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67. Although the pastor's wife is not included in the booklet, she works with the alangizi as a leader
because ofher position. The parents sometimes inform her instead ofthe alangizi.
68. I observed this ceremony on 10 th February 2001. Chimenya Baptist church is about ten kilometres
away from the city in TA Njewa. Its membership is predominantly Chewa ethnic group. It has a Bible
School graduate pastor. He and his wife are ofLomwe ethnic group from Southern Malawi. The pastor is
both pastor and village headman.
69. I observed this ceremony on 28 th June 2001. Mphindo is also a rural church situated offthe main road
in the southern part of the district, about eight kilometres away from the city in TA Chadza. Mphindo
church has a seminary graduate Chewa pastor. Its membership is predominantly Chewa.
70. Although the word 'knock' is used, traditionally a person announces his or her coming at the door
with the word 'Odi!' ('Excuse me! '). The person in the house is supposed to respond with the words
'Eee! Lowani!' ('Yes! Come in! '). This is regardless of whether the door is made ofwood or grass.
71. I attended this ceremony on 15 th August 200 I. Mtendere church is situated in the northern part of the
city. It has a seminary graduate pastor who is a Chewa. It is a multi-ethnic urban church.
72. Howell's experience of the Kasena people who are a highly oral people is that they are also highly
intelligent (2001 [1997]).
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73. Some Western scholars, like Moreau, have tended to use the general term 'spirits' to refer to a whole
range ofdivinities, nature spirits, evil spirits, guardian spirits, and human or ancestral spirits.
74. Like in the case of Leah in Genesis 29:31 'When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he opened
her womb.'
75. Like in the case ofHannah in I Samuel 11:5 ' ... and the Lord had closed her womb. '
76. Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26 list God's blessings for his people.
77. An example from the story in Mark 5:21-43 is that the woman's faith healed her, or she was 'made
well' (v.34). Another example is from Mark 10:46-52, when the blind Bartirnaeus was also told that 'your
faith has healed you.' The Greek word for 'made well' or 'made healthy' means both to save and to heal,
thus both physical and spiritual healing, (see 'So>sO>' in Theological Dictionary of the New Testament,
1971:135.Vol. 7).
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