Abstract
This article, delivered as a paper for the 2003 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, treats of African Marriage in Zimbabwe according to “Customary Law” and Western Christian Marriage according to Canon Law. In the beginning of colonialism the missionaries required observance of canonical requirements for Catholic marriage. The colonial government sought to regularize the African marriage traditions. The result was a lessening of Church marriages. This article is a report on the efforts made to renew inculturation in Zimbabwe from c. 1890 to 1967.
Recommended Citation
Creary, Nicholas M.
(2007)
"Canons and Customs in Colonial Zimbabwe: Jesuits and African Marriage Practices, c. 1890-1967,"
Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium: Vol. 1, Article 5.
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