An analysis of marriage relationships among Tswana speaking Catholics in the Odi district : a theological ethical study

• Main Author: Senekane, Clement Kokoana
• Other Authors: Kretzschmar, Louise
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Marriage; African values; Christian values; Marriage forms; Indissolubility; Pre-marriage courses; Post-marriage courses; Catholic marriage; Tswana marriage; Family; Sexuality; Marital breakdown; 241.6308996327S30; Tswana (African people) > Religion; Marriage > Religious aspects > Catholic Church; Tswana (African people) > Marriage customs and rites; Families > Religious life > Africa
• Online Access: Senekane, Clement Kokoana (1995) An analysis of marriage relationships among Tswana speaking Catholics in the Odi district : a theological ethical study, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17713>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17713

This dissertation deals with an ethical analysis of marriage relationships among Tswana speaking Catholics in the light of the understandings of marriage of both the African and Christian traditions. These traditions have certain practices and perspectives that, if they are put together, can enrich marriage in all its aspects. The first two chapters analyse the practices and perspectives of marriage within the African and Christian traditions, while the third compares and contrasts them. The aspects dealt with are a) compatible values from African and Christian marriage and b) incompatible values from African and Christian marriages. In chapter four, the role of the Church in restoring the purpose and the meaning of marriage and what it can do to improve Catholic marriage relationships among Tswana speaking people are discussed and some practical suggestions are proposed. === Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology === M. Th. (Theological Ethics)