This third branch of the Kachere Series provides a forum for the publication of a variety of texts: discussion papers, bibliographies, short biographical studies, documentation, theological essays, etc. Here is the place not necessarily for the last word, but perhaps for the first word on an important area of study.

GOLDEN BUTTONS
Christianity and Traditional Religion Among the Tumbuka
Stephen Kauta Msiska
Distinctive in the writing of this pioneering theologian is a profound, though not uncritical, sympathy with the traditional religion of his people combined with a passionate concern for authentic Christian discipleship.
ISBN 99908-16-05-0, 62 pp, 1997/1998 (repr.)

SANGAYA
A Leader in the Synod of Blantyre
Silas S. Ncozana
To Sangaya fell the task of guiding his church into the post missionary era and this vivid biography enables the reader to appreciate the remarkable qualities of Sangaya and offers many insights into the history of church and society during his lifetime. (2nd enlarged edition)
ISBN 99908-16-17-4, 74 pp, 1999

RELIGION IN MALAWI
An Annotated Bibliography
J.C. Chakanza, Kenneth R. Ross
This book contains the first fully comprehensive bibliographical survey of religion in Malawi and does not exclude any field of religion. Whether it is a book, thesis or seminar paper you search for, you should find it in this bibliography. Updates of this bibliography are available on diskette on request.
ISBN 99908-16-13-1, 160 pp, 1998

WHEN MAIZE AND TOBACCO ARE NOT ENOUGH
A Church Study of Malawi’s Agro-Economy
Peggy Owen (ed.)
It is the first attempt we have seen by a church group to analyse in depth the economic problems besetting Malawi and impoverishing the great majority of her people.
ISBN 99908-16-01-8, 66 pp, 1998

THEOLOGY COOKED IN AN AFRICAN POT
Klaus Fiedler, Paul Gundani, Hilary Mijoga (eds.)
Since Christianity is spread by translation and inculturation, it is no wonder that Africa is cooking its own theology in so many ways, from Independent Churches to modern Catholic liturgies. Such cooking compares well to what happened in Medieval Europe and relates to similar processes in India.
180 pp, 1998/2000 (repr.)

MONFORTIANS IN MALAWI
Their Spiritual and Pastoral Approach
Hubert Reijnaerts, Ann Nielsen and Matthew Schoffeleers
A common misconception found in popular and scholarly literature is that “the missionaries” are a homogeneous category about whom one can make broad generalisations. To promote understanding, this thorough documentation of the work of the Montfort missionaries in Malawi was published.
ISBN 99908-16-09-3, 496 pp, 1997

AFRICA FOR THE AFRICAN
Joseph Booth, edited by Laura Perry
In 1897, it was quite unusual for a missionary to publish a book entitled “Africa for the African”. This book, which was not welcomed by the colonial government in Malawi, was first published in 1897 in the US and is now, for the first time, published in Malawi. Laura Perry reproduced the text of Booth’s second edition, compared it to the first edition and added explanatory footnotes.
ISBN 99908-16-03-4, 114 pp, 1998

PA CHIYAMBI ANAWALENGA CHIMODZIMODZI
Janet Y. Kholowa ndi Klaus Fiedler
Ambiri anatsimikizika kuti Baibulo limaphunzitsa kuti amuna azilamulira akazi. Bukuli lafufuza mozama mitu yoyambirira itatu ya buku la Genesis ndipo lapeza zosiyaniranatu ndi zimene anthuwa amaganizira: Pa chiyambi Mulungu anawalenga chimodzimodzi.
ISBN 9908-16-22-5, Buku la Mvunguti No. 2, 28 pp, 1999
For the english translation of this book please see: In the Beginning God Created Them Equal

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