Old Wine in New Wine Skins

Tombstone Unveiling as a Case of Religious Innovation and Change in Zimbabwean Christianity

Bibliographic Data

ID20192895
AuthorsSolmon Zwana (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume21
Issue1
Publication date2009-11-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1011-7601 • E-ISSN: 2413-3027
PublisherAcademy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.4314/jsr.v21i1.47777
OpenAlexW1979529618
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This article reflects on the practice of Tombstone Unveiling, a recentphenomenon among Shona Christians in Zimbabwe, as a case of religiouschange. Historically, many church doctrines and practices have been negativetowards African Traditional Religions (ATRs). Shona Christians have reactedby trying to accommodate the two religious traditions and through effortsto replace some Shona religious practices with similar conceptual categoriesanchored in Christianity. Beyond the reactions of accommodation andreplacement are external social factors which include modernisation andurbanisation. It is noted that the dynamics of religious change are not onlylocated at the points of contact between the two religious traditions but arealso internal

Art · Christianity · Modernization theory · Political science · Shona · Sociology · Wine · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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