Bembaland Church /

Bembaland Church / / Brian Garvey.

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.

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Superior document:Studies on religion in Africa ; 8
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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.
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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.

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