The present essay focuses on traditional African initiation with\nthe following concern : how can a theological discourse in Africa,\nanswer questions which some traditional and cultural practices\nraise about the human being. As an illustration, the author uses\nSara-Kaba culture from southern Chad with which he is familiar.\nTraditional initiation, which is an educative structure meant to\npromote the socio-cultural integration of the individual among the\nadults of the village or the clan, raises many issues concerning its\nrelevance and necessity for a Christian who wants to be authentically\nChristian. Traditional initiation is made up of a series of\nrites, instructions and resistance tests whose goal is the restructuration\nof the person at the social and political levels as well as at\nthe religious level. Hence, it operates an essential transformation,\nnot to say ontological, in the individual in order to institute him\nor her in a new social and political personality. For some Christians\nwho are opposed to initiation, the latter is incompatible with\nChristian faith. For them, the challenge is : either initiation or\nChristian faith, one being understood as exclusive of the other.\nThe fundamental question is whether in order to become truly and\ngenuinely Christian, one must reject traditional initiation, inherited\nfrom the ancestors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AUTEUR :\u00a0 KONDJO DIDDY BROSSOLA<\/strong><\/p>\n ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n The present essay focuses on traditional African initiation with\nthe following concern : how can a theological discourse in Africa,\nanswer questions which some traditional and cultural practices\nraise about the human being. As an illustration, the author uses\nSara-Kaba culture from southern Chad with which he is familiar.\nTraditional initiation, which is an educative structure meant to\npromote the socio-cultural integration of the individual among the\nadults of the village or the clan, raises many issues concerning its\nrelevance and necessity for a Christian who wants to be authentically\nChristian. Traditional initiation is made up of a series of\nrites, instructions and resistance tests whose goal is the restructuration\nof the person at the social and political levels as well as at\nthe religious level. Hence, it operates an essential transformation,\nnot to say ontological, in the individual in order to institute him\nor her in a new social and political personality. For some Christians\nwho are opposed to initiation, the latter is incompatible with\nChristian faith. For them, the challenge is : either initiation or\nChristian faith, one being understood as exclusive of the other.\nThe fundamental question is whether in order to become truly and\ngenuinely Christian, one must reject traditional initiation, inherited\nfrom the ancestors.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[270],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7529","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-articles_numero-1_volume-7_2019","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/7529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revue-kanien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=7529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}