Contemporary Forms of Polygamy in Luo Culture
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2010
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Tangaza College
Abstract
In this study, I would like to bring into the attention some of the major challenges on
polygamy facing the Christian community in Karungu Catholic Parish. Polygamy and
polygyny are confusing terms but the former is a term referring to any plural union, with a
focus on one husband many women as the centre of our interest. There are many pastoral
issues surrounding this kind of cultural marriage. The understanding of polygamy will be of
greater importance to understand the perspective of our mission in Africa today.
The major objective is to find out how we can be of help to these people in their
cultural set up. We need to show how much the church can be of help to them without
falling the victims of syncretism. The demands of the mission are very important and need
to be put into consideration on the basis of faith in Christ Jesus. How then do we move on
with this missiological and pastoral problem?
First and foremost, these people value their culture at the same time observe what the
Church teaches the faithful on Gods commandments. Living the Christian life attracts most
of them. They truly desire that they can really live it. These are some of the challenges the
church has to overcome in mission for all the people in the world and mainly in Karungu
Catholic Parish Homabay Diocese. The situation, in which these people find themselves in,
is of greater concern. The culture of polygamy and the life of Christian has become difficult
for these people to express their faith as demanded by the Church's teachings. There seems
to be a rift between the Christian teaching and this cultural marriage. There might be
temptations of living double lives, which is not really our point of concern according to this
study. For us to move well towards our goal, we have to depend on the understanding of this culture, this will give us the clear background and therefore our stand point in this line of
thought on culture, we need to further, see in details the historical background, the
geographical location, influences, cultural aspect of it. the Biblical approaches, and the
Ecclesial teaching in the later chapter of the project.
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Marriage, Polygamy