Christianity and Traditional Religions of Zimbabwe (ePub)

Paradzayi David Mubvumbi was born and grew up in the Murehwa District in Zimbabwe. Paradzayi grew up among religious people who believed in Christianity and traditional religions. When he was still young, he could not really understand what was going on between Christianity and traditional religions, because the worshippers seemed to be practicing their worshipping the same way. Paradzayi's grandmother was a Christian and the grandfather was possessed by an ancestral spirit known as Mudzimu in Shona. Because of the similarities and differences in the ways they worshipped, Paradzayi was caught up in a muddle of confusion, and the confusion led him to have an interest in studying Christianity and traditional religions.



At the age of fifteen Paradzayi enrolled at Nhowe Bible College, graduated in 1970, and became a full-time preacher in the rural areas of Murehwa. After three years he went back to college to be trained to work in the hospitality industry, where he worked for ten years before he left for the commercial sector. For another ten years Paradzayi worked for Pepsi International as a regional manager.



Despite changing jobs Paradzayi never stopped preaching. In fact he went out preaching every weekend supporting himself.
In 2000, having made contacts with Christian brethren in Georgia, Paradzayi and his wife, Jane, left Zimbabwe and went to work and preach in the United States. After residing in the United States for six years, David and Jane left the United States to reside in Canada, where Paradzayi completed a BA, MA, and PhD in religious studies.



Paradzayi and Jane have been married for over forty years and are blessed with two daughters, who are both married. Even though Paradzayi and Jane have been to many parts of the world, they love Zimbabwe more than any other place. This love made Paradzayi write this book to help Christians and non-Christians everywhere know what Zimbabwean beliefs are concerning their

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