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These Catholic sisters are all mamas! : towards the inculturation of the sisterhood in Africa : an ethnographic study
- Title
- These Catholic sisters are all mamas! : towards the inculturation of the sisterhood in Africa : an ethnographic study / by Joan F. Burke.
- Author
- Burke, Joan F.
- Publication
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BX4220.C74 B87 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 259 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; 22
- Uniform Title
- Studies on religion in Africa ; 22.
- Subject
- Schwestern Unserer Lieben Frau von Namur
- Monastic and religious life of women > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Monastic and religious life of women
- Inkulturation
- Christentum
- Nonnen
- Acculturatie
- Monastic and religious life of women > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Kongo <Demokratische Republik>
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and index.
- Contents
- 1. An Unfolding Inculturation of Religious Life in Lower Zaire. 2. The Call of Inculturation: Living into the Incarnation -- pt. 1. Setting the Scene. 3. Women Religious Early on the Scene: Seed of the African Sisterhood Planted. 4. The Colonial Church: Growing Shift in Church-State Relations. 5. Post-Independence Zaire: the Search for 'Authenticity' An Impetus for Inculturation -- pt. 2. Zairean Sisters Re-Constructing the Sisterhood -- Ethnographic Record -- Introduction: The Field Setting. 6. These Catholic Sisters are all Mamas!: Celibacy and the Metaphor of Maternity -- a Root Metaphor. 7. Re-Claiming the Wisdom of the Tradition: Incorporation of Kongo Sisters as New Members. 8. Even my Younger Sister is my Big Sister: Models of Social Relationships in Community Life. 9. 'Common Life' Reconsidered in the Mode of African Women. 10. Kongo Sisters and Decision-Making. 11. Mumbles and Grumbles in a Kongo Convent: The Expression of Social Conflict. 12. 'Talk it Out, Not Through' -- Restoring Broken Bridges: Dealing with Social Conflict -- pt. 3. The Work Ahead in Fostering Inculturation. 13. A Continuing Dialogue with Experience: Growing Points. 14. Epilogue: African Sisters Re-Defining Themselves. App. A. 'Thinking with the Text': Resources for Personal and Group Reflection -- App. B. Profession Rites: Barometers of and Stimulants for the Inculturation of Religious Life (Nigeria Research-in-Progress).
- ISBN
- 9004119302
- 9789004119307
- LCCN
- 2001052659
- OCLC
- ocm48375671
- 48375671
- SCSB-1248293
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library