From This World to the Next: Christian Identity and Funerary Rites in Nepal - Softcover

Book 3 of 40: Studies in Mission

Bal, Krishna Sharma

 
9781908355089: From This World to the Next: Christian Identity and Funerary Rites in Nepal

Synopsis

This book explores and analyses funerary rite struggles in a nation where Christianity is a comparatively recent phenomenon, and many families have Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Traditionalist (kiranti) members, who go through a traumatic experience at the death of family members. The context of mixed affiliation raises questions of social, psychological and religious identity for Christian converts. The author has used an applied theological approach to explore analyse the findings in order to address the issue of funerary rites with which the Napalese church is struggling.

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