Indigenous Conceptions of Conversion among African Christians in South Africa

The paper explores the meaning of conversion for African Christians in South Africa by looking at some of the indigenous terms that have populated the Christian vocabulary. The paper focuses on terms likeukuguquka, ukukholwa, ibandla, ikholwa, igqobhoka, inkonzo,andinkolo. These terms are found amon...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal for the study of religion Jg. 28; H. 2; S. 87 - 112
1. Verfasser: Masondo, Sibusiso
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: KwaZulu-Natal Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa(ASRSA) 01.01.2015
Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa
Schlagworte:
African Christianity
African culture
Christian history
Christian missionaries
Christianity
Churches
Communities
Islam
Praise poetry
Religious conversion
ISSN:1011-7601, 2413-3027
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Zusammenfassung:The paper explores the meaning of conversion for African Christians in South Africa by looking at some of the indigenous terms that have populated the Christian vocabulary. The paper focuses on terms likeukuguquka, ukukholwa, ibandla, ikholwa, igqobhoka, inkonzo,andinkolo. These terms are found among people who speak Nguni languages. It shows how they were used in pre-Christian context and traces their evolution in Christian contexts. Research conducted in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission, and Methodist Churches in Cape Town between 1997 and 2001 has indicated that conversion was not a simple religious process but involved diverse political, economic and social aspects. Conversion involved a transformation of an African Christian identity from the margins to the centre. It also involved extensive negotiation of what it means to be Christian through the translation of Christian content into an African idiom. The paper goes through various terms and how their original meanings were discarded for new ones.
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ISSN:1011-7601
2413-3027