TY - BOOK AU - Knodler,Friedemann TI - Die beschneidung des Sundanesen in WestJava/Indonesien: Eine studie uber das einheimischwerden der christlichen kirche in der sundanesischen kultur AV - BR1221 .D543 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - [Unknown] PB - [Unknown] KW - Columbia International University KW - Faculty, Alumni, and alumnae N1 - German with English Summary; Circumcision of Male Sundanese-A Study on the Inculturation of the Christian Faith in the Culture of the Sundanese; 1. Introduction; 2. Circumcision as a Life Cycle Ritual; 3. The Islamization of the Sundanese Circumcision; 4. Protestant Churches in Pasundan and Their View on Circumcision; 5. The Meaning of Circumcision in the Bible; 6. Towards an Inculturation of the Gospel Among the Sundanese; Includes bibliography references (pages 103-110); The Sundanese and their religion --; Life cycle rituals and the Christian faith --; Christianity in Indonesia and the contextualization of the Christian message among the Sundanese; The communal feast --; The social function of circumcision --; The medical and hygienic function of circumcision --; Culture change and the rite of circumcision; Circumcision in the Christian churches of Pasundan; The task of evangelizing the Sundanese as a basis for inculturation --; Inculturation of the gospel as possession of the gospel by the church; 2 ER -