Bembaland Church / / Brian Garvey.

• Superior document: Studies on religion in Africa ; 8
• VerfasserIn: Garvey, Brian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on religion in Africa ; 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 217 pages) :; maps.

A history of the development of the Roman Catholic Church in Bembaland (North Eastern Zambia) from its missionary foundations in 1891 to the eve of national independence.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1. Bembaland and its Societies -- The Region and its Politics -- Customs and Religion -- Ch. 2. European Approaches to Bembaland -- The Portuguese -- The British -- Pioneer Missions on Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika -- Ch. 3. The White Father Missionaries -- Ch. 4. Church Foundations in Bembaland -- Settlement at Mambwe -- Transfer to Mpanda -- Penetrating the Bemba Heartland -- Ch. 5. Local Leaders and Religious Change -- The Concession at Chilubula -- The Mission and the Chiefs -- The Mission and Village Headmen -- Later Relationships between the Church and Traditional Rulers -- Ch. 6. The Processes of Conversion -- Missions and Converts -- Catechists and Local Church Leaders -- Bemba Catholicism -- Ch. 7. Social Change and Church Development -- War and the Social Background -- Mission Finance -- Expansion from the Catholic Zone -- Mission Resistance to African Religious Movements -- Ch. 8. Establishing the Structures of the Church -- An African Clergy -- Mission Education: Teachers and Catechists -- The Apostolate of Women and a Local Sisterhood -- Changes in the Lay Apostolate -- A New Role for the Clergy: Management and Support -- Ch. 9. The Challenges of Maturity -- Devotional Practice and the Schism of Emilio Mulolani -- The Reaction of the Bembaland Church to the Lumpa Movement of Alice Lenshina -- The Church and the Independence Movement -- Maps -- One: The Eastern Savannah and its Peoples -- Two: BSAC Posts and Catholic Parishes in Bembaland to 1924 -- Three: Roman Catholic Parishes in Bembaland to 1950 -- Appendix One: A Note on the Sources for the Study -- Appendix Two: Testimony of Mr. Michaeli Chisembele -- Appendix Three: Testimony of Mother Bernadetta Stuart.