This information is from a database of AIC researchers. It assesses how and to what extent the CCC has adapted to new geo-cultural contexts. My current research is on Pentecostalism in the Third World. Sometimes called Mutima Church and sometimes called Ba Emilio movement after its founder, Emilio Mulolani Chishimba. Research focuses on using Gananath Obeyesekere's theory of personal symbols for understanding the interplay between the founder's personality and his cultural context in bring this church about.
Field work is complete and dissertation is in progress.
Dr Lilian Dube Chirairo - Women in AICs, their initiatives in church development, leadership roles, and their role in environment and development projects. I am also interested in episcopi vagantes and their role in mission and the denominations, especially AICs, that they have founded. In the past I have had some knowledge of the Oruuano Church and the Church of Africa in Namibia. I maintain this database of AIC researchers, and also a database of information on AICs and AIC leaders, to which contributions are welcome. At present I am editing the oral history of the amaNazarites of Isaiah Shembe translated by Professor Hans-Juergen Backen.