![]() This is largely based on the belief that some aspects of nature in Shona are imbued with spirits. The Shona notion of hierarchy of sacredness of nature as opposed to the intrinsic value of nature forms a barrier to a possible reconciliation between Shona and Christian attitudes to nature. Volume 13 of BiAS series brings out into prominence issues at the heart of dialogue between African and Christian attitudes to nature. It is my observation that the continuous re-branding exercises undertaken by the diviner-healers, as well as their perception of the living-dead, is central to its persistence and that it is there to stay. However, even these attempts have not uprooted the traditional diviner-healers. Further, I also note how the rise of African Initiated Churches (AICs) seems to have attempted to do what missionary churches had failed to do, that is, challenge the diviner-healers. With the help of hindsight, I observe how missionaries failed to relate the health delivery system to the Shona cosmology and thereby failed to uproot the system. In this article, I study how Christianity, from the moment missionaries settled in Zimbabwe, sought to uproot the traditional health delivery system. ![]() Yet these same institutions persist to this day. ![]() There have been concerted efforts to supplant traditional religion and its various institutions for over a century now. This article tackles one of the most interesting subjects in African Christianity and African traditional religions. ![]()
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