Mukanzi, Ignatius (2020) Jesus Christ as Luhya Ancestor and Healer: Towards a Luhya Inculturated Christology. Masters thesis, Hekima University College.
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Abstract
The Second Vatican Council proposed an Inculturated faith as the new paradigm to evangelization globally. This project attempts to construct a Luhya Inculturated Christian faith. The pertinent question remains, how can we make Jesus Christ the universal saviour relevant to all human cultures? An Inculturated theology has therefore become the vehicle through which the Christian faith penetrates human cultures and calls us to holiness. Consequently, many African theologians have been engaged in calling for an Inculturated faith. In Africa, seeing Jesus as a Proto-Ancestor is significant. This study engages significant African theologians and explores how they have named Jesus using images rooted in African cultural domains, but in light of New Testament Scriptures. My work relies on the reflections of these theologians. Among the Luhya of Western Kenya, attempts to develop an Inculturated faith have not been adequately made. My task in this project, therefore, has been to ask how a Luhya Christian might see Jesus Christ using images found in Luhya world-view. In response, this study proposes the need for a Luhya Christology in which Jesus Christ is perceived as an ancestor and healer. This project is also an investigation into the Luhya philosophy of life and religion, seen through the lenses of the New Testament Scriptures. My argument is that this kind of theology may lead to the formation of Luhya Christians deeply entrenched in the Christian faith. In so doing, the work of evangelization will be hastened among the Luhya of Western Kenya.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GR Folklore |
| Divisions: | Africana Afro-Christiana Jesuitica |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email ict.admin@jhia.ac.ke |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2024 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 13:15 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9933 |
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