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		RELIGION IN MALAWI Editor: J.C. Chakanza A journal issued periodically by the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi (48 pp., A4 size). It mainly contains articles about the three major religions in Malawi: Christianity, Islam and African Traditional Religion. In addition there are book reviews, news, documents and information on theological developments in Malawi. Issue 10 expected late 2002.. ISSN 1025-0948

		MALAWI JOURNAL OF BIBLICAL STUDIES Editor: Hilary Mijoga It is often assumed that the proper countries for biblical studies are the USA, the UK and Germany. Though scholars may be leading the field in these countries of the north, the Bible has long had a prominent place in Malawian culture. This is reflected in the pages of this new journal, which will have about 100 A5 pages per issue. First issue expected late 2002.

		SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN MALAWI Starting in 1979, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi, produced in very simple format 17 issues of documents useful for the study of religion. In 2000, the Department reopened this series with no. 18 to cater for documents and other texts which may not meet the requirements for a book, but contain valuable documentation or information to be preserved.

		ISLAM WEEK IN MALAWI J.C. Chakanza (ed.) Though Islam came to Malawi one and a half centuries ago, knowledge about Islam is not widespread. In 1998 the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi organized the "Islam in Malawi Week" in cooperation with the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Southern Africa Regional Office in Zomba. Major papers presented during that week are reproduced in this book. ISBN 99908-43-01-4, Sources for the Study of Religion in Malawi No. 18, 40 pp, 2000

		A CONFLICT ON AUTHORITY IN EARLY AFRICAN CHURCH: Augustine of Hippo and the Donatists Steven Paas The ancient church of North Africa still captures the imagination of many modern people. We wonder about its rapid original growth. We also wonder about the internal quarrels and schisms that contributed to its almost complete eradication. For more than a hundred years the North African church was divided by the Donatist question. The bone of contention was the issue of authority and power of the office-bearers. Do church leaders derive their authority from their own characteristics or moral qualities? Does the church depend on the holiness of its office-bearers? The Donatists thought so. And so do their followers of today, even in Malawi. In this study the Donatists' opinions are compared to views of some early African church fathers, especially Augustine. Zomba Theological College, 75 pp, 2000

		THE GOD OF LOVE AND COMPASSION: A CHRISTIAN MEDITATION ON AIDS Martin Ott et al. Editions are available in English, Chichewa, or Tumbuka text Since the outbreak of the AIDS pandemic in Malawi (the first case was reported in 1985), the different churches have embarked on a remarkable number of activities in the field of awareness programs and home-based care programs, not to mention treatment of AIDS patients in hospitals. But AIDS is not only a social and medical problem. For Christians it is a challenge to their faith. With deep respect we acknowledge how Malawian Christians practise love towards the neighbour in caring for the sick and burying the dead. Nevertheless, the popular understanding of the disease within the Malawian churches needs further support and theological instruction. Kachere Series, 9 pp, 2000

		TOUCHING THE HEART Xhosa Missionaries to Malawi T. Jack Thompson The early missionaries to Malawi were neither all from Europe nor all white. Jack Thompson tells the story of the Xhosa missionaries (the best known being William Koyi), who came to Malawi from Lovedale, South Africa, as members of the Livingstonia Mission. ISBN 86888-140-7, UNISA, 215 pp, 2000

		NORTH OF THE ZAMBEZI: A Modern Missionary Memoir Fergus Macpherson Dr. Fergus Macpherson was a missionary in Zambia and Malawi for fifteen years. He later became the first Dean of Students at the University of Zambia and then Research Historian of the Kenneth Kaunda Foundation. He was awarded a PhD by the Univerisity of Edinburgh for his work on the colonial history of Zambia. ISBN 1-871828-44-9, The Handsel Press, 234 pp, 1998

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