Meet Me at the Palaver

Narrative Pastoral Counselling in Postcolonial Contexts

by Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Book cover: Meet Me at the Palaver

Extent: 152 pages

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press

Subjects: African Studies, Religious Studies

Language: English

Paperback (No longer our product)

(April 2010)

ISBN: 9780718892197

5.98 x 9.02 inches

Price: $35.00

In stock

PDF (Published)

(April 2010)

ISBN: 9780718842987

Price: $26.00

Meet me at the Palaver shows the damaging impact of colonial Christianity on indigenous African communities. The book opens with stories of destructive change brought to indigenous contexts, where in the culture, values, religion, and humanity of African peoples were often marginalized. Mucherera argues for a holistic narrative pastoral counseling approach to assess and service the three basic areas of human needs in indigenous African communities: body, mind, and spirit. The book presents a hopeful strategy of recovering stories, cultural traditions, and values that have been subjugated in the past as effective means for dealing with contemporary life in indigenous contexts such as Zimbabwe.

  • By (author) Tapiwa N Mucherera