The Turkana : their cosmology and the task of missions : a theoretical analysis of the Turkana's concept of life and the resulting approaches to mission among the Nilo-Hamites / by Dietmar Roller.
Publication details: 1990.Description: xii, 216 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:- unspecified
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- BV4070 .T875 1990
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Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1990.
Bibliography: leaves 207-216.
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1. Environment and History
Geography -- The Climate -- Flora and Fauna -- The Origin of the Nilo-Hamites -- The Karamajong-Cluster -- What the Turkana Know About Their Origin -- The Origin of the Ethnic Group of the Turkana -- Summary.
2. The Turkana Concept of Time
The African Concept of Time -- The Turkana and the Time -- The Day -- The Month (Elap-Month or Moon) -- The Year -- Summary.
3. The Supernatural Sphere
The Supernatural Sphere in the Turkana's Cocmology -- God, Spirits and Ancestors -- The Turkana's Image of God -- Akuj-God -- Encounter with Akuj -- Ekipe-Supereme Spirit -- Ekipe as Supernatural Power -- Ekipe the Head of Spirits -- Ngipian, the Spirits -- Several Spiritual Beings -- Ngikaram, the Ancestors -- The Period of Transition -- The Emergence of the Ngikaram -- The Ngikaram and Their Life -- The Division of the Ngikaram -- The Ngipara, the Bad Ngikaram -- The Nigikasiak, the Good Ngikaram.
4. The Intermediate Human Sphere (The Soul and the Souls)
Difficulties With the Understanding of the Concept of Souls -- The Concept of Soul -- Terms of a Dualistic Concept of Souls -- The Free Soul -- The Body Soul -- The Spiritual Double -- The Shadow -- The Concepts of Souls of Different African Peoples -- The Bantu and Their Souls: Zulu, Anyanja, Manganja, Wadjagga -- The Nilotes' Concepts of Souls: Shilluk and Dinka -- The Nilo-Hamits Concepts of Souls: Masai and Nandi -- The Turkana's Concepts of Souls -- The Etau: Life Force Within Man -- The Morphology of the Etau -- The Etau and Disease -- The Etau and Death -- The Etau: The Soul? -- Akiyar, Biological or Physical Life -- Akuan, the Body -- Ngitorube, the Spiritual Double? -- Shadow and Coolness -- The Ritual of Beating -- Summary.
5. Man Between the Powers
Offerings, the Necessity of Reconciliation -- The Meal of the Elders -- Atelot, the Only Real Offering -- Etau, the Taboo -- Magica;-Religious Ideas, Practices and Places -- East and West -- Chyme (Ngikujit) and the Smearing of the Body -- The Curse -- The Tree of Men -- The Emuron: Priest, Healer and Prophet -- The Emuron's Methods of Devination -- Help Against Witchcraft, Sorcery and Evil Magic -- The Dark Powers, the Counterforce to the Emuron -- Summary.
6. Everyday Life of the Turkana
The Social Structures -- The Inner Family -- The Division of Labor within a Home -- The Homestead of the Family -- The Extended Family -- The Neighborhood (Adakar) -- The Clan (Ateker) -- The Allied Friend (Talupainon) -- Summary.
7. From Birth to Death (A Resume)
Birth and Childhood -- Childbirth -- The Anape Ritual -- The Name (Ekiro) -- The Sponsor -- The Lokoi-Ritual -- From Infancy to Initiation -- Asapan, Initiation -- The Generation Groups and Age-Group -- The Favorite Cow -- Attaining Adulthood -- The Choice of the Partner and the Wedding -- Marriage Gift or Bride-Price? -- After the Wedding -- Polygamy -- Concubinage -- Divorce -- Disease -- Death -- Death Within the Context of Life -- Not Everyone is Buried -- Before Death -- The Beginning of the Transition -- The Transition -- Summary.
8. Mission and Culture
Changing Culture and Mission -- Inkarnation and Mission -- Cosmology and Communication -- The Extra-Real Transcendental Dimension in Western Thinkin -- The Real Transcedental Dimension Within the Kingdom of God -- The Transcendental Dimension Within the Turkana's Cosmology -- Summary -- Mission and the Renewal of the Culture -- Approaches to a Contextual Understanding of the Bible -- Sin -- Reconciliation -- Forgiveness -- Mission Amongst Pastoral Peoples -- The Incarnation of a Church -- Five Concluding Principles.
Appendix
The Life Out of Memory -- Ekaramit-Men Who Do Not Belong to Community -- Stories and Myths With Relation to the Bible?.
List of Illustrations
Kenya -- Turkanaland -- Origin of the Nilo-Hamites -- Karamjaong Cluster -- Time Concept -- Turkana Concept of Life -- Sandal Oracle -- Homestead -- Turkana Section -- Life-Circle -- Cosmology and Communication -- Western Worldview -- Worldview Kingdom of God -- Turkana Worldview -- Cosmology Differences -- Mission Model.
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