Watching the phenomenal singing and dancing with which the Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian saluted its 150th anniversary over this past
Tag: history
150 Not Out
Huge crowds are gathering at Blantyre Mission this weekend to remember the founding of the mission on 23 October 1876. Residents have chosen to rename
Global Justice
Working with many colleagues, over the last few years I have been struggling to take account theologically of the hyper-complex crisis that has overtaken us
Malawi at Sixty-one
Today, 6 July, is Malawi’s Independence Day. People here are proud of their country but the independence celebrations have become rueful and subdued as the
Mission, Race and Colonialism
The Ecclesiastical History Society kindly invited me to blog about my biography of Alexander Hetherwick so I include the post here. Alexander Hetherwick was a
