Segeja, Nicholaus Raphael (1997) An Ecclesiology of "Church as Family" in the Context of the Basukuma: A Pastoral Theological Study in the Archdiocese of Mwanza, Tanzania. Licentiate thesis, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
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Abstract
The faith of the Catholic Church concerning itself has gained new momentum since Vatican Council II. The centre of the Council's work consisted in renewing the self-understanding of the Church.' Since then, the vision of the Church has become one of the key realities underlying the modus operandi of evangelisation and the expression of the Christian life in general. In line with this, different models and ecclesiologies have been developed and elaborated. In Africa, the most important event is probably the recent African Synod where the "Church-as-Family" has been chosen as model. However, in the new order of human relations one must pay close attention to the 'signs of the times', that is the historical dimension of the Church. The vision of the Church should be contextualized. This is an element of the new understanding of the Church which emerges from Vatican II. The Council offers a challenge to elaborate an-ecdesiology in the African context. The main focus of this dissertation is, therefore, "ecclesiology" in the context of the Basukuma of Mwanza Archdiocese, Tanzania. But what is the aim of this endeavour? Why this particular study at this moment? Which methodological considerations are involved?
| Item Type: | Thesis (Licentiate) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Description Of The Basukuma Family Situation, The Historical Background and the Life of the Basukuma Today, The Contemporary Experience of Family Among the Basukuma, ANALYSIS And Evaluation Of The Basukuma Experience Of Family Life And The Praxis Of The Church In Mwanza, The Pastoral Challenges of the Basukuma Family and the Praxis of the Church in Mwanza, An Ecclesiology Based on the Basukuma Understanding of Family, Planning For An Alternative Praxis, The Expressions and Implications of the Church as Family in the Context of the Basukuma, |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
| Divisions: | Afro-Christiana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2014 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2016 07:23 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/85 |
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