Luviri Press

Of the German Protestant missionaries in Tanzania, Lutheran or Moravian, none was as famous as Bruno Gutmann, who worked among the Chagga from 1902 - 1938, and only World War prevented him and his...

Dies ist die Autobiographie eines 'gew?nlichen' Lebens, eines Bankangestellten und seiner Familie; aber manches ist ungew?nlich. Das Buch zeigt die Suche eines Mannes nach Gott und wie er Gott findet...

This book is largely concerned with not just the history of women's ordination, or even of Baptists and women's ordination, but offers perspectives from history that may be useful for the discussion...

In 1859 the British "imported" 445 German settler families to strengthen the colonial borders in British Kaffraria (now Eastern Cape) in South Africa. Three of these settler families were Baptists,...

Indeed, we seem to live in the last days. What Jesus said about the last days is being fulfilled nowadays. Many people are busy with earthly things which are contrary to the word of God and are no...

Climate change constitutes a harsh reality for the people of Malawi. The frequency of extreme climate events continues to rise. Altered rainfall patterns, droughts, and tropical storms have become a...

In October 1896, a squadron of "Deutsche Schutztuppe" forces erected a camp on Mount Mary, near to the mission station that King Matundo was having built. A night battle between local people and the...

Can an African soldier be loyal to his British regiment and stay true to his own society and its beliefs? Juma Chimwere believes he must! Distinguished Conduct recounts a Malawian msilikali? life of...

This book explores the intersection of faith, ethics, and public health by examining the Namatete Congregation of the Zambezi Evangelical Church's response to the COVID-19 vaccine in Malawi. It...

Unity of knowledge is not easily achieved in today?s Africa where often there is little conscious interaction between traditional beliefs, Christian faith and modern secularity. The challenge is...

Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between traditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper" church wedding...

This book outlines the contribution of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (MIC Sisters) towards girl child education in Malawi with particular focus on the establishment, growth and...

Between 1992 and 1994 Malawi underwent a remarkable transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truly a transformation of power! Yet this period of profound change raised many issues of power and...

Independent African, first published in 1958, is still one of the few serious attempts to write a history of an African Rising against European rule south of the Sahara. The career of the Reverend...

Whereas Victorian optimists imagined that armed conflict would gradually disappear as the world continued to head for universal peace and prosperity, the 20th century wiped out any such illusions...

Jesus - the Man for others is a contemporary expression of the Gospel message, with many references about how it was appropriated over the centuries, and as illustrated in art. The author, a Catholic...

Some people are convinced by many things that are less important in their lives. These things are short term and they come to an end. In this book I have written that people should be convinced by...

Malawi's first two Presbyterian ministers, Harry Kambwiri Matecheta and Stephen Kundecha, were ordained in March 1911. Ecclesiastically, this made them fully equal with their European...

Africa was not evangelized by the European (and American) churches, but by the European (and American) mission societies, a process that thoroughly changed the religious geography of Africa. This...

A common misconception found in popular, and even some scholarly, literature is that "the missionaries" are a homogeneous category about whom it is easy to make broad generalisations. When a more...

Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza was born in 1943 at Mchacha Village, T.A. Malemia in Nsanje District where he grew up and discovered his vocation as a Catholic priest, being ordained in 1969. After...

Andreya Soko manages to win the love of his college mate, Sekani Zuza, the most beautiful, most sought-after girl in college. After finishing college, Andreya works hard to save for Sekani's bride...

In Christian history spiritual awakenings are a recurring and important phenomenon. The Blantyre Spiritual Awakening was characterized by an overt evangelistic fervour among bands of people that...

Tomasi Manda, an intelligent boy whose rational mind rejects belief in witchcraft, does something that causes his mother and elder brother to fear that he might be bewitched.They decide to put...

All Malawians know their national hero, the Rev John Chilembwe, who, in 1915, protested against colonialism with an armed uprising. To understand him, it is necessary to understand Joseph Booth, who...

If Malawi calls itself a God-fearing nation, then Mzuzu should be a God-fearing city. This survey of religious geography describes major aspects of the religious reality in Mzuzu. Quantitative...

Leaving school at fifteen, Brian Morris has had a and varied career in Malawi, before becoming a university teacher. Now Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of...

This informative biography of a German missionary pastor, Richard Ferdinard Zanner, is told by Hermann and Bertha Mvula whose parents served with Dr Zanner in Africa from 1980 to his retirement in...