The Catholic Church in Zambezia. The Appointment of Bishops
Author: Tarcisius Mukuka
Publisher:
Published: 2020-11-27
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9783346313683
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The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa
Author: Paul Gifford
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-08-07
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9004664610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the role Christian churches have played in Africa's democratisation movements since the late 1980s. In some cases churchmen have presided over national conferences; in many, Christians comprise arguably the most significant segment of civil society. In some countries pastoral letters have challenged dictators; in others, churches have provided an essential support for the status quo. The book comprises both theoretical analyses and case studies. The theoretical discussions include the history of Church-State relations; theology and democracy; Pentecostalism and democracy; the problems of consolidating democracy. The 13 case studies sketch the historical context, and then critically examine developments up till late 1993. The book will prove particularly useful to students of Third World Christianity, African historians and political scientists, and all interested in the socio-political role of Christianity.
Toward an African Church in Mozambique
Author: P. Spencer
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2013-07-26
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9990800340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiterature about Christianity in Africa disproportionately directs attention to the important work of Western missionaries, but to a great extent Africans were the agents of their own conversion. This is true of the key figure in this book, Kamba Simango. Encouraged from a distance by an American Congregationalist missionary, Fred R. Bunker, who shared his commitment to an African-led work, Simango, Tapera Nkomo and others struggled against difficult odds in the Mozambique Company region of Manica and Sofala in Central Mozambique. This study reveals the humanity of its characters as well as their deep devotion to their task.
AIM Information Bulletin
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Report 2019
Author: Human Rights Watch
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2019-02-05
Total Pages: 847
ISBN-13: 1609808851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Rooted in Jesus - A Course in Christian Discipleship for Africa
Author: Alison Morgan
Publisher: The Mathetes Trust
Published: 2017-08-31
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 1912124009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA group programme in Christian discipleship for Africa. Based on scripture memory and highly interactive and practical, Rooted in Jesus invites people to enter together into a living, growing and dynamic relationship with Jesus. Designed specifically for use in an African cultural context, it may be used with people of any educational level or none, and articularly suited for use in rural areas. The course is contained in a series of leader’s books; group members do not need a book and do not need to be literate. Rooted in Jesus is endorsed by the Anglican Communion. The Rooted in Jesus website is www.rootedinjesus.net.
Costly Communion
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-01-28
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9004388680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCostly Communion: Ecumenical Initiative and Sacramental Strife in the Anglican Communion seeks to engage with Anglicanism’s theological responses to the onset of the twilight of empire and to explore the diversity of Anglican sacramental and ecumenical controversies during the twentieth century. From sacramental initiation and the doctrine of Eucharistic sacrifice to church order and the historic episcopate, Costly Communion offers insights into Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical attempts to resolve the divisions provoked by the impact of the Oxford Movement from the 1830s. In its engagement with sub-Saharan African contextualization of the Anglican, moreover, Costly Communion analyses the unanticipated threat that Anglican diversity now poses for the unity of the Anglican Communion. Contributors are: Jeff Boldt, Jeremy Bonner, Hugh Bowron, Mark Chapman, Colin Buchanan, Ken Farrimond, Joseph Galgalo, Benjamin Guyer, Charlotte Methuen, Thomas Mhuriro, Esther Mombo, Zablon Nthamburi, Kevin Ward.
Conspicuous Destruction
Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781564320797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddressing two sets of concerns, this report covers both the abuses relating to the seventeen years of war between the Mozambique Armed Forces and the rebel Mozambique National Resistance, as well as the reforms instigated by the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front under President Joachim Chissano. Africa Watch evaluates the progress made by the Liberation Front government toward a democratic system of government that respects civil and political rights. The 1990 Constitution and related legislation are the centerpiece of this transition, and represent the most wholehearted attempt to build an institutional and legal framework to guarantee respect for human rights so far attempted in the history of Mozambique. Major concerns remain, however, relating to the ability of the government to implement the promised changes.
The Shona Peoples
Author: M. F. C. Bourdillon
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewly reissued, this book is still regarded as one of the best synthesis of ethnographic research undertaken amongst the Shona people, taking indigenous religion and culture as a starting point. The author, a renowned anthropologist and sociologist of Zimbabwe, examines the historical background and sources of Shona history from the fifteenth century. He details, from anthropological perspectives, kinship and village organisation including patrilineal kinship, Shona marriage and the position of women in Shona society. The author explores the subsistence and cash economies of the Shona peoples, their contribution to commercial farming, their use of land, and their function as a migrant labour force. Further sections focus on chiefship, courts; and interpretations of sickness, personal misfortune, witchcraft, death and the afterlife. The final sections of the book consider the functions of traditional religion at family and tribal levels; the interface between traditional and new religions; and rural and urban influences, amongst the Shona people.
