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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-08-03T14:14:54Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-08-03T14:14:54Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-08-03 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Kgatle, M.S., 2020, ‘Dealing with the cultural and financial challenges during death of a loved one and repatriation of the remains: A mission to the wounded, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 76(4), a5970. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/hts.v76i4.5970 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26587 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The death of a loved one and the repatriation of the remains have become the double pain
experienced by many Zimbabweans in South Africa. The double pain is caused by the
cultural demand for burial to be conducted at the home country and the financial demands
to do so. While previous studies on mission and theology have addressed the pain of
death, only few have looked at the second pain of repatriation. The research gap calls for
missiologists to seek ways of addressing the double pain as caused by cultural and
financial challenges. By conducting interviews with the Zimbabweans in South Africa,
missiological ways of dealing with the double pain are sought through the participant
observation method. The proposal is that ‘a mission to the wounded’ as a theoretical
framework within missiology is able to deal with these challenges. In addition, there is a
need to embrace alternative burial protocol and rethink cremation as an additional solution
to financial challenges. |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
AOSIS publishing |
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dc.subject |
Death |
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dc.subject |
Pain |
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dc.subject |
Repatriation |
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dc.subject |
Cultural anthropology |
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dc.subject |
Missiology |
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dc.title |
Dealing with the cultural and financial challenges during death of a loved one and repatriation of the remains: A mission to the wounded |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.description.department |
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology |
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