperback))
OCLC
1477766440
International Article Number
  • 9783989890305
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