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Politics and Christianity in Malawi 1875-1940 : The Impact of the Livingstonia Mission in the Northern Province

Author :  John McCracken

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Country
Malawi
Publisher
Christian Literature Association in Malawi (CLAIM), Blantyre, Malawi
ISBN 9789990816242
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2000
Bib. Info 384p. ; 216x140mm. Includes Index ; Bibliography
Product Weight 540 gms.
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First published in 1977, this book has been recognised as one of the most successful studies to be made of the impact of a Christian mission in Africa. Starting with a survey of the economy and society of Malawi in the mid ninetieth century, the book goes on to examine the home background to the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland and the influence of David Livingstone upon it. It then describes the failure of 'commerce and Christianity' around the south end of Lake Malawi and the subsequent positive response which the mission evoked amoung the people of northern Malawi. African responces and the relationship between Christianity and politics dominate the second half of the book. Comprehensive reassessments are made of the origins of the Watch Tower movement; the growth of Christian independence and the character of interpolitical asssociations. This revised edition included a new introduction, an up-dated bibliography, and some revised text.

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