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Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between traditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper" church wedding. These are not demanded by the churches, but by common social expectations. Irrespective of whether a church sees marriage as a sacrament or as a civil order, much emphasis is put on it, by the churches and by society. Many churches exclude those "not properly married" from the sacraments. But why should the churches put so much emphasis on their church wed-dings, a ritual not found in the New Testament, and which came into the church only almost a thousand years later?

Africa was not evangelized by the European (and American) churches, but by the European (and American) mission societies, a process that thoroughly changed the religious geography of Africa. This book traces the origin of this change to William Carey, who proposed in 1792 to make the mission society as a voluntary association the "Means" to propagate the Gospel. The mission societies did what the churches could not have done. In this seminal paper Andrew Walls explores this often forgotten feature of missionary history.

The Lakeside Tonga in the North were the first ethnic group in Malawi to accept Christianity, not so much be many baptisms, but by sending their children to school, so that in 1895 half the Tonga children attended school. One of them was Filemon Kamunkhwara Chirwa from Mchaya (Old Bandawe), who trained as a teacher and became the leading teacher for the Tonga schools in the 1920s, an intellectual, a religious and political leader. When Indirect Rule came in 1932, he was strongly involved in the creation of the Tonga Tribal Council. At that time, he published his only book, the Tonga stories. He also wrote a World History in Tonga, but the manuscript cannot be found.A Filemon Kamunkhwara Chirwa anguwiya ku Mchaya (Old Bandawe). Angusambira sukulu ku Old Bandawe pa ulongozgi waku Dr Robert Laws. Wati wakwera angusankhika kwachilutiliya ndi masambiru ku Khondowe (Livingstonia) kweniko angwachisambizgika nchitu ya usambizgi wa mu masukulu, ulongozgi pa milimu ya ukhristu, kutaula mazgu ghaku Chiuta, ndi nchitu za manja. Kutuwa 1895 mpaka 1897 a Filemon angovya Dr Prentice pantchitu yakwachijura ndi kusambizga pa Chilanga C.C.A.P Mission mu Boma la Kasungu.Mu October 1900, a Filemon anguto a Miriam Khozeya Nyambawa aku Entuzwini, kuNjuyu, weniwo nawu angusambizyika pa Khondowe. Wati wakweraSukulu angovya pantchitu ya kusambizga asungwana kusona pa Khondowe. (The Livingstonia Institution Register, vol 1, 1896). Ku Old Bandawe aNyambawa angovya Mrs Gordon kusambizga ndi wenga a Chitengo paupu wa Chikondo.A Filemon angusambizga pa sukulu ya New Bandawe (Thipula) kwa vyaka vinandi, ndi angusankhika kuwa wakwendere masukulu (Inspector). Angulutiliya masambiru ghawu pakuwija ndi College ya Fort Hare. A Filemon angwanja kumumbiya Mbuya, angusambizgika kumba Organi mu Charichi cha Old Bandawe ndi angwata ndi kulemba sumu zakumumbikiya zenizo zikulembeka mu buku la Sumu za Chitonga. Angusambizga kambidu kamampha mu Charichi ndikukumbuska wose kuti "Timumbiye Chiuta ndi mazgu gha likondwa. Ps 66: 1-2". Mpha nyengo yeniyo angulembe Nthanu za Chitonga.Wati wapumuwa pa nchitu ya mumasukulu, a Filemon angugwira ntchitu ya Session Clerk yo anguyiyambiya ku Old Bandawe, ndi ulembi pa ofesi ya mission pa Thipula. A Filemon angukankhuska Chita mu kurongo chanju chikuru ku wanthu wose ndi kuwawovya kuti wasambiri sukulu. Angovya alendu kurondereka ndi kuja ndi chimango mu Utonga (nge a Dr Stephen Mwenifumbo, a George Phiri, a Alexander MacAlpine, Dr Martin ndi muoli wake). Chanju ichi ndi ulemu waka Filemon vinguchitiska kuti aziwiki ndi kwanjika mu Utonga wose. Leka a Tonga wanandi anguwawona nge mba mbuyawo ndi kuwadana zina lakuti "Agogo".

Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza was born in 1943 at Mchacha Village, T.A. Malemia in Nsanje District where he grew up and discovered his vocation as a Catholic priest, being ordained in 1969. After studies for a Master's degree at the University of Aberdeen, he returned to Malawi and was appointed Lecturer in Religious Studies at Chancellor College, University of Malawi, in 1977. During the 1980s he took study leave to complete his DPhil in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Thereafter he remained at Chancellor College until his retirement in 2007, serving for many years as the inspirational Head of the Department of Religious Studies. After retirement he embarked on a further period of teaching at the Catholic University of Malawi. His stature in the Catholic Church was recognised when he was made a Monsignor in June 2019. He died in his home diocese of Chikwawa in April 2020.As a highly trained anthropologist, Chakanza was well placed to assess what was taking place at the cultural level as Malawi passed through a time of rapid social change during the last years of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first. This book comprises the analysis that he published in a long series of articles in The Lamp magazine, between 1995 and 2008. Though informed by his erudition, the articles are written in an accessible style and can serve as a primer for those finding their way into the study of Malawian culture. At the same time, this collection will not disappoint those who have already advanced in this field.

A book about the generation gap and some of the problems it brings about in an African society, as a mother uses a drastic approach to "save" her educated daughter from a "disastrous" marriage ending up herself as the victim.Tito Banda was born and brought up in Tihauke Village Mzimba District. He received his Secondary education at Mzimba and Nkhata-Bav Secondary School and his college education at Messiah College and Temple University in the USA and finally at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Until the time of his death in 2014, he was a lecturer in literature and creative writing in the Department of Language and Literature in the Faculty o Education at Mzuzu University. His research interest was in Oral Literature both narrative and poetic. His published works include three novels: Sekani's Solution, 'A Bitter Disapproval, and The Luck Charm. He also published many short stories and feature articles mainly on cultural subjects.

Once upon a time, there was a woman who had no child. Try as she could, with this man and that man: No child was born. So she made a child of clay and, surprisingly, the clay figure became alive." - Steve Chimombo retells this popular folk story. This book is the fourth in a series of folk tales retold by the author for the modern reader. The others are Operation Kalulu, The Caves of Nazimbuli, and The Bird Boy's Song.Steve Chimombo was born and died in Zomba, leaving his wife, daughter, two sons, and five. He was educated in Malawi, Wales, England, and the United States of America. He held a doctorate from Columbia University New York, and an Honorary Fellowship in writing from low University. He was Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Malawi. Chimombo was also a poet, play writer, short story writer, novelist, editor and literary critic.

Many people, despite being Christians, flee from the presence of God when they face problems. This book explains that in hard times we should not flee from the presence of God because He will never leave us alone even if we are facing big problems. Let's always be in the presence of God in all situations.

"Let My people go and serve Me regardless of sex" is the ultimate appeal from God. Unfortunately, some cultural practices and wrong interpretations of the Bible have excluded some, especially women, from attaining key leadership roles. Culturally, women are considered second class and men's property, source of evil and "weaker vessels." A wrong interpretation of the scriptures has sidelined women from obtaining decision making positions. This is the result of what may be called, "a One-Dimensional Approach," and a recommendation is made to "re-read" the biblical texts as well as Chewa culture and the history of the synod with a "Multi-Dimensional Approach" in which the literary, theological-rhetorical and historical-cultural aspects are all considered, because this approach liberates the oppressed and the marginalized.

Rev. John Chilembe was the first Baptist missionary to his own people. One of his first disciples, Peter Kalemba, was the first Baptist missionary to his own people, the Achewa. Both men used the church planting principle of a 'people group movement', but APIM, not having spread out to people of other ethnic groups, is proof that christianization by means of people groups is by no means a perfect answer to the task of evangelization. Hany Longwe is a theologian, Baptist Minister, author and editor.

In 1969 the Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary (FIC Brothers) set out to teach deaf children so that they could take their rightful place in society. This book shows the history of the Training of Teachers for the Hearing Impaired, its recognition and growth, and the changing educational concepts employed. It seems that the concept of inclusive 'education for all', employed without sufficient means, endangers the gains that have been made over the years. Vita Mumba is a teacher, special needs advisor and teacher trainer in Malawi.

Thomas Schirmacher argues that from the biblical teaching that man is the head of woman (1 Cr 11:3) the Corinthians had drawn the false conclusion that in prayer a woman must be veiled and a man is forbidden to be veiled, and that the wife exists for the husband but not the husband for the wife. Paul, however, rejects these conclusions and shows in 11:10-16 why the veiling of women did not belong to God's commandments binding upon all the Christian communities. Schirmacher presents an alternative exposition, discusses quotations and irony in 1 Corinthians, and deals with other New Testament texts about women's clothing and prayer and about the subordination of wives.

This book offers the reader a portrait - a representation no less - of the social life and culture of the peasant-smallholders of the Shire Highlands, situated in Southern Malawi. It explores the relationship between the people of the Shire Highlands and the natural landscape - in all its diversity and dynamic complexity. It is an ethnographic study focussing specifically on the peasant-smallholders of the Highlands, who constitute around 80 per cent of the current population and their complex, multi-faceted relationship to the land and its diverse biota.

Operation Kalulu, the story of the Hare and the Well, was the first of the retold folk stories by Steve Chimombo. Folk stories are timeless in their relevance, each illustrating good and bad character traits, and behaviour in a variety of situations. This story presents us with a community experiencing a drought, and the way in which they pull together to find a solution. In the course of the process, we see how the animals, human-like in both character and behaviour, sort out issues of governance to the satisfaction of the entire community.

A common misconception found in popular, and even some scholarly, literature is that "the missionaries" are a homogeneous category about whom it is easy to make broad generalisations. When a more accurate appraisal of the role of missionaries in Malawi and elsewhere will be reached when each partiular missionary initiative is subjected to critial study. This work fills a gap in our knowledge of the Catholic missions since it is the viewpoint of the White Fathers which predominates in the seminal work of K. and J. Linden, Catholics, Peasants, and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland 1889-1939. It intends to identify, assess, and evaluate the Montfortian spirituality and charism by examining, as far as possible within the context of their times, the lives and works of the three Montfortian pioneers in Malawi and their successors.