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Health and Healing : New Developments in Spirit Mediumship in Malawi
Chakanza, Joseph C. (2024): Health and Healing : New Developments in Spirit Mediumship in Malawi, in: Louis Ndekha, Judith Bachmann, Rhodian Munyenyembe, u. a. (Hrsg.), African Traditional Religions Revisited : Dynamics in Indigenous Religions in 21st Century Africa ; Essays in Honour of Monsignor Professor Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 217–222, doi: 10.20378/irb-106017.
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African Traditional Religions Revisited : Dynamics in Indigenous Religions in 21st Century Africa ; Essays in Honour of Monsignor Professor Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza
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2024
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978-3-98989-030-5
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This chapter discusses the transformation of the practice of healing and mediumship in Malawi. It notes that while traditional healing practices
have always been associated with spirit possession recent trends demonstrate striking innovations among traditional healers. Part of these innovations have been the use of prayer, the Bible and the singing of hymns as part of the healing process. Part of this transformation was necessitated by the misconception and mistrust of traditional healing within Malawi's Christianised society.
have always been associated with spirit possession recent trends demonstrate striking innovations among traditional healers. Part of these innovations have been the use of prayer, the Bible and the singing of hymns as part of the healing process. Part of this transformation was necessitated by the misconception and mistrust of traditional healing within Malawi's Christianised society.
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Malawi
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Geistheilung
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January 27, 2025
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