Fiedler, Klaus. “The Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements in Malawi in Cultural Perspective.” In Conflicted Power in Malawian Christianity: Essays Missionary and Evangelical from Malawi, Klaus Fiedler, 321–48. Mzuzu: Mzuni Press, 2015.
Gadama, Richard Gracious. “Women in the Charismatic Churches in Malawi: A Historical and Theological Perspective.” PhD diss., University of the Free State, 2015.
Munyenyembe, Rhodian G. Christianity and Socio-Cultural Issues: The Charismatic Movement and Contextualization in Malawi. Zomba and Mzuzu: Kachere Series and Mzuni Press, 2011.
AbstractThe most prominent development on the Christian scene in Malawi and much of Africa is the growth of the Charismatic Movement seen here as distinct from the Pentecostal movement. This growth was unexpected to scholars who assumed that the African Independent Church's reaction against missionary Christianity and cry for an authentic African Christianity would have encouraged similar levels of support. The intention of this study is to trace the path of incarnational theology and to understand the popularity of the Charismatic Movement despite its apparent lack of enthusiasm for inculturation, which in the mainstream churches is argued would make the Christian faith more relevant and attractive to the Malawian masses. It argues that the way in which the Charismatic Movement is responding to the socio-cultural context in Malawi is more appropriate in view of the current realities.
Nyika, Felix C. “African Agency amongst Malawian Neocharismatics.” In Politics, Christianity and Society in Malawi: Essays in Honour of John McCracken, edited by Kenneth R. Ross and Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu, 345–71. Mzuzu: Mzuni Press, 2020.
Schoffeleers, Matthew. Pentecostalism and Neo-Traditionalism: The Religious Polarization of a Rural District in Southern Malawi. Amsterdam: Free University Press, 1985.
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