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Crossroads of Culture: Christianity, Ancestral Spiritualism, and the Search for Wellness in Northern Malawi

[Paperback]

by Lindland Eric Lindland

    • Author

      Lindland Eric Lindland

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Mzuni Press

    • Published

      March 2020

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      Crossroads of Culture: Christianity, Ancestral Spiritualism, and the Search for Wellness in Northern Malawi

      Today's Price £47.24

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      Product Description

      Combining history, ethnography, and culture theory, this book explores how residents in northwestern Malawi have responded over time to the early missionary assertion that local religious and healing practices were incompatible with Christianity and western medicine. It details how local agents, in the past and today, have constructed new cultural forms that weave facets of ancestral spiritualism and divination with Christianity and biomedicine. Alongside a rich historical review of the late-19th century encounter between Tumbuka-speakers and the Scottish Presbyterians of the Livingstonia Mission, the book explores the contemporary therapeutic dance complex known as Vimbuza and considers two case studies, each the story of a man confronting illness and struggling to understand the roots and meaning of his a

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      • Author

        Lindland Eric Lindland

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Mzuni Press

      • Published

        March 2020

      • Weight

        745g

      • Dimensions

        149 x 211 x 33 mm

      • ISBN

        9789996060410

      • ISBN-10

        9996060411

      • Eden Code

        5218572

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      • Author/Creator: Lindland Eric Lindland

      • ISBN: 9789996060410

      • Publisher: Mzuni Press

      • Release Date: March 2020

      • Weight: 745g

      • Dimensions: 149 x 211 x 33 mm

      • Eden Code: 5218572

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