FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:

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ABSTRACT...•......•............•.•..•.•..................................•................•.•.•....•..........••.•..•.•..•..•..•...........•..•.•..•. ill
MWACHIDULE .................•.•.••.•.••..............•.•...•..............•.•.•.........................•..•.................................•...IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......•.•......•.•............................................•....•..•..•.•......................•....•.•....•...... V
ABBREVIATIONS •...............•....•...........................•.•.•.....................•.•.•....•..•..•..•.......................•....•.•.•.•.•.•1
1. INTRODUCTION •.•..•.•.......................••.•.............................•.•.•.••.•.•..•..•.••.••.•.....•..•......................... 1
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1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
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MOTIVATION 2
PROBLEM FORMULATION AND ANALYSIS 3
RELATED STUDIES 4
OBJECTIVES 8
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 8
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 12
RESEARCH STRUCTURE 13
THE 'RELIGIOUS ITINERARY' OF THE CHEWA•.•......•.•..•.•..•.••...............................•.•.•..... 15
INTRODUCTION 15
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEy 15
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 16
SOCIAL ORGANISATION 17
THE CHEWA COSMOLOGY 20
CONCLUSION 24
THE EMERGENCE OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN MALAWI 25
3.1 INTRODUCTION 25
3.2 THE AMERICAN CULTURAL BACKGROUND 25
3.3 SOCIAL-POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REALITIES IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT.. 27
3.4 INDIGENOUS 'BAPTIST' PRECURSORS 30
3.5 SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSION IN MALAWI (BMIM) 31
3.6 SEPARATION OF NATIONAL CHURCH FROM THE MISSION 33
3.7 THE EMERGENCE OF WOMEN'S MINISTRIES AND THE DESIRE FOR CH/LANG/ZO. 34
3.8 'EXCURSUS' - BAPTIST BELIEFS AND PRACTICES 36
3.9 CONCLUSION 39
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