Preaching in mainstream Christian churches in Malawi: a survey and analysis

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Title:	Preaching in mainstream Christian churches in Malawi: a survey and analysis
Author:	Ross, Kenneth R.
Year:	1995
Periodical:	Journal of Religion in Africa
Volume:	25
Issue:	1
Pages:	3-24
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Malawi
Subjects:	sermons Catholic Church Anglican Church Presbyterian church
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1581136.pdf
Abstract:	This paper examines the message being preached in Malawi's mainstream churches, viz. the Presbyterian, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, and its effects in people's lives. Five aims were set: to ascertain the characteristic emphases of contemporary preaching in the mainstream churches and assess their significance; to examine the interface between traditional African beliefs and Christianity; to explore the attitudes of the mainstream churches towards the African indigenous (or independent) churches; to assess to what extent the Christian profession of the people is a matter of outward assent or inward commitment; to consider how far the message of the mainstream churches is community-strengthening and nation-building or how far it is restricted to the sphere of private morality and spirituality. Data are from a nationwide survey of sermons preached in mainstream churches in 1990-1992, and interviews held with both preachers and church members in 1991-1992. Ref.