Elizabeth Elias Silayo

The Chagga Concepts of Disability and their Implications on People with Disabilities (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This study investigates and analyses the concept of disability among the Chagga community, a group that lives near the slopes of Kilimanjaro Mountain in the northern part of Tanzania. This work examines the beliefs, rituals, initiation ceremonies and other practices by the Chagga people that involve harming, degrading and excluding people with disabilities. According to the findings, these practices enforce inhuman behaviour towards people with disabilities. This present study offers suggestions for the Chagga community to renew their understanding of human beings and transform their exclusive com- munity to an inclusive one. People in the Chagga community must understand that people are equal and that every individual is worthy and unique. Churches, mosques, government, and non-governmental organisations should act as tools for liberation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Erlanger Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: ab 19 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783872146403
• Artikelnr.: 74447725

Autorenporträt

After several years of pastoral service in the ELCT and her dissertation in Erlangen, for which she lived in Neuendettelsau for several years, she knows both Tanzania and Germany. She is therefore well prepared both theologically and culturally for her ministry. She wrote her dissertation on theology in the context of people with disabilities in her local Chagga community, where she believes there is much to be done: Although the church holds that all people are created in the image of God, a God with disabilities is still an unfamiliar idea for many. As a result, marginalized people receive less attention and consideration from the Chagga community. There is need for immediate and positive action to support people with disabilities.