Life and the Renewal of the Christian Community: Infant Baptism and Inculturation in the Context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinzamba, Héritier Ofabwe (2023) Life and the Renewal of the Christian Community: Infant Baptism and Inculturation in the Context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other thesis, Santa Clara University.

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Abstract

This thesis is part of the liturgical inculturation process that has been taking place in the local Church of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the 1960s, one of whose treasured expressions is the Roman Missal for the Dioceses of Zaïre, an inculturated ritual of Mass. In this work, I aim to contribute to extending the special rite for the Dioceses of Zaïre to include the celebration of infant Baptism. I use a hermeneutical method and an anthropological model of contextual theology to interpret and analyze the foundations of the Roman Rite for the Dioceses of Zaire, the Church’s doctrine of infant Baptism, and local Congolese customs surrounding the birth of a child, to develop a theological-liturgical basis for a Congolese inculturated infant Baptism Rite. infant Baptism and the reception of a newborn child in Congolese culture engage the whole community. The Baptism of a child is a celebration that reconnects the community to nature, its ancestors, and to God. It marks a renewal of the whole Christian community.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Berkeley, California,Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Prof. Paul Janowiak, SJ, Th.D,Prof. Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, Ph.D,Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity D History General and Old World > DT Africa
Divisions:	Afro-Christiana Jesuitica
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email ict.admin@jhia.ac.ke
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2023 07:26
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2023 12:39
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9852

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