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| adam_text | TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
і
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
iii
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
iv
FOREWORD by Rt. Rev. Dr.
P.A.
Kalilombe
v
Prologue
]
CHAPTER ONE
EXPLORING A CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALITY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN
TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
9
Introduction
9
Understanding Christian Spirituality
10
The Difficulty of Defining Spirituality
10
The Evolution of the Term
11
The Contemporary Understanding of Spirituality
16
-
Theological Approach
17
-
The Historical-contextual Approach
19
-
The Anthropological Approach
21
African Traditional Spirituality
24
Is there African Spirituality?
24
From African Traditional Spirituality in General to
Lomwe Traditional Spirituality in Particular: a Word
25
The Nature of African Traditional Spirituality
25
Some Common Characteristics of African Spirituality
27
Some Features of Ancestral Spirituality
31
Feasibility of the Subject
36
Is It Possible to Study Two Spiritualities Together?
36
Method of Study 37
lnculturation as the Scope of Study
38
Evangelisation and the Pluralistic Concept of Culture
39
The Meaning of lnculturation
42
-
Enculturation, Acculturation, and Interculturation
42
-
Other Similar Terms
44
CHAPTER TWO
THE
19™
AND
20™
CENTURY MISSIONARY MOVEMENT IN
MALAWI AND THE NATURE OF THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
CHRISTIANITY AND LOMWE TRADITIONAL RELIGION
57
Introduction
57
Tbe Aims and assumptions of the
19*
and
20·*
Century Missionaries
59
Sources
ofinformation
59
The Missionaries and Colonialism
63
The Influence of Dr. David Livingstone on the Early Missionaries
in Malawi
67
Tbe Aims and Methods of the Early Protestant and
Catholic Missionaries in Malawi
69
The Aims and Methods of the Early Protestant Missionaries
in Malawi
69
-
Universities Mission to Central Africa (UMC A)
69
-
Livingstonia Mission
71
-
Blantyre Mission
72
-
The Dutch Reformed Church
74
The Aims and the Methods of the Early Catholic Missionaries
in Malawi
75
The Background of the Catholic Missionaries
76
The Historical and Social Context of the Lomwe People in Malawi
80
The People on the Run
80
Conversion to Catholicism
84
The Methods of Evangelization of the Montfort Fathers and
the White Fathers in Malawi
86
-
The Life of Devotion
87
-
Schools and Domiciliary Visits
88
-
African Evangelists: The Catechists
91
-
Liturgy and the Celebration of Sacraments
94
Awareness of Traditional Religion and Its Customs
96
Post-Vatican II Attempts at Inculturation
97
-
Inculturation in SCCs
98
-
Liturgy and Inculturation
100
CHAPTER THREE
THE PRESENT ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL RELIGION 111
Introduction
111
The Lomwe Catholic Christians Perspective on the Relation
between Their Belief in the Ancestors and Then-Christian Beb ef
in God, Jesus Christ, and the Saints
112
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand God
113
The Role of the Ancestors among the Lomwe Catholic Christians
1
і
5
-
The Ancestors as the Founders of Traditions and Customs
116
-
The Ancestors as Symbols of Unity and Solidarity 1
17
-
The Ancestors as Models for the People to Follow
í
18
-The Ancestors as Guardians of the People
9
-
The Ancestors as Intermediaries
21
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Traditional Belief in the Ancestors not Compatible with the
Christian Belief in God 124
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Jesus Christ
126
-
The Identity of Jesus among the Lomwe Catholic Christians
126
-
The Roles that Jesus Christ Plays among the Lomwe
Catholic
Christians 127
-
The Belief in Jesus Christ in Relation to the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors
128
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Belief in Jesus Christ not compatible with the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors
130
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand
Ле
Saints
133
-
The Saints as Intermediaries
133
-
The Saints as Models
134
-
The Saints as Ancestors
135
-
The Views of Some of the Lorn we Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Belief in the Saints not compatible with the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors.
136
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Their Traditional
Initiation Rites, the Inheriting of Names, Chikumbutso, and
Traditional Burial Rites in Relation to Their Christianity
139
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand the Traditional
Initiation Rites in Relation to Christianity
139
-
The Role of the Ancestors in Lomwe Traditional Initiation Rites
140
-
The Value of Traditional Initiation Rites According to the Lomwe
Catholic Christians
141
-
The Church s Disposition towards Lomwe Initiation Rites
145
-The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider the
Lomwe Traditional Initiation Rites not compatible with Christianity
147
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand the Traditional
Practice o/Inheriting Names of the Ancestors in Relation to Their
Christianity
149
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Value the Practice of Inheriting
the Names of the Ancestors
151
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Perceive Some of the
Traditional Burial Rites in Relation to Their Christianity
153
-
The Lomwe Funeral Ritual of Washing Hands, Feet, Faces, and
Implements when Coming from the Cemetery
1 S3
-
The Lomwe Funeral Ritual
oîKusonjola
156
-The Views of Some Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider Lomwe
Traditional Burial Rites not compatible with Christianity
160
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Chikumbutso in
Relation
to Their Christianity
161
-
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Value Chikumbutso
162
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Chikumbutso not compatible with Christianity
163
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Perceive Dreams and Spirit
Possession ia Relation to Their Christianity
164
The Phenomenon of Dreams and Spirit Possession
165
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Dreams and Spirit
Possession in Relation to Their Christianity
166
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Dreams and Spirit Possession not compatible with Christianity
169
How Do the Lomwe Catholic Christians Generally Perceive Their
Traditional Religion in Relation to Their Christianity?
171
A Positive Perspective m
The Affinity tint Exists between Christianity and Lomwe
Traditional Religion.. 172
The flews of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Lomwe Traditional Religion not compatible with Their
Christianity
-
The Highlighting of Differences 176
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider that
the Church Has a Negative Attitude towards the Lomwe Traditional
Religion 178
CHAPTER FOUR
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE ENCOUNTER THAT IS
TAKING PLACE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
187
Introduction
187
The Nature of the Encounter that Takes Place between the
Traditional Understanding of God and the Ancestors and the
Christian Concept of God, Jesus Christ and the Saints
189
The Manner of the Encounter that Takes Place between the
Traditional Understanding of God and the Ancestors, on the one
hand, and
Ле
Christian Concept of God, on
Ле
Other
189
Understanding
Ле
Manner of the Encounter between
Ле
Traditional
Belief in
Ле
Ancestors and the Christian Belief in Jesus Christ
196
Understanding
Ле
Manner of
Ле
Encounter between
Ле
Christian
Belief in
Ле
Saints and
Ле
Traditional Belief in
Ле
Ancestors
198
-
How Do the Roles, which both the Ancestors and the Saints Play among
the Lomwe Catholic Christians, Influence the Manner of the Encounter?
198
-
The Practice of Inheriting Names of the Ancestors and the Manner of
the Encounter between the Christian Belief in the Saints and the
Traditional Belief in the Ancestors
200
Understanding the Manner of the Encounter through Discrepancies
that Are Observable between
Belieft
and Practices
203
The Reasons Why Some Traditional
Beließ
and Values Are Considered
Compatible with Christianity
206
Some Corresponding Traditional Customs and Practices and
Ле
Reasons Why They Are Considered Incompatible with Christianity
209
The Influence of Using Terms such as Paganism, Idolatry, and
Syncretism on the Manner of the Encounter
215
How
Ле
Use of
Ле
Terms such as Paganism, Idolatry and Syncretism
Influences
Ле
Manner of
Ле
Encounter
21
S
The Views of the Respondents on the Church s Perceived Negative
Attitude towards Lomwe Traditional Religion and Its Influence on
the Manner of the Encounter
219
Why Are the Laity and the Catechists more Critical of the Lomwe
Traditional Religion and Its Customs than the Priests and the Nuns?
223
Longing for Dialogue and Integration
228
Recognition of the Christian God, Jesus Christ and the Saints in
Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
229
The
Imputation
of Frequently Using the Term Tradition for the
Nature of the Encounter
231
The Persistence of Belief in and Valuing of Some of the
Traditional Customs
233
Some Comments on the Nature of the Encounter
236
CHAPTER FIVE
BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A GENUINE
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
251
Introduction 2S1
The Openness of the Bible to the People of Other Cultures
253
The Old Testament 2S4
-
God Makes Covenants with All the Peoples of the World
254
-
The Universal Presence of the Wisdom of God
257
-The Role of the Prophets Extended Beyond Israel
258
The New Testament 261
-
The Synoptic Gospels
-
There is Faith outside Israel
262
-
The Universal Relevance of Jesus Christ
264
-
The Good News is for the People of All the Nations
266
Forms of Dialogue between Christianity and Non-Christian Religions
271
Exclusivism
-A Non-dìalogical
Approach of Christianity towards
Other Religions
271
InclusMsm
-
Yes and No1
273
-
Karl Rahner and Inclusivism
274
-
The Inclusivism of the Second Vatican Council
276
-
Inclusivism in the Post
Conciliar
Documents
278
Pluralism and the Equal Validity of
AU
Religions
283
The Effects of the Three Forms of Dialogue on the Encounter between
Christian
Spirituality andLomwe Traditional Spirituality
287
African Response to die Nature of the Encounter between Christian
Spirituality and African Traditional Spirituality
289
The Failure of Christianity to Dialogue with African Traditional
Spirituality
290
Some Steps towards a Genuine Encounter between Christian
Spirituality and Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
293
Predispositions and Attitude for a Genuine Encounter between
Christian Spirituality and Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
296
EPILOGUE
309
Truly Christian and Truly African
309
APPENDIX ONE (THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE)
321
APPEND« TWO (THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION THROUGH
INTERVIEWS AMONG THE LOMWE CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS IN
MULANJE DISTRICT
Ш
MALAWI
327
BIBLIOGRAPHY
351
INDEX
365
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| adam_txt |
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
і
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
iii
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
iv
FOREWORD by Rt. Rev. Dr.
P.A.
Kalilombe
v
Prologue
]
CHAPTER ONE
EXPLORING A CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALITY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN
TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
9
Introduction
9
Understanding Christian Spirituality
10
The Difficulty of Defining Spirituality
10
The Evolution of the Term
11
The Contemporary Understanding of Spirituality
16
-
Theological Approach
17
-
The Historical-contextual Approach
19
-
The Anthropological Approach
21
African Traditional Spirituality
24
Is there African Spirituality?
24
From African Traditional Spirituality in General to
Lomwe Traditional Spirituality in Particular: a Word
25
The Nature of African Traditional Spirituality
25
Some Common Characteristics of African Spirituality
27
Some Features of Ancestral Spirituality
31
Feasibility of the Subject
36
Is It Possible to Study Two Spiritualities Together?
36
Method of Study 37
lnculturation as the Scope of Study
38
Evangelisation and the Pluralistic Concept of Culture
39
The Meaning of lnculturation
42
-
'Enculturation,' 'Acculturation,' and 'Interculturation'
42
-
Other Similar Terms
44
CHAPTER TWO
THE
19™
AND
20™
CENTURY MISSIONARY MOVEMENT IN
MALAWI AND THE NATURE OF THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
CHRISTIANITY AND LOMWE TRADITIONAL RELIGION
57
Introduction
57
Tbe Aims and assumptions of the
19*
and
20·*
Century Missionaries
59
Sources
ofinformation
59
The Missionaries and Colonialism
63
The Influence of Dr. David Livingstone on the Early Missionaries
in Malawi
67
Tbe Aims and Methods of the Early Protestant and
Catholic Missionaries in Malawi
69
The Aims and Methods of the Early Protestant Missionaries
in Malawi
69
-
Universities Mission to Central Africa (UMC A)
69
-
Livingstonia Mission
71
-
Blantyre Mission
72
-
The Dutch Reformed Church
74
The Aims and the Methods of the Early Catholic Missionaries
in Malawi
75
The Background of the Catholic Missionaries
76
The Historical and Social Context of the Lomwe People in Malawi
80
The People on the Run
80
Conversion to Catholicism
84
The Methods of Evangelization of the Montfort Fathers and
the White Fathers in Malawi
86
-
The Life of Devotion
87
-
Schools and Domiciliary Visits
88
-
African Evangelists: The Catechists
91
-
Liturgy and the Celebration of Sacraments
94
Awareness of Traditional Religion and Its Customs
96
Post-Vatican II Attempts at Inculturation
97
-
Inculturation in SCCs
98
-
Liturgy and Inculturation
100
CHAPTER THREE
THE PRESENT ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL RELIGION 111
Introduction
111
The Lomwe Catholic Christians' Perspective on the Relation
between Their Belief in the Ancestors and Then-Christian Beb'ef
in God, Jesus Christ, and the Saints
112
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand God
113
The Role of the Ancestors among the Lomwe Catholic Christians
1
і
5
-
The Ancestors as the Founders of Traditions and Customs
116
-
The Ancestors as Symbols of Unity and Solidarity 1
17
-
The Ancestors as Models for the People to Follow
í
18
-The Ancestors as Guardians of the People
"9
-
The Ancestors as Intermediaries
'21
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Traditional Belief in the Ancestors not Compatible with the
Christian Belief in God 124
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Jesus Christ
126
-
The Identity of Jesus among the Lomwe Catholic Christians
126
-
The Roles that Jesus Christ Plays among the Lomwe
Catholic
Christians 127
-
The Belief in Jesus Christ in Relation to the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors
128
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Belief in Jesus Christ not compatible with the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors
130
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand
Ле
Saints
133
-
The Saints as Intermediaries
133
-
The Saints as Models
134
-
The Saints as Ancestors
135
-
The Views of Some of the Lorn we Catholic Christians Who Consider
the Belief in the Saints not compatible with the Traditional Belief in
the Ancestors.
136
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Their Traditional
Initiation Rites, the Inheriting of Names, Chikumbutso, and
Traditional Burial Rites in Relation to Their Christianity
139
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand the Traditional
Initiation Rites in Relation to Christianity
139
-
The Role of the Ancestors in Lomwe Traditional Initiation Rites
140
-
The Value of Traditional Initiation Rites According to the Lomwe
Catholic Christians
141
-
The Church's Disposition towards Lomwe Initiation Rites
145
-The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider the
Lomwe Traditional Initiation Rites not compatible with Christianity
147
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand the Traditional
Practice o/Inheriting Names of the Ancestors in Relation to Their
Christianity
149
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Value the Practice of Inheriting
the Names of the Ancestors
151
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Perceive Some of the
Traditional Burial Rites in Relation to Their Christianity
153
-
The Lomwe Funeral Ritual of Washing Hands, Feet, Faces, and
Implements when Coming from the Cemetery
1 S3
-
The Lomwe Funeral Ritual
oîKusonjola
156
-The Views of Some Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider Lomwe
Traditional Burial Rites not compatible with Christianity
160
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Chikumbutso in
Relation
to Their Christianity
161
-
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Value Chikumbutso
162
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Chikumbutso not compatible with Christianity
163
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Perceive Dreams and Spirit
Possession ia Relation to Their Christianity
164
The Phenomenon of Dreams and Spirit Possession
165
How the Lomwe Catholic Christians Understand Dreams and Spirit
Possession in Relation to Their Christianity
166
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Dreams and Spirit Possession not compatible with Christianity
169
How Do the Lomwe Catholic Christians Generally Perceive Their
Traditional Religion in Relation to Their Christianity?
171
A Positive Perspective m
The Affinity tint Exists between Christianity and Lomwe
Traditional Religion. 172
The flews of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider
Lomwe Traditional Religion not compatible with Their
Christianity
-
The Highlighting of Differences 176
-
The Views of Some of the Lomwe Catholic Christians Who Consider that
the Church Has a Negative Attitude towards the Lomwe Traditional
Religion 178
CHAPTER FOUR
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE ENCOUNTER THAT IS
TAKING PLACE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
187
Introduction
187
The Nature of the Encounter that Takes Place between the
Traditional Understanding of God and the Ancestors and the
Christian Concept of God, Jesus Christ and the Saints
189
The Manner of the Encounter that Takes Place between the
Traditional Understanding of God and the Ancestors, on the one
hand, and
Ле
Christian Concept of God, on
Ле
Other
189
Understanding
Ле
Manner of the Encounter between
Ле
Traditional
Belief in
Ле
Ancestors and the Christian Belief in Jesus Christ
196
Understanding
Ле
Manner of
Ле
Encounter between
Ле
Christian
Belief in
Ле
Saints and
Ле
Traditional Belief in
Ле
Ancestors
198
-
How Do the Roles, which both the Ancestors and the Saints Play among
the Lomwe Catholic Christians, Influence the Manner of the Encounter?
198
-
The Practice of Inheriting Names of the Ancestors and the Manner of
the Encounter between the Christian Belief in the Saints and the
Traditional Belief in the Ancestors
200
Understanding the Manner of the Encounter through Discrepancies
that Are Observable between
Belieft
and Practices
203
The Reasons Why Some Traditional
Beließ
and Values Are Considered
Compatible with Christianity
206
Some Corresponding Traditional Customs and Practices and
Ле
Reasons Why They Are Considered Incompatible with Christianity
209
The Influence of Using Terms such as Paganism, Idolatry, and
Syncretism on the Manner of the Encounter
215
How
Ле
Use of
Ле
Terms such as Paganism, Idolatry and Syncretism
Influences
Ле
Manner of
Ле
Encounter
21
S
The Views of the Respondents on the Church's Perceived Negative
Attitude towards Lomwe Traditional Religion and Its Influence on
the Manner of the Encounter
219
Why Are the Laity and the Catechists more Critical of the Lomwe
Traditional Religion and Its Customs than the Priests and the Nuns?
223
Longing for Dialogue and Integration
228
Recognition of the Christian God, Jesus Christ and the Saints in
Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
229
The
Imputation
of Frequently Using the Term 'Tradition 'for the
Nature of the Encounter
231
The Persistence of Belief in and Valuing of Some of the
Traditional Customs
233
Some Comments on the Nature of the Encounter
236
CHAPTER FIVE
BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A GENUINE
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY AND
LOMWE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY
251
Introduction 2S1
The Openness of the Bible to the People of Other Cultures
253
The Old Testament 2S4
-
God Makes Covenants with All the Peoples of the World
254
-
The Universal Presence of the Wisdom of God
257
-The Role of the Prophets Extended Beyond Israel
258
The New Testament 261
-
The Synoptic Gospels
-
There is Faith outside Israel
262
-
The Universal Relevance of Jesus Christ
264
-
The Good News is for the People of All the Nations
266
Forms of Dialogue between Christianity and Non-Christian Religions
271
Exclusivism
-A Non-dìalogical
Approach of Christianity towards
Other Religions
271
InclusMsm
-
'Yes' and 'No1
273
-
Karl Rahner and Inclusivism
274
-
The Inclusivism of the Second Vatican Council
276
-
Inclusivism in the Post
Conciliar
Documents
278
Pluralism and the Equal Validity of
AU
Religions
283
The Effects of the Three Forms of Dialogue on the Encounter between
Christian
Spirituality andLomwe Traditional Spirituality
287
African Response to die Nature of the Encounter between Christian
Spirituality and African Traditional Spirituality
289
The Failure of Christianity to Dialogue with African Traditional
Spirituality
290
Some Steps towards a Genuine Encounter between Christian
Spirituality and Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
293
Predispositions and Attitude for a Genuine Encounter between
Christian Spirituality and Lomwe Traditional Spirituality
296
EPILOGUE
309
Truly Christian and Truly African
309
APPENDIX ONE (THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE)
321
APPEND« TWO (THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION THROUGH
INTERVIEWS AMONG THE LOMWE CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS IN
MULANJE DISTRICT
Ш
MALAWI
327
BIBLIOGRAPHY
351
INDEX
365 |
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