For the Sake of Christian Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings

Klaus Fiedler

Description

Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between traditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper" church wedding. These are not demanded by the churches, but by common social expectations. Irrespective of whether a church sees marriage as a sacrament or as a civil order, much emphasis is put on it, by the churches and by society. Many churches exclude those "not properly married" from the sacraments. But why should the churches put so much emphasis on their church wed-dings, a ritual not found in the New Testament, and which came into the church only almost a thousand years later?

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Luviri Press
• Date de parution: 23 janvier 2024
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789996066573
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Klaus Fiedler, born 1942 in Germany, is a missiologist and mission historian connect­ ing the continents of Europe and Africa. He studied initially at the Baptist Seminary in Hamburg, but received his most formative education at Makerere University in Kam­ pala, Uganda, and he received doctor's de­ grees from Dar-es-Salaam and Heidelberg universities. He served for seven years as a missionary with the Kanisa la Biblia in South Tanzania, then 16 years in Germany as pastor and editor. From 1992-2007 he taught at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, and from 2008-2019 at Mzuzu UniversitY. He is married to Rachel NyaGondwe Fiedler.

Over the last decades, an ever-growing gap has developed between tra­ ditional marriage and the officiation of it as a church wedding, because of the expenses involved in a "proper church wedding. These are not demanded by the churches, but by common social expectations. Irre­ spective of whether a church sees marriage as a sacrament or as a civil order, much emphasis is put on it, by the churches and by society Many churches exclude those "not properly married from the sacraments. But why should the churches put so much emphasis on their church wed­ dings, a ritual not found in the New Testament, and which came into the church only almost a thousand years later?

ISBN 978-99960-66-79-5

This book is part of the Luviri Press which offers a range of books on religion, culture and society from Malawi.

A Luviri Occasional Paper

FOR THE SAKE OF

CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE,

ABOLISH CHURCH

WEDDINGS

KLAUS FIEDLER

For the Sake of Chris/an Marriage, Abolish Church Weddings

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Copyright 2024 Klaus Fiedler

All rights reserved. No part of this publica=on may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmiĀed in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or other- wise without prior permission from the publishers.

Published by Luviri Press, P/Bag 201, Luwinga, Mzuzu 2, Malawi

ISBN eISBN

978-99960-66-79-5 978-99960-66-57-3

Luviri Occasional Papers no. 5

Luviri Press is represented outside Malawi by: African Books Collec=ve Oxford (orders@africanbookscollec=ve.com)

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Cover: Andrew Maseko Index: Hope Kaombe

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