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DE BENOIST, Joseph-Roger, Eglise et pouvoir colonial au Soudan français: Administrateurs et missionnaires dans la Boucle Du Niger (1885-1945), Paris, Éditions Karthala, 1987, 539 pp. ISBN 86537-169-7

DE BENOIST, Joseph-Roger, Eglise et pouvoir colonial au Soudan français: Administrateurs et... 189 a highly informative introduction to a little known but fascinating country: he describes its people and their traditional social organisation; its pre-colonial history, the period of European domination and the establishment of political independence; tradi- tional religious practices and beliefs, and the foundation of the vari- ous Christian Churches. In the second chapter current burial and mourning customs are described from the author's personal observation of three actual funerals (of two men and one woman), amplified for him by other participants at the ceremonies. Following on from these descrip- tions two sets of questions are posed: (1) Why does the population in general, Christian and non-Christian alike, insist on continuing the traditional post-mortem rituals? And, what are the essential elements of these rites? Chapters 3 and 4 deal most comprehen- sively with these questions from an anthropological standpoint. (2) What motivated the missionaries to forbid and replace traditional funeral rites? What message did the missionaries bring concerning death and life after death? The theological implications of these questions are addressed in Chapter 5. The final chapter examines the pastoral task of the church in this context. That there is such a widespread participation in these traditional rites http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

DE BENOIST, Joseph-Roger, Eglise et pouvoir colonial au Soudan français: Administrateurs et missionnaires dans la Boucle Du Niger (1885-1945), Paris, Éditions Karthala, 1987, 539 pp. ISBN 86537-169-7

Hastings, Adrian
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 22 (2): 189 – Jan 1, 1992
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© 1992 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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189 a highly informative introduction to a little known but fascinating country: he describes its people and their traditional social organisation; its pre-colonial history, the period of European domination and the establishment of political independence; tradi- tional religious practices and beliefs, and the foundation of the vari- ous Christian Churches. In the second chapter current burial and mourning customs are described from the author's personal observation of three actual funerals (of two men and one woman), amplified for him by other participants at the ceremonies. Following on from these descrip- tions two sets of questions are posed: (1) Why does the population in general, Christian and non-Christian alike, insist on continuing the traditional post-mortem rituals? And, what are the essential elements of these rites? Chapters 3 and 4 deal most comprehen- sively with these questions from an anthropological standpoint. (2) What motivated the missionaries to forbid and replace traditional funeral rites? What message did the missionaries bring concerning death and life after death? The theological implications of these questions are addressed in Chapter 5. The final chapter examines the pastoral task of the church in this context. That there is such a widespread participation in these traditional rites

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