Authentic Contextualization and Church Growth: The Case of Catholicism in Malawi 1889-2000
Malawian culture was denunciated and demonized as irrational and unbiblical by the early Catholic missionaries from the West. However, this negative attitude toward Malawian culture largely succeeded in hindering Catholic expansion during its nascency in the country. In this paper, I argue that cont...
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Creighton University
2021
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2021, Volume: 23 |
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Malawi
B Contextualization B Catholicism B Nyau B White Fathers B Christianity |
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