Christianisation of Ancestor Veneration Within African Traditional Religions: An Evaluation [PDF]
In Die Skriflig, 2004 Although Africans have welcomed the Gospel message, some African Christians have not yet abandoned the beliefs and practices of traditional religions. Ancestor veneration has been reinstated by some Africans and others try to christianise the concept. In
B. Afeke, P. Verster
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Ancestor worship in contemporary Japan [PDF]
Японские исследования, 2023 This article examines the transformation of ancestor worship in the context of socio-political and religious conditions and identifies the characteristics of worship in contemporary Japanese society and the changes in the form of practices and functions ...
I. V. Avdiushenkova
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The ancestral hall and ancestor veneration narrative of a Huizhou lineage in Ming–Qing China
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023 As a venerable institution of ancestor veneration, ancestral halls remained buildings reserved for the gentry class before the Ming dynasty, and became vehicles for transmitting a form of elitism within a privileged circle.
Yeqian Zhang
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The art of establishing and maintaining contact with ancestors: A study of Bapedi tradition [PDF]
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 Looking at Bapedi ancestor veneration constructively, one finds it a source of communication that enhances the community’s norms, values and personal well-being.
Morakeng E.K. Lebaka
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Is Ancestor veneration the most universal of all world religions? A critique of modernist cosmological bias [PDF]
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2014 Research by anthropologists engaged with the Comparative Austronesia Project (Australian National University) has amassed an enormous data set for ethnological comparison between the religions of Austronesian-speaking societies, a language group to which
Thomas Reuter
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Ancestor worship in Korea and Africa: Social function or religious phenomenon? [PDF]
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004 Ancestor worship is a dilemma for Christian communities in Korea and Africa, who have difficulty adapting Western theology to their Third World cultures.
Choon Sup Bae
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Sacred Sites and Ancestor Veneration in Sidama, Southwest Ethiopia: A Socio-Ecological Perspective
Cogent Social Sciences, 2019 This paper attempts to show the importance of sacred natural sites (SNS) among indigenous peoples and local communities serving as the locus of maintenance, continuity and expressions of religious identity drawing lessons from Sidama nation of Southern ...
Zerihun Doda Doffana
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Ancestral Veneration as a Metaphysical Issue in Yòrùbá Culture: Exploring the Spiritual Agency of Social Reconstruction in a Glocal Context [PDF]
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBOAfricans are in the habit of venerating the dead among them who qualify as ancestors. The practice of ancestral veneration in Africa, particularly amongst the Yòrùbá people of West Africa, is premised on their belief in continual existence after death.
Oreoluwa Idris ADESANYA
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Taflurut Nit: Towards an Inculturated Theology of the Communion of Saints for Kei People in Eastern Indonesia [PDF]
Religion and Social CommunicationAncestor veneration is considered by some to be a primitive custom, outdated, and with no relevance to modern society. In this study, however, the researcher will show that ancestor veneration is alive and practiced in various cultures, especially among ...
Longginus Farneubun, Rico Casta Jacoba
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Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội, 2015 Ancestor worship is a type of folk beliefs which has a profound effect on the mind of Vietnamese people. This is the deeply-rooted tradition of the Vietnamese people with their motto of “when drinking water, remember its source”.
Lê Thị Son
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