TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Naomi M
TI  - A study of African initiation rites, in view of offering an adequate Christian substitute /By Naomi M. Smith
AV  - BV4070 .S783 1961
PY  - 1961///
KW  - Columbia Bible College
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Initiation rites
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Puberty rites
KW  - Africa
N1  - Typescript; Chapter I. Introduction; Chapter II. The Initiation Institution; Chapter III. Existing Attitudes and Related Activities; Chapter IV. Proposed Christian Indigenous Substitute; Chapter V. Summary and Conclusions; Illustrations; Bibliography: leaves 140-143; The Problem --; Statement of the problem --; Importance of the study --; Organization of the Study --; Previous Study --; Source of Materials and Method of Procedure --; Definition of Terms; Brief Description and General Characteristics --; Value in the Tribal Society --; Relation to the community --; Relation to the family --; Relation to the individual --; Physical values --; Social values --; Educational values --; Religious values --; Emotional values --; Pagan Nature of the Rites --; Physiologically harmful --; Morally degrading --; Unsanitary conditions --; Ignorant and unscientific teaching --; False religion; Attitudes in Existence --; Attempts at Substitution --; Welfare Instruction --; The Berlin Lutheran Mission --; The Masasi experiment --; Christian initiation in Nyasaland --; Partial substitutes; Purpose of Transformation --; Functional Christian Substitute --; The community --; The family --; The individual --; Preparation for the initiation camp --; Physical needs --; Social needs --; Mental needs --; Spiritual needs --; Emotional needs --; Follow-up work; A Gaza girl of the Ubangi area of the Congo in costume before the initiation rites --; Another Gaza girl of the same area before the initiation rites --; A Gaza girl in costume after having completed the rites --; Gaza boys painted with charcoal and dressed in bark cloth; 2
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