Bachelor of Arts in Theology

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    An Encounter between the Lozi Traditional Marriage Practices and Christianity
    (Tangaza University College, 2001-02) Likulano, Lawrence Mbapolo
    For any culture, be it European, Asian, American or African such as the Lozi to have an authentic and meaningful Christian life, that culture should encounter Christ in the Gospel message and be transformed by Christ in the light of his passion and resurrection. For this reason, the Lozi traditional marriage practices are no exception. However, in the process of reinterpretation of the Lozi traditional marriage practices into Christianity and Christianity into the Lou traditional marriage practices, both parties should be faithful to each other. Our work, therefore, endeavours to discuss an encounter between the Lou traditional marriage practices and Christianity. It is systematically divided into four chapters. In the first chapter, we discuss the origin of the Lou, where they are found, how they trace their descent and their livelihood. We elaborate at length their practices of marriage and what is involved in it. Thereafter, we show how marriage has a socio-religious dimension and how it is linked to their belief in life after death. The approach we have taken in our work is deductive, inductive, descriptive as well as analytical. The purpose of our work is to discover how the Lozi traditional marriage practices can become means by which the Lozi can respond in faith to God's call. For this reason, in our conclusion we make some recommendations which the Lozi should adhere to in their manifestation of Christian life. In the second chapter, we elaborate and explicate in depth the historical background of marriage. We start with Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) as an opener to the Christian understanding of marriage, then proceed to the Scriptures. Later on, we look at the theological and canonical concepts of Christian marriage. After that, we explain the view of the Magisterium on customary marriage. We show the stand of Vatican II on Marriage. Furthermore, we discuss the pastoral situation in Loziland and possible ways of giving pastoral care to couples involved in the Lozi traditional marriage. Chapter three of our thesis examines the impact of Christianity on the Lozi traditional marriage practices from the time the missionaries arrived in Loziland. While in the fourth chapter, we discuss inculturation of the Lozi traditional marriage as a means of transforming it by the Gospel message. We have also made some suggestions pin pointing some Lozi traditional marriage practices which should be outlawed. Finally, we have proposed that in order for the Lozi to have an indegeneous Lozi Christian marriage rite, the Lozi themselves with the help of theologians and anthropologists conversant with the African culture should spearhead this research.
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    Problem of Marriage and Divorce Among Young Couples
    (2000-02) Labila, Placido
    Once a Parish priest told me that divorce rate among the Catholics in his parish is alarming He said, 'the more people wed the more they divorce,' Most of the divorcees are among the young couples. Last year, when 1 met three of my old friends in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, they told me that they had divorced their wives and remarried. Every time one opens a newspaper or switches on a television he/she will never miss something on marriage problems What has gone wrong with marriage institution today? I asked myself. There are numbers of factors, which have contributed to the increase of divorce cases today among young couples. Young couples this work means those who are married from 0-5 years of marriage. In chapter three, some of the factors that cause divorce are discussed at length. It is a result of some research I did in Magomeni and Manzese Parishes, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Most of the examples given in this work are from East Africa and few from Zambia. While reading the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesial in Africa of John Paul 11, the same concern about marriage is expressed in major Challenges emphasized almost unanimously by the Episcopal Conferences of Africa, is the concern of the Christian marriage and family life.