Liturgical Inculturation in the Context of Christian and African Burial Rites within Shikundu Areas in Collins Chabane Local Municipality

Religion plays a crucial role during funerals. It also impacts beliefs regarding death, burial, and mourning. People decide how they prefer to be sent off after death based on their religious beliefs, this includes types of ceremonies and any rituals which need to be done for their souls to be well accepted where they believe souls go after death. The co-existence of Christian and African burial rites has breed conflicts between the two forms of liturgies. 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 study was exploratory and qualitative in nature. An interview schedule was used to collect data from participants. Purposive and snowball sampling was used to sample participants. The study uses qualitative research approach and exploratory research design. A purposive sampling method will be used to select 4 church leaders and 4 traditional doctors from Shikundu areas under Collins Chabane Local Municipality The major objectives of the study were to explore understanding about liturgical inculturation, to determine conflict between Christian and African practices with regard to burial rites, to determine the differences between Christian and African Burial rites, to determine the process of Christian burial rites and African burial rites, to explore Challenges of collaborating Christian burial rites and African burial rites and to suggest liturgical inculturation between Christian and African burial rites. The major findings of this study is that liturgical inculturation is when two different are fused to become one in the same context. Again, Christian and African burial rites are conducted in the same context, that is, they are conducted at the same time to the same people. Furthermore there is a conflict between Christian and African burial since the former regards the later as abomination before God. The study further revealed that the difference between the Christian burial rites and African burial rites is that Christian burial rites are solely founded on the scriptures while the African burial rites are connected with appeasing ancestors. Again, the study showed that the challenge of achieving liturgical inculturation lies in the reality that the purpose of conducting Christian burial rites is to send the deceased to God as his or her final destination. While on the other hand the purpose of conducting African burial rites is to connect the deceased with his or her ancestors. The study recommended that ministers of the Christian religion should establish forums that would cater to African traditional leaders in order to discuss how liturgical inculturation could be achieved.

Author dc:creator

• Makamu, Mboni Collins

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Khosa, H. P.
• Mudimeli, L. M.

• Burial sites
• Christianity
• Death
• Funeral
• Liturgical Inculturation
• UCTD

Statement dc:rights

• University of Venda

Language dc:language.iso

en

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/handle/11602/3121

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oai:univendspace.univen.ac.za:11602/3121