Zulu Customary Marriage In Relation To Christian Marriage

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dc.contributor.authorMazibuko, Innocent Velaphi
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T07:45:02Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T07:45:02Z
dc.date.issued1997-02
dc.description.abstractIn September 1995, Pope John Paul H came to Africa to celebrate the African Synod on African soil and bring us the fruits of that synod in the Apostolic Exhortation "The Church in Africa". He told us all Christians in Africa "The Synod is over, the synod has just begun. And it is very true!. Again in the words of Luke the Evangelist, the writer sets out precisely the aim of what he wants to accomplish by writing the gospel: Seeing that many have undertaken to draw accounts of the events that have reached their fulfilment among us. I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole stoly from beginning have decided to write an ordered account for you. I African traditions, judiciously utilised may have their place in the construction of Christian homes in Africa I am thinking in particular of all the positive values of the family feeling the seriousness of the marital commitment at the end of a long process, priority given to the transmission of life and therefore the importance attached to the mo ther and her children.2 The Papal statement has led to many theological reflections into the African marriage. This was not the first attempt by the African theologians, is part of the Church's broad initiative throughout the centuries. Fortunately Second Vatican Council's reformulated the nature of marriage in its Pastoral Constitution "Church in the Modern World" together with the call to the younger churches to adapt the Christian life to the mentality and character of each culture. It is in this perspective I would like to situate my long Essay as part of on-going theological reflections in an attempt to inculturate the Christian Marriage. Different Theologians have tried in many ways to put into theological terms the teaching of the Church on marriage as a Sacrament. This revelation reaches its definitive fullness in the gift of love which the word of God makes to humanio) in assuming human nature and in sacrifice which Jesus Christ makes on the Cross for his Bride the Church.3 On my part as a starting point, I have taken the marriage ceremony as practised by the Zulu people of South Africa. As a point of methodology the long essay is divided into two sections. The first part looks at the Zulu marriage with all its value system. Given the fact that there are many changes that have affected deeply this institution. The social, political, and economical this situation has been aggravated further by the adoption of Western lifestyle. Africa is rapidly changing and those values that people lived by are no longer practised by the present Africans themselves. I know that what is written may seem to belong to the museum, It is worthwhile venture for African Church and her members in trying to reclaim her values system. Our task is to present this values in a new way. When we accept this task and go back to find out in a more scientific way, so that we may better express them for our people. The second part deals with the Christian marriage in relation to the Zulu customary marriage. Although the teaching of the Church on marriage has been influenced by the word of God and her doctrinal statements formulated over centuries, to finally acknowledge that it is a Sacrament, a sacred sign, and to clearly express the concept it took time. The understanding of marriage as pact between the two families is in serious jeopardy, one may conclude that practise of traditional values is gone. The present situation of slums and many families are to live below the poverty line by circumstance: We have to analyse the dilemma which has come upon African societies that are rooted in traditional solidarity and yet are increasingly exposed to modern change. In this dilemma their foundations of existence and security are shaken and undermined Africa must now search for new values, new identities and a new self-consciousness.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/454
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectZulu Customary Marriageen_US
dc.subjectChristian Marriageen_US
dc.subjectChristian Marriageen_US
dc.subjectZulu kingdom.en_US
dc.subjectidea of family among the Zulu people.en_US
dc.subjectMeaning of dowry and its importance in Zulu marriageen_US
dc.subjectPreparation of marriage among the Zulu peopleen_US
dc.subjectMarriage negotiationsen_US
dc.subjectCelebration of marriage among the Zulu peopleen_US
dc.subjectZulu marriage values Christian marriageen_US
dc.subjectMarriage properties:en_US
dc.subjectUnity and indissolubilityen_US
dc.subjectDivorce and re-marriage in Zulu Culture.en_US
dc.subjectPolygamy, Leviratic Custom, Inheritance of widows.en_US
dc.titleZulu Customary Marriage In Relation To Christian Marriageen_US
dc.title.alternativeLooking at the Values that underlie the institutionen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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