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AbstractLooking at Bapedi ancestor veneration constructively, one finds it a source of communication that enhances the community’s norms, values and personal well-being. The Bapedi community has a belief system that is based on the spiritual world, and th... see more

AbstractIn African spirituality, ancestor engagement with the community is always mediated through material objects. This article argues that materiality gives meaning and validity to the ancestral system. Ancestral objects are an embodiment of the ancest... see more

AbstractJesus Christ, the Son of God, Son of Man, Son of David, Lord (Kyrios), Rabbi and Messiah. These are some of the names used by Christians today and even by the people from the era of Jesus Christ to address him or to communicate with him. Others us... see more

AbstractAlthough 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 conc... see more

The aim of this article is to establish relations between two phenomena: from one side, the transmission of the family estate and, from the other, the funerary practices, in particular in contexts of inhumations in the house underground. One can see that ... see more

This study attempts to develop and evaluate the sample of pilgrimage to the Pasha’s Tomb in an interpretive approach. It aims to focus on the survival of the cult of heroic ancestors which symbolically codes itself in the phenomenon of pilgrimage. In doin... see more

AbstractLooking at Bapedi ancestor veneration constructively, one finds it a source of communication that enhances the community’s norms, values and personal well-being. The Bapedi community has a belief system that is based on the spiritual world, and th... see more

AbstractIn African spirituality, ancestor engagement with the community is always mediated through material objects. This article argues that materiality gives meaning and validity to the ancestral system. Ancestral objects are an embodiment of the ancest... see more

AbstractSpiritual insecurity among African Christians is a huge challenge. The insecurity among other things arises from African people’s former traditional African ancestral world view of ancestral veneration. The ancestors promote or hinder Af... see more

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