Speaker meaning attributed to the terms salvation and insindiso in selected mainline and independent church contexts

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dc.contributor.authorKerr, Nicken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSouthwood, Frenetteen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-22T10:43:58Z
dc.date.available2018-02-22T10:43:58Z
dc.date.issued2009-12
dc.descriptionCITATION: Kerr, N. & Southwood, F. 2009. Speaker meaning attributed to the terms salvation and insindiso in selected mainline and independent church contexts. Scriptura, 102:520-537, doi:10.7833/102-0-612.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to ascertain what meanings the terms salvation, saved, and their isiZulu equivalents have for some Zulu Christians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine mother-tongue speakers of isiZulu varying in terms of age, gender, church affiliation and level of theological training. It transpired that both the English and isiZulu terms have undergone selective semantic narrowing: Apart from having their conventional meaning (pertaining to a personal acceptance of the redemptive work of Christ), these terms also imply for some Christians (specifically Evangelical and Pentecostal Zulus) an exclusive, validating spiritual experience precluding any involvement with ancestral practices. Consequently, one is viewed as saved only if one denounces certain apparently evil cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to ancestors. As other isiZuluspeaking Christians disagree with this narrowed meaning, and as mother-tongue speakers of English are generally unaware of it, indiscriminate use of these terms could lead to intercultural miscommunication of a complex nature.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/612
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationKerr, N. & Southwood, F. 2009. Speaker meaning attributed to the terms salvation and insindiso in selected mainline and independent church contexts. Scriptura, 102:520-537, doi:10.7833/102-0-612en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7833/102-0-612
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103176
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectSalvationen_ZA
dc.subjectIndependent churches -- South Africa -- KZNen_ZA
dc.subjectZulu (African people) -- Religionen_ZA
dc.subjectUkusindiswa -- Zulu word for salvationen_ZA
dc.subjectIsindiso -- Zulu word for salvationen_ZA
dc.subjectIsizulu -- Terms and phrasesen_ZA
dc.subjectSalvation -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 20th centuryen_ZA
dc.titleSpeaker meaning attributed to the terms salvation and insindiso in selected mainline and independent church contextsen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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