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    The Three Dimensions of the Luba Religion
    The Three Dimensions of the Luba Religion
    The Three Dimensions of the Luba Religion
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    The Three Dimensions of the Luba Religion

    By Solomo Kitenge

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    In this book, I examined the Luba religion and dissected the Bumuntu Paradigm which led me to introduce the Bumuntu Ternary. I have gone more in depth into Luba theology and philosophy and reiterated the role of God in the Luba religion.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 18, 2023
    ISBN9781447790549
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      Book preview

      The Three Dimensions of the Luba Religion - Solomo Kitenge

      Contents

      PREFACE

      The God of the Baluba People

      Maweja Nangila

      Leza

      Mvidie Mukulu

      Nzambi and Kalunga

      Mulopo and Mukalenge

      Introduction to Bumuntu

      Butumike (Obedience, Submission)

      Bukalanga (Dignity)

      Bumuntu (Humanitarianism)

      The Bumuntu Ternary

      Muntu - Kintu

      Tata (a good father) - Ki-Tata (a bad father)

      Butumike (Divinity)

      Bukalanga (Dignity)

      Bumuntu (Humanity)

      Mulume (a good husband) - Ki-lume (a bad husband)

      Butumike (Divinity)

      Bukalanga (Dignity)

      Bumuntu (Humanity)

      Mulopwe (a good leader) - Ki-Lopwe (a bad leader)

      Butumike (Divinity)

      Bukalanga (Dignity)

      Bumuntu (Humanity)

      Good Ethic - Bad Ethic

      The Virtues & Vices

      Virtuous self

      Wicked self

      The Principle of Bende

      The Spirit of Bumuntu

      Butumike (Divinity)

      Bukalanga (Dignity)

      Bumuntu (Humanity)

      What is Bumuntu?

      Bibliography

      Copyright © 2022, Solomo Kitenge

      All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission of the publisher.

      Mvidi Mukulu wani, ungakuile biani

      My God, have mercy on me.

      Raoul van Caneagem, Over het Godsbegrip der Baluba van Kasai. (1941), p. 87.

      PREFACE

      The Luba people are monotheistic and have a religious, philosophical paradigm named Bumuntu meant to be a guide on how to live harmoniously with your fellow human beings in accordance with the will of God. It was revealed to them by God through his prophets and messengers of old. Bumuntu knows several virtues and vices, and if a person managed to lead a virtuous life free of any vices, or strives to do so, then he or she is a Muntu (a genuine, authentic human being with a good heart) which is in contrast to a Kintu (a ‘thing’; immoral, wicked individual having a bad heart). The authority of Bumuntu is God; God is the one who revealed it to the Luba people and God is the one who defined ethics, morality, norms and

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