Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy

Know about the book -

Women, Presbyterianism and Patriarchy is written by Isabel Apawo Phiri and published by African Books Collective. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9990887284 (ISBN 10) and 9789990887280 (ISBN 13).

This is the first book by a Malawian woman theologian. First released in 1997 it won an honorable mention in the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1998 and is now updated here with a new introduction by the author. The study traces the struggles and contribution of Chewa women to the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Amongst the topics are female mediumships in traditional religion, post-missionary developments in Chigwirizano, womens attempts to achieve some public manifestation of their personal relatioship to God in open ministry, and the current women's organisation in Nkhoma Synod. Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri is in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Malawi.