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  • Crisis Yet Continuity
    Kenneth R. Ross
    'Studies on the history of the Blantyre Mission in Malawi often suggest that 1881 marked a turning point in the mission’s tradition, following a crisis triggered by a series of scandals that resulted in the dismissal of its top leadership. Kenneth Ross challenges this interpretation, arguing that while a crisis did occur, it did not significantly disrupt the mission’s work. Ros...
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    39,18 €

  • A Malawi Church History 1860 - 2020
    Kenneth R. Ross / Klaus Fiedler
    This is the first attempt to comprehend the whole of Malawi’s church history in a single volume. It aims to unfold this history from beginning to end, considering every expression of Christianity and taking account of its every dimension. This revised edition includes additional material to take account of developments in Malawi church historiography between 2020 and 2025.'A gr...
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    61,08 €

  • The Warm Heart
    Kenneth R. Ross
    Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University. He is also Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, Honorary Fellow at the Edinburgh University School of Divinity, Senior Research Associate at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, USA, Series Editor of the Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity...
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    44,84 €

  • Malawi’s First Presbyterian Ministers
    Kenneth R. Ross
    Malawi’s first two Presbyterian ministers, Harry Kambwiri Matecheta and Stephen Kundecha, were ordained in March 1911. Ecclesiastically, this made them fully equal with their European fellow-ministers. There were, however, subtle and not-so-subtle racial codes that reminded them that they were expected to occupy a subordinate position. This Occasional Paper explores how they di...
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    28,90 €

  • Malawian Missionaries in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands 1916-1928
    Kenneth R. Ross
    Opportunities for Malawians to demonstrate their leadership skills were severely limited during the colonial period. Even the Missions, like Livingstonia and Blantyre, that provided a high level of education often frustrated their graduates by requiring them to work under European supervision on an indefinite basis. This study shows how some early Malawian church leaders took a...
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    31,99 €

  • A Theology of Public and Political Engagement
    Felix Chimera Nyika / Kenneth R. Ross / Mzee Hermann Y. Mvula
    The third annual conference of the Theological Society of Malawi was held at the Bing International Conference Centre in Lilongwe from 30 August to 1 September 2022. It was honoured by the presence of His Excellency Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi, who launched the Society. The conference issued a rousing call for theologians to be ready to engage the public and ...
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    39,00 €

  • Friendship with a Purpose
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    Poverty and underdevelopment continue to present a profound challenge globally. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals suggest that 'Partnership for the Goals' will be key to success. This booklet explores the innovative people-to-people partnership developed by Malawi and Scotland during the 21st century. It identifies distinctive features of this international coll...
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    35,56 €

  • A Malawi Church History 1860 - 2020
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss / Klaus Fiedler
    This is the first attempt to comprehend the whole of Malawi’s church history in a single volume. The focus of this book is about documenting the religious experience which was at the centre of founding the new nation of Malawi as we have come to know it. The book strikes a balance in covering issues pertaining to both mission activities and African agency. In many instances int...
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    92,56 €

  • Mission Rediscovered
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    This book offers a commentary on the Arusha Call to Discipleship, unpacking the meaning of its 12-part summons. It provides an up-to-date theological and missiological view on a major ecumenical mission document with a personal reflection on the state of the world desperately in need of change and transformation. It intends to be a key resource for discovering what it means to ...
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    18,99 €

  • Here Comes your King!
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    More than twenty years have passed since this book was first published yet its themes remain vital for understanding the way in which Christian faith is coming to expression in a context like Malawi. It begins with Christology, with the question of the identity of Jesus Christ that is perennially at the centre of the Christian theological task. For a century and more Malawians ...
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    52,19 €

  • Christianity in Malawi
    Kenneth R. Ross
    Many scholars have noted the importance of Christianity in Malawi and have written on the social, economic and political influence of the Christian faith. What is harder to find is a study of the nature of the faith, and an analysis of the inner logic of the religious consciousness which developed in Malawi as its peoples responded to the Christian message. By bringing forward ...
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    62,50 €

  • Mission as God’s Spiral of Renewal
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    In this remarkable volume covering diverse subjects, in a span of three decades, Kenneth R. Ross articulates his views on the meaning and practice of Christian mission and challenges the binary view of mission that prevailed before the 1950s. He further reflects on Scotland’s experiences in the world-wide Christian mission and demonstrates the centrality of Africa in any discou...
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    66,11 €

  • Gospel Ferment in Malawi
    Kenneth R. Ross
    This book is a collection of essays written in the early 1990s. Some are an attempt to think theologically about the social and political changes and challenges that Malawi was navigating during those years. Others are critically reflecting on the nature and content of the Christian faith as it was coming to expression in an African context. The essays are a plea for relevancy ...
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    38,04 €

  • Faith at the Frontiers of Knowledge
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    Unity of knowledge is not easily achieved in today’s Africa where often there is little conscious interaction between traditional beliefs, Christian faith and modern secularity. The challenge is taken up in this book as scholars from a variety of disciplines wrestle with the relation of faith and science at the frontiers of knowledge. The results are important alike for the int...
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    45,57 €

  • Malawi and Scotland Together in the Talking Place Since 1859
    Kenneth R. Ross / Kenneth RRoss
    This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of David Livingstone to the flourishing cultural, economic and religious relationships of the present day. Why should there be any significant relationship between one small nation on Europe’s north-western seaboard and another in the in...
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    70,97 €

  • Closing Methodological Divides
    K. R. Howe / Kenneth Ross Howe
    This book is unique in the sweep of issues it considers and the way it integrates them under one general philosophical perspective. Vital reading for philosophers of education, educational researchers and social science methodologists. ...
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    133,12 €