Daneel records the religio-ecological motivation and endeavour of the African Earthkeeping Movement and its impact on Shona peasant society. Of special interest are the newly introduced mafukidzanyika (clothing the land) ritual ceremonies as opposed to the traditional rain ritual ceremonies, indicating the innovation and adaptation that has taken place, as well as a description of hitherto secret oracular pronouncements by the Shona high-God Mwari, at the cult caves of Matonjeni in the Matopo hills. Index, bib, b/w photos, glos, 340pp, USA. ORBIS BOOKS.

Traces the transformation of the prophet Ezekiel Guti and his prayer band from small begin-nings in the townships of the 1950s into the present day transnational business enterprise, which is now Zimbabwe Assemblies of God, Africa (ZAOGA). In particular, this book illuminates Africa's relations with American Christianities, black and white. Index, bib, b/w photos, 250pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Explores the failures and successes of the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe since the Second Vatican Council in 1965 and the changes which ensued. 150pp, UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE PUBLICATIONS. ZIMBABWE

Study of pilgrimage to the Njelele shrine in southern Zimbabwe, a major centre of the Mwali cult - Southern Africa's cult of the High God. The study is mainly about the importance of sacred spaces in central places in a cult that is nodally organised. It raises questions of mediation and intermediaries between the High God and the various congregations lying in the vast cult domain; the relationship between oracular cult centres and the low-level shrines and affiliated congregations; the nature of and the volume of traffic of supplicants between cardinal shrines at Njelele and the periphery of the cult domain; and the symbolic exchange involved in the pilgrimage tradition in the cult of the High God. Index, bibs, apps, 240pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Analysing the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal and the methods they use to restore health, discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition. Contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. The centrality of health and well-being is not only confined to traditional religion but reflects its adaptive potential in new religious systems manifest in the phenomenon of Independent Churches. 172pp, UK. ASHGATE.

Focuses primarily on the interface between religion and politics in the public square in Africa, in general, and Zimbabwe, in particular. Argues for a contextual theology that takes into serious consideration both social and political realities in the creation of democratic spaces. In Zim-babwe, the church and the school are generally the main foci of social life of the village in most communities. The absence of a strong civil society, independent press and independent judiciary system calls for the church and the school to play important roles in the construction of a democratic social and political order. Ordinary citizens interact on almost a daily basis with these two institutions on a village level. 224pp, USA. EDWIN MELLEN PRESS.

2004 reissue. Sets out to complement other books on the Zimbabwean liberation struggle by bringing to the fore less publicised and researched aspects. In particular it addresses ZAPU's contribution to the war and also examines the situation of the Lutheran Church in the conflict. Index, b/w photographs, map, sources, tables, x, 363pp ZIMBABWE. MAMBO PRESS.

Concentrates on the diversity of Christianity in Zimbabwe, its impact on the socio economic and culturo religious contexts and vice verse, with special reference to church state relations. Refs, viii, 152pp, ZIMBABWE. MAMBO PRESS. 0869227297