{"id":433,"date":"2025-02-03T21:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:03:10","slug":"ukuthwasa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/ukuthwasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukuthwasa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Ukuthwasa<\/em> Conversation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1. Conference resolution on Ukuthwasa <\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The 2022 Conference passed a resolution on Ukuthwasa and the Practice of Being a Traditional Healer within the MCSA<\/em>. For a copy of the resolution, click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2. Discussion guide on Ukuthwasa <\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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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.<\/em> For a copy of the discussion guide, click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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3. Peer reviewed journal articles on Ukuthwasa <\/em>in the MCSA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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In December 2023, Rev Prof Dion Forster had a journal article published in Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology<\/em>. 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.<\/em> For a copy of the paper, click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In April 2025, Rev David Elliott had a journal article published in Religions<\/em>, entitled Has Methodism’s ‘White History’ Determined Its ‘Black Future’? African Traditional Healing and the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.<\/em> For a copy of the paper, click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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4. Archive of Papers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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For other papers and resources relating to the Ukuthwasa<\/em> conversation, please visit the archive page<\/a> of this site.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1. Conference resolution on Ukuthwasa 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-433","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dewcom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}