The indigenous practice of utu in addressing education and Christian-Muslim relations in Tanzania

Bela B Kalumbete

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The indigenous practice of utu in addressing education and Christian-Muslim relations in Tanzania

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Bela B Kalumbete. The Indigenous Practice of Utu In Addressing Education and Christian-muslim Relations In Tanzania. Hartford Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/316aef5f-04bb-4908-a0c4-88f228acb48e?locale=en.

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B. B. Kalumbete. The indigenous practice of utu in addressing education and Christian-Muslim relations in Tanzania. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/316aef5f-04bb-4908-a0c4-88f228acb48e?locale=en

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Bela B Kalumbete. The Indigenous Practice of Utu In Addressing Education and Christian-Muslim Relations In Tanzania. Hartford Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/316aef5f-04bb-4908-a0c4-88f228acb48e?locale=en.

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Bela B Kalumbete

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Education--Methods

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Abstract

This project considers the African indigenous way of utu as has traditionally been applied prior to the coming of Islam and Christianity. With coming of the two religions, however, this practice was ignored and as such tension and conflicts between the followers of the two Abrahamic faiths ensued. The need to reclaim the indigenous practice and to be given its rightful place in the African society daily life, and specifically to be applied in resolving conflicts between Christian and Muslims in the country is of inestimable importance. Of the many issues of conflict that could be addressed using utu is the education system. Over the past centuries, the education system in Tanzania underwent extreme changes all of which left an impact on the people. It is the educational issue that has contributed to the collapse of Christian-Muslim in the country as each side justifies or blames the other because of what happened in the past, which has become a legacy of the present situation. The concept of utu tries to understand how the African education system worked and how the same idea of utu could shade light on the current education system and thereby resolve the conflict that emanates from this issue. Thus, the project looks at the efforts done by both Muslim and Christian organizations in dealing with the situation, not only in education but also in the totality of relationships. The main argument of utu in dealing with the situation in the country centers on the premise that an African Muslim and Christian is an African first and then a follower of his or her religion (Islam or Christianity.) To parallel the idea of utu the concept of Global Ethic as proposed by Hans Küng and others is used in order to bring to light what utu is all about both in local and global contexts.

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