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   to spread Christianity, for its own sake, and for reasons of   to spread Christianity, for its own sake, and for reasons of
   establishing a common language with other people for purposes of   establishing a common language with other people for purposes of
-  cooperation and trade.+  cooperation and trade. And slavery. Converts to Christianity in many 
 +  cases became slaves, and vice versa, often with the permission of 
 +  local elites.
 * It was not until the 19th century when European Protestant missions * It was not until the 19th century when European Protestant missions
   came. In this case they were working in the shadow of   came. In this case they were working in the shadow of
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   very prominent churches in southern Africa, called apostolic   very prominent churches in southern Africa, called apostolic
   churches (see Engelke 2007).   churches (see Engelke 2007).
 +
 +## Questions and answers ##
 +
 +* What are some research questions we can ask about Johane Masowe and Masowe Apostolic Churches?
 +  * A good research question will have more than one answer, and each answer will need an argument to explain why it is right.
 +* What are some possible answers, or thesis statements, that we can pose in response to these questions?
 +
  
  
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 ## References ## ## References ##
  
-Engelke, Matthew. 2007. A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an +Comaroff, Jean, and John L. Comaroff. 1999. “Occult Economies and the Violence of Abstraction: Notes from the South African Postcolony.” American Ethnologist 26 (2): 279–303. doi:10.1525/ae.1999.26.2.279. 
-African Church. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.+ 
 +Engelke, Matthew. 2007. A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.
  
 Evans-Pritchard, E. E., and Eva Gillies. 1976. Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande. Abridged edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Evans-Pritchard, E. E., and Eva Gillies. 1976. Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande. Abridged edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
-Meyer, Birgit. 2004. "Christianity in Africa: From African Independent +Fortune, R. F. 2013. Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. Routledge.
-to Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches." Annual Review of Anthropology 33 +
-(1): 447–74. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143835.+
  
 +Meyer, Birgit. 2004. “Christianity in Africa: From African Independent to Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches.” Annual Review of Anthropology 33 (1): 447–74. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.33.070203.143835.
  
 +Nadel, S. F. 1952. “Witchcraft in Four African Societies: An Essay in Comparison.” American Anthropologist 54 (1): 18–29. doi:10.1525/aa.1952.54.1.02a00040.
  
 +Robbins, Joel. 2004. "The Globalization of Pentecostal and Charismatic
 +Christianity." Annual Review of Anthropology 33 (1):
 +117–43. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093421.
  
 +Synan, Vinson. 1997. The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic
 +Movements in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids, Mich.:
 +Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
  
 +Wilson, Monica Hunter. 1951. “Witch Beliefs and Social Structure.” American Journal of Sociology 56 (4): 307–13.
  
  
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