Funeral Rites Reformation for Any African Ethnic Community Based on the Proposed New Funeral Practices for the Agikuyu - Couverture souple

Mbugua, Johnson Nganga

 
9781498290906: Funeral Rites Reformation for Any African Ethnic Community Based on the Proposed New Funeral Practices for the Agikuyu
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1498290906 ISBN 13 : 9781498290906
Editeur : Resource Publications, 2016

Synopsis

This book has been written on the premise that the mode of coping with death of virtually all African ethnic communities has taken proportions and turns that are neither cultural, scriptural, nor necessary. Current rites are complicated, time-consuming, expensive, and are leaving most families and their neighbors impoverished. They have been extremely commercialized and a large number of Africans do not have resources to bury their dead the "modern" way. Were the Agikuyu (read: Africans) to curb numerous funeral demands which they deem necessary and "customary," when in actual fact they are not, funerals for them would become cheaper, faster, and simpler; would be decent enough for the dead; would take care of those left behind; and would be environmentally friendly. How Africans in the Diaspora, away from their ancestral homeland, should cope with death is also addressed. Also addressed is the issue of cremation. It is shown that at the resurrection, God will accord us new spiritual bodies which will have no bearing with the material substance of our earthly (mortal) bodies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Johnson Mbugua is an alumni of SATS where he earned his MTh cum laude in Christian History in 2011. Still at SATS, he earned his PhD (Practical Theology) in 2014. In the course of his career, he observed how people coped with death and the problems they faced. This led him to carry out this research and writing. His other works include Mumbi's Brideprice (a novel), Longman (1971), and Faith of the Agikuyu Christian Martyrs (2011).

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Éditeur
Resource Publications
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498290906
ISBN 13 
9781498290906
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9781498290920: Funeral Rites Reformation for Any African Ethnic Community Based on the Proposed New Funeral Practices for the Agikuyu

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1498290922 ISBN 13 :  9781498290920
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016
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