Far From Being Idolatrous: Ancestral Veneration in the Rainbow of Religious Pluralism

JEBADU, Alexander (2012) Far From Being Idolatrous: Ancestral Veneration in the Rainbow of Religious Pluralism. SEDOS Bulletin, 44 (9/10). pp. 292-307.

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Abstract

This article aims to show that ancestral veneration has a special place in the rainbow of world religions. It is one aspect of Traditional Religions. Yet it has suffered from two major prejudices which view this religious piety as a sort of idolatry and superstition. We argue that these prejudices are absolutely unfounded. Religious piety that centres on honouring ancestors, on the contrary, is non-idolatrous and non-superstitious by its very nature. In ancestral veneration, the souls of the dead, believed to be with God in heaven, are loved and honoured by the living community. Like in the devotion to the Saints in the Christian Tradition, ancestors are never worshipped. If carefully studied this religious piety could be inculturated into theChristian religion and so become an integral part of the rainbow of religious pluralism.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 200 – Agama > 230 Teologi Kristen > 230 Agama Kristen, Teologi Kristen
Divisions: 75201 Ilmu Filsafat
Depositing User: Mr Alexander Jebadu
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2020 04:11
Last Modified: 14 May 2024 03:02
URI: http://repository.iftkledalero.ac.id/id/eprint/251

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