The 2022 Conference passed a resolution on Ukuthwasa and the Practice of Being a Traditional Healer within the MCSA. For a copy of the resolution, click here.
2. Discussion guide on Ukuthwasa
In 2023 DEWCOM released a discussion guide entitled Ukuthwasa and the Practice of Being a Traditional Healer: A conversation within the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. For a copy of the discussion guide, click here.
3. Peer reviewed journal articles on Ukuthwasa in the MCSA
In December 2023, Rev Prof Dion Forster had a journal article published in Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology. The paper is entitled Ukuthwasa in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa: A Consideration of Some Opportunities Presented by Christian Engagements with African Indigenous Religion. For a copy of the paper, click here.
In April 2025, Rev David Elliott had a journal article published in Religions, entitled Has Methodism’s ‘White History’ Determined Its ‘Black Future’? African Traditional Healing and the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. For a copy of the paper, click here.
4. Archive of Papers
For other papers and resources relating to the Ukuthwasa conversation, please visit the archive page of this site.
