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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Inculturation"”.
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Inculturation: with special reference to the Catholic Church in Lesotho and to liturgy
Biological extinction rates have escalated by as much as 1000 times the background extinction rate over the last 1500 years, causing concern over the long-term survival of many species. Avian extinctions since 1600 have been well documented relative to other taxa, as have current levels of avian …
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Towards a pedagogy for inculturation: adult theological education and the interaction of Christian faith and culture
The thesis begins in the author’s exposure to the inculturation issue as an adult theological educator in Africa and then in UK. The contemporary UK church faces a dilemma of ‘gospel’ and culture as sharp as in Africa. The research question is posed for the UK context as; is it possible to develop …
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Roman Catholic liturgical music in urban Kenya: Processes of inculturation at St. Veronica parish Syokimau, Nairobi
… One of the aspects of liturgy that has undergone inculturation is liturgical music. Among the metropolitan and cosmopolitan congregations in urban areas however, cultural expressions are much more diverse than among the more homogenous congregations in rural areas. This dissertation explores ways …
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Liturgical Inculturation in the Context of Christian and African Burial Rites within Shikundu Areas in Collins Chabane Local Municipality
… It is undeniable that they call for liturgical inculturation since they both operate in the same context. This study was about the purpose study was to explore was to explore liturgical Inculturation in the Context of Christian and African Burial Rites in Collins Chabane Local Municipality. The …
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Identity, Catholicism, and Lozi Culture in Zambia's Western Province
Inculturation is conversion on a communal and cultural level. Using ethnographic fieldwork among Lozi Catholic communities in the Western Province of Zambia, the case is made that both conversion and inculturation represent the same process of identity formation. Conversion is defined as a process …
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Reshaping The Theology and Praxis of Inculturation through Interreligious Dialogue Between The Catholic Church and African Traditional Religion in Igboland, Nigeria
… incarnated in that culture, the result is inculturation. This process of inculturation has its foundations in the Incarnation of the Word of God as described in the Gospel of John. Hence, the bishops of Africa and Madagascar, during the Synod of 1974, wisely opted for the incarnation model …
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Vāstu-śāstra for Christian spiritual well-being in St Thomas ancient church architecture of the Malabar Coast (southwest India)
… Church. It also addresses the need for Christian inculturation in church architecture, raised in the Literature Review. The main question is: to what extent can Vāstu-śāstra provide for spiritual well-being, where inculturation is needed, based on the example of three St Thomas churches on the …
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Principles for Developing Inculturated Theology in the Diverse African Context: Steps beyond Traditional Heritages
… and limitations of African theologies of inculturation. The paper argues on the basis of empirical evidence and Vatican Council II teaching, and in view of a sound inculturation, that the primary root of the present cultural and human crisis on the African Continent is rooted in the …
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God, Land, Identity: Divine Fluidity and a Spatial Ecclesiology in West Africa
… categories as foundational to African theology. Inculturation thus presupposes the already alien space on which the structures of the present ecclesiology is anchored. The result is a peripheral inculturation, a consumer ecclesiology, always seeking to solve its local pastoral problems in …
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Culture and Christianity negotiated in Hindu society: a case study of a church in Central and Western Nepal
… a logical way with the local culture through an inculturation process. The research methodology draws on primary source data from fieldwork and recorded interviews. The qualitative data are analysed using Grounded Theory Analysis which at the same time serves as a constant comparison data …
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Seeking Christian enculturation among Vietnamese Evangelicals
… cultural listening, attempts to create overt inculturation keys amenable to the Christian message, but such models have not been an aid to the problems surrounding ancestral veneration rites, which have existed in East Asia societies from antiquity, including Southern Vietnam. The approach in …
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Praying, believing and being church : a ritual-liturgical exploration
… theory for praxis involves the liturgical inculturation process of continual critical-reciprocal interactions between liturgy and culture, with the inclusion of focussing on the concepts of unity and inclusivity. This should then aid the worshippers’ unity and inclusivity in ‘being church’, …
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Contemplation in an urban landscape : a contemporary Cistercian monastery
… 1963 to 1965, landmark decisions called for the inculturation of the Roman Catholic faith - an attempt to have the faith made more accessible within the context of culture and society. This has led to changes in monastic life for the individual monk and his cloistered community. This thesis …
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The Mystery of God in Situations of Suffering: Toward the Universality of Christ and a Reconstruction of African Identity
… the reconstruction of African Christology via inculturation and liberation. The concept of God as passible can make a significant difference in the lives of Christians. This passibility is revealed in the suffering Christ. Thus, a theology of a passible God is appropriate, not only for the …
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Missions and social identities in the Lower Orange River Basin, 1760-1998
… their commitment to what has come to be called "inculturation" as a way of indigenizing their versions of Christianity in Africa and throughout the world. In addressing the questions of coercion and resistance, hegemony and accommodation, localization and revitalization, and the role of missions …
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Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy (Ireland): Analysis of the governance structures.
… These concern structures, internationality, inculturation, collaboration in ministry, and new forms of membership.
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