African Death Rite Of Passage, Dialogue And Inculturation

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dc.contributor.authorObbo, Stephen Benedict
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T06:18:13Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T06:18:13Z
dc.date.issued2000-02
dc.description.abstractOne of the objectives of this paper is to lead to a deeper understanding of the mystery of death and the rituals surrounding it. The term "death" is commonly understood as "end of life" - and human experience seems to echo this. From the African context, death is looked at as a moment of passing from the earthly life to another realm of life. It is a rite of passage like birth, Initiation into adulthood and marriage. Philosophically, death is defined as a separation of the intertwine aspects of the human person. That is, the body and the soul. From the christian perspective, death is a mystery which can be answered only by another mystery, the death of Jesus Christ. From the clinical or biological definition, death is the point when the brain's functioning stops. Because of the complexity and depth of the African death rites, only a few ethnic groupings have been considered in this paper for the sake of clarity and particularity. These are: The Luo and Abaluyia of Kenya; The lteso, Baganda, Jopadhola and Bakonzo of Uganda, The chagga, Hehe and Bena of Tanzania; and the Ndebele of Zimbabwe. An attempt has, however, been made to discern some similarities and differences between the Christian and African Traditional concepts of death. The conclusion proposes the need for dialogue and inculturation of the compatible African death rites with Christianity. During the course of research, I used certain methods. This includes interviewing aided by a tape recorder. The informants are mainly from Uganda and Kenya and are from different walks of life. I also used questionnaire and library work.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/590
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectInculturationen_US
dc.subjectDialogueen_US
dc.subjectDeathen_US
dc.subjectriteen_US
dc.titleAfrican Death Rite Of Passage, Dialogue And Inculturationen_US
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