Wotsuna, John Placidus Khamalwa (1990) Initiation Rites as a Vehicle for Religious Education with Particular Reference to Male Circumcision among the Bamasaba of Mount Elgon in Uganda. Licentiate thesis, The Catholic Higher Institute OF Eastern Africa.
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Abstract
This thesis aims at showing how the initiationrites (imbalu) of the Bamasaba of Mount Elgon (Mount Masaba) in Uganda, can be employed as a vehicle in the noble work of propagating Christian Religious Education. The Bamasaba practise the circumcision of boys between the ages of about fourteen years to about eighteen years. These rites are permeated with music, dance and drama, and they are pervade by symbolism, sacrifices, prayers, invocations and rituals. While the exercise of circumcision is an operation taking between one and three minutes at the most, initiation is a process which takes months prior and subsequent to circumcision.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Licentiate) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
| Divisions: | Afro-Christiana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2015 13:22 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2015 13:22 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/304 |
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