TY  - GEN
AU  - Roller,Dietmar
TI  - 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 
AV  - BV4070 .T875 1990
PY  - 1990///
KW  - Turkana (African people)
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Missions
N1  - Typescript; 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; 1. Environment and History; 2. The Turkana Concept of Time; 3. The Supernatural Sphere; 4. The Intermediate Human Sphere (The Soul and the Souls); 5. Man Between the Powers; 6. Everyday Life of the Turkana; 7. From Birth to Death (A Resume); 8. Mission and Culture; Appendix; List of Illustrations; 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; The African Concept of Time --; The Turkana and the Time --; The Day --; The Month (Elap-Month or Moon) --; The Year --; Summary; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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; The Life Out of Memory --; Ekaramit-Men Who Do Not Belong to Community --; Stories and Myths With Relation to the Bible?; 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; 2
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