Papers by Janet W. Parsons
unpublished, 2011
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Among the most significant events in Malaŵi at the end of the Twentieth Centur... more ABSTRACT
Among the most significant events in Malaŵi at the end of the Twentieth Century was the 1992 Lenten Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Episcopal Conference that sparked the first public acknowledgement of the injustices of forty years of repression under Hastings Banda. Read out in pulpits across the nation, it formed a church-led plea for justice amidst poverty and repression. A cascade of dissent followed, one-party rule was dismantled over two years, and the effort to recover democracy began.
This study examines the coalition of churches that formed after The Letter -- and the church that refused cooperation. It references the discourse of justice for the poor, traces church-led witness and records the actions of individuals so committed to truth that they risked their lives. It concludes with acknowledgement that, while democratisation was as yet incomplete, The Pastoral Letter as an instrument of change had been established.
Encounters Mission Journal, 2011
Book Reviews by Janet W. Parsons
Studies in World Christianity, 2022
Elizabeth Koepping offers fresh perspective on violence against women in Christian marriages with... more Elizabeth Koepping offers fresh perspective on violence against women in Christian marriages with a study that is groundbreaking in breadth and depth. Findings challenge Church practice and identify patterns that traverse religions and societies where spousal abuse has been considered a trope of Western culture.
Studies in World Christianity, 2020
Books by Janet W. Parsons
Botswana Society & Pula Press, 1997
The book is narrative non-fiction -- readable, evocative and unique in perspective. It is based ... more The book is narrative non-fiction -- readable, evocative and unique in perspective. It is based on primary research in Botswana in 1983 involving excavation and oral history in and around the ruins of the Livingstone Mission in Kweneng, now a national monument.
The study focuses on David and Mary Livingstone's only established mission station, built on the Kolobeng River in 1847 and destroyed by Boer farmers in 1852. Central are the character and motives of Livingstone before his transcontinental journeys and the tragic circumstances of Mary and the five children who lived among the Bakwena of Chief Sechele. It places the Kolobeng years in the life context of the explorer and the family members whose lives were changed or cut short by their experiences. It claims for Sechele prominence in establishing the foundations of the modern nation.
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Papers by Janet W. Parsons
Among the most significant events in Malaŵi at the end of the Twentieth Century was the 1992 Lenten Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Episcopal Conference that sparked the first public acknowledgement of the injustices of forty years of repression under Hastings Banda. Read out in pulpits across the nation, it formed a church-led plea for justice amidst poverty and repression. A cascade of dissent followed, one-party rule was dismantled over two years, and the effort to recover democracy began.
This study examines the coalition of churches that formed after The Letter -- and the church that refused cooperation. It references the discourse of justice for the poor, traces church-led witness and records the actions of individuals so committed to truth that they risked their lives. It concludes with acknowledgement that, while democratisation was as yet incomplete, The Pastoral Letter as an instrument of change had been established.
Book Reviews by Janet W. Parsons
Books by Janet W. Parsons
The study focuses on David and Mary Livingstone's only established mission station, built on the Kolobeng River in 1847 and destroyed by Boer farmers in 1852. Central are the character and motives of Livingstone before his transcontinental journeys and the tragic circumstances of Mary and the five children who lived among the Bakwena of Chief Sechele. It places the Kolobeng years in the life context of the explorer and the family members whose lives were changed or cut short by their experiences. It claims for Sechele prominence in establishing the foundations of the modern nation.
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Creative Commons copyright protected: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Among the most significant events in Malaŵi at the end of the Twentieth Century was the 1992 Lenten Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Episcopal Conference that sparked the first public acknowledgement of the injustices of forty years of repression under Hastings Banda. Read out in pulpits across the nation, it formed a church-led plea for justice amidst poverty and repression. A cascade of dissent followed, one-party rule was dismantled over two years, and the effort to recover democracy began.
This study examines the coalition of churches that formed after The Letter -- and the church that refused cooperation. It references the discourse of justice for the poor, traces church-led witness and records the actions of individuals so committed to truth that they risked their lives. It concludes with acknowledgement that, while democratisation was as yet incomplete, The Pastoral Letter as an instrument of change had been established.
The study focuses on David and Mary Livingstone's only established mission station, built on the Kolobeng River in 1847 and destroyed by Boer farmers in 1852. Central are the character and motives of Livingstone before his transcontinental journeys and the tragic circumstances of Mary and the five children who lived among the Bakwena of Chief Sechele. It places the Kolobeng years in the life context of the explorer and the family members whose lives were changed or cut short by their experiences. It claims for Sechele prominence in establishing the foundations of the modern nation.
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Creative Commons copyright protected: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)