An Encounter between the Lozi Traditional Marriage Practices and Christianity

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dc.contributor.authorLikulano, Lawrence Mbapolo
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T07:00:40Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T07:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2001-02
dc.description.abstractFor 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/638
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectTraditionalen_US
dc.subjectTraditional Marriageen_US
dc.subjectChristianityen_US
dc.subjectRitualen_US
dc.subjectSocio religiousen_US
dc.titleAn Encounter between the Lozi Traditional Marriage Practices and Christianityen_US
dc.title.alternativeA Pastoral Concernen_US
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