A Place Not Made by Hands
Unsteady Formations of Nationalist Religiosities in Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3401747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Dale Smith (0000-0001-7986-3113, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 616 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel16050616 |
| OpenAlex | W4410325611 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article focuses on the Christian ecclesiastical footing and moorings of nationalist thought and pursuits within colonial Nyasaland and its postindependence iteration as the nation of Malawi. Attention is paid to foundational influences and the impact of European mission churches, beginning in the late 1800s, and three streams of American Christianity that influenced social development in Malawi: (1) historic African American Methodist and Baptist traditions; (2) Watchtower millenarianism; and (3) emerging mid-1900s expressions of predominantly white Pentecostal, charismatic, and evangelical Christianity. The article examines ways these European and American religious streams served as crucial catalysts for one or another form of African independency within the Malawi context, paying particular attention to the ways and degrees to which African innovations on Global North Christian expressions and paradigms proved disruptive to established authorities
Geography · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Religion, Society, and Development
The Transformation of Power in Malawi 1992–95
Christianity in Africa
Catholics, Peasants, and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland 1889–1939
A History of African Christianity 1950–1975
Pastoral Letters and the Church in the public square
Reverend Hanock Msokera Phiri and the Establishment in Nyasaland of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Resistance to Anglican Missionary (umca) Activities in Southern Malawi in 1861
John Chilembwe and the New Jerusalem
Notes on Church-State Affairs
Missionaries, Church Movements, and the Shifting Religious Significance of the State in Zambia
Prosperity
The Last Church of God and His Christ
Jordan Msumba, Ben Ngemela and the Last Church of God and His Christ 1924-1935
Religious Independency as a Means of Social Advance in Northern Nyasaland in the 1930s
A Typology for African Religious Movements
Presidents, priests, and prophets
Religious independency in Nyasaland - a typology of origins
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |