Title: Transfigured night : mission and culture in Zimbabwe's vigil movement /
Authors: Presler, Titus Leonard.
Publisher: University of South Africa Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Independent churches Zimbabwe.; Shona (African people) Religion.; Christianity Zimbabwe.; Spirit possession Zimbabwe.; Missions Zimbabwe.; Zimbabwe Religious life and customs.
Abstract: From the dusk-to-dawn preaching of Anglicans and Methodists to the nocturnal fire-walking of Marange Apostles, a grassroots movement of all-night vigils has catalysed a dynamic religious renewal among mission-founded and African initiated churches in Zimbabwe since the Liberation War. With vivid narrative and close analysis, Titus Presler explores how the movement transforms its roots in Shona Spirit Religion and the guerrillas' wartime rallies into a powerful force for Christian mission. From the night vigils, Presler offers new perspectives on the interaction of religion and culture in the development of authentic African Christianity. (Back cover).