Slot, Henny (1986) African Customary and Christian Marriage. Licentiate thesis, Institut , International de Catéchèse et de Pastorale Affilié À L'universite Catholique de Louvain.
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Abstract
"Although the church has contributed much to the development of culture, experience shows that, because of circumstances, it is sometimes difficult to harmonize culture with Christian teaching". (GS 62). This one sentence might well be regarded at least by somebody like me who has served the church for fifteen years in the non-Western world of Cameroon in West Africa, as the most notable understatement of Vatican II. For its very simplicity, however, this sentence contains really the challenge for any missionary anywhere, also for those who are now called 'missionaries to themselves', the growing number of African pastors. The missionary and local pastor can no langer avoid the central pastoral problem of African customary and Christian marriage: How is Western Christianity's traditional understanding and practice of the faith to be reconciled harmoniously with an entirely new awareness of the intrinsic value and validity of diverse human cultures through which Christianity is supposed to become incarnate, inculturated, contemporary, relevant and Christian? The church is not constitutionally bound to Western laws, customs, and practices but "in imitation of the plan of the incarnation, the young churches, rooted in Christ and built upon the foundation of the apostles, take to themselves in a wonderful exchange all the riches of the nations which were give to Christ as an inheritance." (AG, 22). Pastors everywhere are always bound to take a positive, respectful and sympathetic approach to the ways of the peoples to whom they are sent.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Licentiate) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | the situation of customary and Christian marriage in Africa, the theology and enculturation of christian marriage, inculturation of christian marriage, the family apostolate in Africa, |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
| Divisions: | Africana Afro-Christiana Comparative |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2014 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2017 12:20 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/47 |
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