Death Rituals Among The Karanga Of Zimbabwe

Author : John Chitakure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666730753

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Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe by John Chitakure Pdf

One of the inescapable truths that humanity has to grapple with is the reality of death. The manner in which we die, or the cause of our death, may differ, but death remains inevitable. We may be afraid of it or not; we may try to evade it, or not, but death still comes. Although most religions promise the possibility of another life in the hereafter, there is no scientifically verifiable evidence about the reality of that life. Despite that lack of evidence, every culture performs death rituals meticulously to prepare the spirits of its deceased for whatever form of life that may be available. Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe: Praxis, Significance, and Changes explores the causes of sickness and death, and the praxis of pre-burial, burial, and post-burial rituals of the Karanga of Zimbabwe in an attempt to unearth their original form and significance, to identify the changes that have taken place. It also provides a brief manual for the performance of some selected Karanga death rituals.

Author : Canisius Mwandayi
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Shona (African people)
ISBN : 9783863090296

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Death and After-life Rituals in the Eyes of the Shona by Canisius Mwandayi Pdf

Author : Berry Muchemwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Christianity and culture
ISBN : UOM:39015057645924

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Death and Burial Among the Shona by Berry Muchemwa Pdf

Author : Vengesai Chimininge
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781728391809

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Myths and Rituals by Vengesai Chimininge Pdf

Myths and rituals in Zion Christian Church (ZCC) of Samuel Mutendi in Zimbabwe is a book that comes as a result of my thesis from the University of South Africa (UNISA). The two religious phenomena, myths and rituals, are presented in the light of the Zionists’ own testimonies. It is argued in this book that a lot of beliefs and practices in the ZCC are adapted and adopted from Karanga religiosity and lifestyle. The book explained the critical role played by myths and rituals in the origins and development of the ZCC of Samuel Mutendi in Zimbabwe. As we read throughout this book, we are going to see that myths and rituals are treated as two sides of the same coin in the ZCC worldview. The relationship between the two is thus inseparable. Among the members of ZCC, myths and rituals grow pari passu, that is, at the same time. In this case, we can see that in the ZCC ecclesiastical worldview, myths and rituals are of equal importance, not only in theory but also in practice. Indeed, they act as nectar that attracts a lot of people to join the ZCC since the two have a therapeutic value.

Author : Herbert Aschwanden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Blacks
ISBN : UOM:39015019139172

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Symbols of Death by Herbert Aschwanden Pdf

Author : Esther Mavengano,Tobias Marevesa,Ernest Jakaza
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000899405

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Zimbabwe in the Post-COVID-19 Era by Esther Mavengano,Tobias Marevesa,Ernest Jakaza Pdf

This comprehensive book brings together reflections, lessons and insights relating to the post Covid-19 era in Zimbabwe. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has immensely affected all facets of humanity globally. Its impact on Zimbabwe is evident through its effect on socio-economic and education systems, politics, religion, infrastructural development, and health delivery systems. This book provides scholarly introspections into the lessons drawn from the pandemic in an effort to re-imagine the future possibilities of public health in Zimbabwe and beyond. Providing a platform for research that seeks to re-think global public health matters from a Decolonial school of thought, the book asks questions such as: What is the role of religion, linguistics, communication, education, economics, politics, and science in preparing Zimbabwe for possible future pandemics? How can the lessons drawn from the pandemic inform scholars to re-imagine the future trajectories of the country in the various domains? How can researchers evaluate the power and economic dialectics of COVID-19, navigate the tumultuous challenges generated, and come up with appropriate systems for future pandemics? Offering a realistic picture of the post COVID-19 era in Zimbabwe, the book will be a key resource to students and researchers across the fields of political communication, science communication, decolonial discourse, language and culture, as well as African Studies more broadly.

Author : Dr Tabona Shoko
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477587

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Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe by Dr Tabona Shoko Pdf

Tabona Shoko contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. This book on the religion of the Karanga people of Zimbabwe sheds light on important methodological issues relevant to research in the study of African religions. Analysing the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal and the methods they use to restore health, Shoko discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition. The conclusion Shoko reaches about the central religious concerns of the Karanga people is derived from detailed field research consisting of interviews and participant observation. This book testifies that the centrality of health and well-being is not only confined to traditional religion but reflects its adaptive potential in new religious systems manifest in the phenomenon of Independent Churches. Rather than succumbing to the folly of static generalizations, Tabona Shoko offers important insights into a particular society upon which theories can be reassessed, adding new dimensions to modern features of the religious scene in Africa.

Author : Niels Gutschow,Axel Michaels
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Ancestor worship
ISBN : 3447051604

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Handling Death by Niels Gutschow,Axel Michaels Pdf

In a rare combination of competence, an architectural historian (Niels Gutschow) and an indologist (Axel Michaels) have documented death rituals of the ethnic community of Newars in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The first part of the book focusses to a specific setting, the ancient city of Bhaktapur and its calendric rituals of death and renewal. An introduction to the urban fabric with its cremation places, routes of death processions, places of spirits and ancestor deities is followed by a presentation of specialists involved in the death and ancestor rituals - illustrated by 28 maps. The second part presents a detailed description of the union of the deceased with his forefathers, a ritual which is also documented on a DVD. In addition, local handbooks and manuals used by the Brahmin priest during this ritual are edited and translated. This ethno-indological method of combination of textual and contextual approaches aims at understanding both the agency in rituals and the function of the text in contexts. Formalized rituals turn out to be by no means strict, stereotypical and unchangeable. The uniqueness of the actors, places and time has prompted the authors to name places and actors and to date time. The study of death rituals represents the first part of a trilogy of studies of life-cycle rituals in Nepal, carried out under the auspices of the Collaborative Research Centre "Dynamics of Ritual" (Sonderforschungsbereich 619: Ritualdynamik).

Author : Kügler, Joachim,Gies, Kathrin
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863099305

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The Bible, Quran, and COVID-19 Vaccines by Kügler, Joachim,Gies, Kathrin Pdf

Author : Hugo ka Canham
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478024224

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Riotous Deathscapes by Hugo ka Canham Pdf

In Riotous Deathscapes, Hugo ka Canham presents an understanding of life and death based on indigenous and black ways of knowing that he terms Mpondo theory. Focusing on amaMpondo people from rural Mpondoland, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, Canham outlines the methodologies that have enabled the community’s resilience and survival. He assembles historical events and a cast of ancestral and living characters, following the tenor of village life, to offer a portrait of how Mpondo people live and die in the face of centuries of abandonment, trauma, antiblackness, and death. Canham shows that Mpondo theory is grounded in and develops in relation to the natural world, where the river and hill are key sites of being and resistance. Central too, is the interface between ancestors and the living, in which life and death become a continuity and a boundlessness that white supremacy and neoliberalism cannot interdict. By charting a course of black life in Mpondoland, Canham tells a story of blackness on the African continent and beyond. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award Recipient

Author : S. Lily Mendoza,George Zachariah
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725286429

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Decolonizing Ecotheology by S. Lily Mendoza,George Zachariah Pdf

Decolonizing Ecotheology: Indigenous and Subaltern Challenges is a pioneering attempt to contest the politics of conquest, commodification, and homogenization in mainstream ecotheology, informed by the voices of Indigenous and subaltern communities from around the world. The book marshals a robust polyphony of reportage, wonder, analysis, and acumen seeking to open the door to a different prospect for a planet under grave duress and a different self-assessment for our own species in the mix. At the heart of that prospect is an embrace of soils and waters as commons and a privileging of subaltern experience and marginalized witness as the bellwethers of greatest import. Of course, decolonization finds its ultimate test in the actual return of land and waters to precontact Indigenous who yet have feet on the ground or paddles in the waves, and who conjure dignity and vision in the manifold of their relations, in spite of ceaseless onslaught and dismissal. Their courage is the haunt these pages hallow like an Abel never entirely erased from the history. May the moaning stop and the re-creation begin!

Author : Melissa Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135342074

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Thicker Than Water by Melissa Meyer Pdf

Blood is more than a fluid solution of cells, platelets and plasma. It is a symbol for the most basic of human concerns--life, death and family find expression in rituals surrounding everything from menstruation to human sacrifice. Comprehensive in its scope and provocative in its argument, this book examines beliefs and rituals concerning blood in a range of regional and religious contexts throughout human history. Meyer reveals the origins of a wide range of blood rituals, from the earliest surviving human symbolism of fertility and the hunt, to the Jewish bris, and the clitoridectomies given to young girls in parts of Africa. The book also explores how cultural practices influence gene selection and makes a connection with the natural sciences by exploring how color perception influences the human proclivity to create blood symbols and rituals.

Author : Stephen R. Goodwin
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847065100

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World Christianity in Local Context by Stephen R. Goodwin Pdf

World Christianity in Local Context is the first volume of a unique collection of essays in honour of David A. Kerr, who was well-known for his contributions in the areas of Christian-Muslim dialogue, Ecumenical Studies and Missions. With contributions from recognised experts in these fields, the book provides a platform for examining critical issues facing twenty-first century Christianity, with a special emphasis on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations.

Author : Catarina Ginja,Elizabeth Wright
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781948488747

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Cattle and People by Catarina Ginja,Elizabeth Wright Pdf

This volume originates in a conference session that took place at the 2018 International Council of Archaeozoology conference in Ankara, Turkey, entitled "Humans and Cattle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives to an Ancient Relationship." The aim of the session was to bring together zooarchaeologists and their colleagues from various other research fields working on human cattle interactions over time. The contributions in this volume reflect well the breadth of work being undertaken on the ancient relationship between humans and cattle across the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, and from the late Pleistocene to postmedieval period. Almost all involve the study of archaeological cattle remains and use different zooarchaeological methods, but the combination of these approaches with that of ethnography, isotopes and genetics is also featured. Author Interview

Author : M Christian Green,T Jeremy Gunn,Mark Hill
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781928314424

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Religion, Law and Security in Africa by M Christian Green,T Jeremy Gunn,Mark Hill Pdf

Security is a key topic of our time. But how do we understand it? Do law and religion take different views of it? In this fifth volume in the Law and Religion in Africa series, radicalisation, terrorism, blasphemy, hate speech, religious freedom and just war theories rub shoulders with issues of witchcraft, female genital mutilation circumcision, child marriage, displaced communities and additional issues besides. This unique collection of topics is both challenging and inspiring, providing illumination in troubled times, and forming a sound foundation for future scholarship.