The Church Missionary Society and the "Female Circumcision" Issue in Kenya 1929-1932

Bibliographic Data

ID3175248
AuthorsJocelyn Murray (1University of Abcrdcen, U. K., corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume8
Issue2
Pages92
Publication date1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1594780
OpenAlexW4249631862
LanguageEN
Citations received26

THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND THE "FEMALE CIRCUMCISION" ISSUE IN KENYA *) 1929-1932 BY JOCELYN MURRAY (University of Abcrdcen, U. K.) Terence Ranger has recently written in some detail about the at- tempt, well-known in its time, to "christianize" initiation rites-that of Bishop Lucas in Masasi Diocese of Tanganyil;a. 1) The Christian adaptation of the Janclo ceremony for boys is shown to have been in certain ways successful-but a parallel attempt to adapt the female malango rites was almost completely unsuccessful. 2) This was not only for strictly practical reasons (the boys' ritual was communal, the girls' individual) but because

African studies · Anthropology of religion · Ceremony · Church Growth · Female circumcision · Gynecology · History of religions · Male circumcision · Political science · Population · Sociology · Theology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Religious studies

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