Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration (eBook)

George Shakwelele (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
220 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-6667-1410-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Bisa people of Nabwalya, Zambia love their culture and gladly celebrate all their traditional festivals. This book presents exciting research into Kusefya pa ngena, rituals through which the Bisa elect ancestors for veneration. The Bisa speak freely of how their belief in ancestor veneration does not conflict with their worship of God. For them, the two work hand in hand. Traditional practices are considered vital to the community because they enhance life, reinforce cultural values, and explain life events. Those questioned said ancestor veneration should continue because it benefits current and future generations. For example, their most celebrated ancestor, Kabuswe Yombwe, when petitioned, provides rain and a good harvest for the community. People affirmed that rain fell each time they petitioned Kabuswe. One woman, who is married to an elder in a Pentecostal church, vowed not to give up ancestor veneration, to which she attributed the healing of her son and daughter. She pledged her allegiance to both Jesus Christ and to her family's ancestors. In another story, an ancestor appears in a dream to an expectant woman demanding that her child be given a feminine name. The mother obeys to avoid the child being born with a sickness . . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2023
• Reihe/Serie: American Society of Missiology Monograph Series
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Africa • Ancestor veneration • Ancestor worship • Bemba (African people) • Bisa • Christianity • Christian ministry • Cultural studies: customs and traditions • Customs and Traditions • Ethnic and Tribal • Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration • George Shakwelele • missions • Nabwalya • Other World religions • Religion • Religious mission and conversion • shrine • Social Science • Syncretism • Zambia
• ISBN-10: 1-6667-1410-0 / 1666714100
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6667-1410-4 / 9781666714104