General works with a more popular appeal are published as Kachere Books. This branch of the Kachere Series offers books which combine academic merit with topical interest and contemporary appeal.

   
 

CHURCH, LAW AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN MALAWI 1992-94
Matembo S. Nzunda, Kenneth R. Ross (eds.)

This first Kachere Series book has kept its attraction, since it describes the process that led to the democratic revolution in Malawi, an event that is constitutive even after the second democratic elections in the country.
ISBN 0-86922-602-9, 170 pp, 1995/1997 (repr.)

     
 

GOSPEL FERMENT IN MALAWI
Theological Essays

Kenneth R. Ross

The essays presented in this book are a plea for relevancy and contextuality in Christian praxis and theological reflection in Malawi and, indeed, in Africa as a whole. Ross, who taught for ten years at the University of Malawi, points out the need for continuing the translation of the Gospel so that it retains its transforming power.
ISBN 0-86922-615-0, 151 pp, 1995/1997 (repr.)

   
 

CHRISTIANITY IN MALAWI
A Source Book

Kenneth R. Ross (ed.)

This book provides the opportunity to read the story of Malawian Christianity “from the inside”. It allows some Malawian Christians to speak for themselves so that church history might be formed by listening directly and critically to voices from the past.

ISBN 0-86922-641-X, 253 pp, 1996

   
 

DEMOCRATIZATION IN MALAWI
A Stocktaking

Kings M. Phiri, Kenneth R. Ross, (eds.)

This book is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking to understand the social and political situation in Malawi in the early years of the Second Republic. A multi-disciplinary approach has been employed to examine both the progress and the pitfalls of the democratization process.
ISBN 99908-16-12-X, 400 pp, 1998/1999 (repr.)

   
 

FAITH AT THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE
Kenneth R. Ross (ed.)

Scholars wrestle with the relation of faith and science at the frontiers of knowledge. The results are important for the integrity of faith, for scientific advance and for the attainment of creative cultural unity in society.
ISBN 99908-16-11-5, 240 pp, 1998

   
 

HERE COMES YOUR KING
Christ, Church and Nation in Malawi

Kenneth R. Ross

This book is a critical analysis of the most effective methods for “doing” theology in Malawi today. It looks at both the present and past methods for forming a distinct and robust ecclesiological identity. It also looks at the role of the Church in the political arena.
ISBN 99908-16-10-7, 200 pp, 1998

 
 


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