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Echoes from beyond a pass between two mountains (Christian Mission in Venda as reflection in some contemporary Tshivenda literature).

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dc.contributor.advisor Smith, Nicolaas Johannes
dc.contributor.advisor Maluleke, Samuel Tinyiko
dc.contributor.author Khorommbi, Ndwambi Lawrence en
dc.date.accessioned 2015-01-23T04:24:52Z
dc.date.available 2015-01-23T04:24:52Z
dc.date.issued 1996-12 en
dc.identifier.citation Khorommbi, Ndwambi Lawrence (1996) Echoes from beyond a pass between two mountains (Christian Mission in Venda as reflection in some contemporary Tshivenda literature)., University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17077> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17077
dc.description.abstract The thesis of this study revolves around the validity of Tshivenda literature as an authorative commentary on Mission Work in Venda. The value of literary works by selected Tshivenda writers is explored on three important directions: (a) as a source of information on the Vhavenda world-view which is an important aspect in the Vhavenda's understanding of the Missionary message; (b) as a source of challenge to missiology, and (c) as a source of basis for an in-depth contextual missiology. The well-meaning contributions of the German Missionaries is appreciated. Their influence through the spreading of Lutheranism and also in the birth of Tshivenda literature is clearly recognized. My task has not only been to see these positive contributions, but also to problematise and explore both the missionary instrumentality and the local responses that are reflected in the Tshivenda literature. Our first four chapters introduce the thesis, they cover political history of the Vhavenda which is fundamental in our understanding of their world-view and the early missionary works in Venda. Selected Tshivenda novels become the object of inquiry in the fifth chapter. The novels help us in our evaluation of Missionary Christianity. A wide variety of issues are contained in these novels which are significant in Mission work. The sixth chapter concentrates on selected Tshivenda short stories. In two of these short stories the issue of racism is highlighted. The seventh chapter looks into a few Tshivenda Poems. In two of these poems the Missionary-rejected name for God, Nwali, is heavily used. The last chapter contains the essential commentary of indigenous Tshivenda literature on Missionary Christianity as well as the implications for both global and local Missiology.
dc.format.extent 1 electronic resource (viii, 123 leaves) en
dc.subject Indigenous Tshivenda literature.
dc.subject Contextual theology.
dc.subject Tshivenda World-view.
dc.subject Tshivenda novels.
dc.subject Tshivenda short stories and poems.
dc.subject Berlin Missionary Society.
dc.subject.ddc 266 en
dc.subject.lcsh Venda literature. en
dc.subject.lcsh Christianity and culture -- Africa. en
dc.subject.lcsh Venda (African people) -- Religion. en
dc.subject.lcsh Missions -- South Africa -- Venda. en
dc.subject.lcsh Missionaries -- South Africa -- Venda. en
dc.title Echoes from beyond a pass between two mountains (Christian Mission in Venda as reflection in some contemporary Tshivenda literature). en
dc.description.department Missiology.
dc.description.degree M.(Theology) en
dcterms.type Dissertation


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