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portada They Rolled Away the Stone: The Africanization of Christian Music by Presbyterian Mvano Women in Southern Malawi
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
232
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9789996066894

They Rolled Away the Stone: The Africanization of Christian Music by Presbyterian Mvano Women in Southern Malawi

Henderson, Clara E (Author) · Luviri Press · Paperback

They Rolled Away the Stone: The Africanization of Christian Music by Presbyterian Mvano Women in Southern Malawi - Henderson, Clara E

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Synopsis "They Rolled Away the Stone: The Africanization of Christian Music by Presbyterian Mvano Women in Southern Malawi"

Discover the transformative power of music, faith, song and bodily expression in this groundbreaking and immersive ethnography. Based on twenty years of missionary service and rigorous academic research in Malawi, Henderson offers an intimate look inside the sacred singing circle of the Presbyterian Mvano women. She unveils the profound process of "Africanization," demonstrating how these resilient women worked European hymns into life-giving expressions of Malawian Christian faith through local language song, and traditional dance. Within a male-dominated church hierarchy, the Mvano women use their music not merely for Sunday worship but as a powerful statement of agency and cultural resistance. Henderson's unique participant-observer methodology preserves a rich dimension of Malawian worship before the sweeping shifts brought about by modern digital culture and the charismatic movement. Equal parts rigorous academic analysis and a profound, personal "love letter" to the women of Malawi, this long-awaited text is an inspiring testament to how a community can roll away the stones of tradition to express their spirit with absolute freedom.

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