An exploration of ubungoma through the calling and God’s indwelling in the Prophet Jeremiah

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title An exploration of ubungoma through the calling and God’s indwelling in the Prophet Jeremiah
 
Creator Khuzwayo, Sifiso
 
Subject African Traditional Religions; ubungom; divination; ancestral veneration; Amadlozi, amathongo; ancestral calling; prophecy; Jeremiah
Description This article employs interpretive phenomenological analysis to explore the African practice of ubungoma [divination] through the Prophet Jeremiah’s calling and God’s indwelling on him in relation to the growing number of professing Christians experiencing an ancestral calling within Southern Africa. The aim is to highlight previously unnoticed features on the work of the Spirit in two religious traditions illuminating our understanding of God’s presence beyond religions. Three areas of focus will be the calling of both isangoma and prophets, various mediums and their functions, and the indwelling or inscription of God or Spirit in either isangoma or a prophet. The findings of this analysis have shown that whether one uses inculturation, enculturation or decolonisation as a tool, each one of them has a framework that can aid in understanding this phenomenon. This will aid discern calls to the ministry and Christian vocation while informing current discourses on Christian polity and practice.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article explores the intersection of African Traditional Religions with Christianity and encourages the re-reading of scriptures to empower African interpretations.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor N/A
Date 2024-04-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Phenomenological analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2941
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 45, No 1 (2024); 10 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Southern Africa — Ethnicity
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Sifiso Khuzwayo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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