Title God, people, and power in Malawi democratization in theological perspective / edited by Kenneth R. Ross

Published Mzuzu : Luviri Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Luviri reprints ; no. 4 Luviri reprints ; no. 4 Contents Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Luviri Reprints -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor's Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Transformation of Power in Malawi 1992-94: the Role of the Christian Churches -- The Historical Background -- The Pastoral Letter of 1992 -- The Public Affairs Committee -- The Church as Power-Broker -- 2. The Use of the Bible in Social Transformation -- Introduction -- The Malawian Situation before the Referendum -- The Bible and the Movement for Change -- Faith and Voting -- Perspectives on Power -- Conclusion 3. Marching, Suspended and Stoned: Christian Women in Malawi 1995 -- Introduction -- Women Issues in the Blantyre Synod -- Violence Against Women at Chancellor College -- Analysis -- 4. Young People: Participation or Alienation? An Anglican Case -- Introduction -- The Role of Young People in Church, Society and Politics -- The Young People's Sense of Participation -- Reasons for Treatment Received -- The Young People's Sense of their own Power -- Young People's Understanding of Power and the Powerful -- Conclusion -- Postcript -- 5. Muslim Perspectives on Power -- Introduction: Islam in Malawi The Research Methodology -- Islam and the Exercise of Power in Malawi -- Conclusions -- 6. Power at the Receiving End: The Jehova's Witnesses' Experience in One Party Malawi -- The Refusal to Constitute Power -- Peaks and Valleys of Persecution: 1964, 1967, 1972 -- Lands of Refuge -- International Power -- The Character of the Persecution -- The Role of State Organs -- The Role of the Christians -- Those who Helped -- Responsibility -- Healing the Nation -- 7. Christian Experience in Malawi Prisons -- Introduction -- The Sample -- The Bible: the Most Important Means of Grace Relationship between Prisoners and their Guards -- The Effect of Imprisonment -- A ""Bird's Eye View"" of Christian Experience in Prison -- Conclusion -- 8. Even in Church the Exercise of Power is Accountable to God -- State Power -- Church Power -- Counter Power -- Sacraments are to Organize Power -- Christian Pluralism: a Check on Power -- Revival as Counter Power -- Effective Power to Redeem -- 9. A Practical Theology of Power for the New Malawi -- Midwives of Democracy -- Without Remembrance, No Liberation -- Confronting the Spectre of Regionalism -- A Re-definition of Politics The Drive for Popular Participation -- Countering Polarization in Society -- The Life of the Church and Malawi's Democratisation -- Select Bibliography -- Back cover Summary Between 1992 and 1994 Malawi underwent a remarkable transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truly a transformation of power! Yet this period of profound change raised many issues of power and accountability. In this book some of the key questions are explained and addressed from a theological perspective. The work originated as a case study on the World Council of Churches "Theology of Life" programme. It was then presented as a Kachere Monograph in the belief that it will not only contribute to the reconstruction of politic in Malawi but also be an important resource for all those concerned with the formation of a viable theology of power for today's world. It is now presented here again as a Luviri Reprint. The contributors are all drawn from the University of Malawi Department of Theology and Religious Studies. Kenneth Ross has written on "The Transformation of Power in Malawi 1992-94: the Role of the Christian Churches" and "A Practical Theology of Power for the New Malawi"; Felix Chingota on "The Use of the Bible in Social Transformation"; Isabel Apawo Phiri on "Marching, Suspended and Stoned: Christian Women in Malawi 1995"; James Tengatenga on "Young People: Participation or Alienation? An Anglican Case"; J.C. Chankanza and Hilary Mijoga on "Muslim Perspectives on Power"; Hilary Mijoga on "Christian Experience in Malawi Prisons"; and Klaus Fiedler on "Power at the Receiving End: the Jehova's Witnesses' Experience in One-Party Malawi" and "Even in the Church the Exercise of Power is Accountable to God." Subject Christianity and politics -- Malawi Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African. Christianity and politics Democracy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity SUBJECT Malawi -- Church history Subject Malawi Genre/Form Church history Form Electronic book Author Ross, Kenneth R., editor ISBN 9789996066054 9996066053

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