| Summary: | 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.
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