WELCOME

To ANT 224 (Cross Cultural Study of Symbolism, religion &

views of life)

MEET YOUR TUTORS

Veronica Masenya- masenyavd@ufs.ac.za- 0787230567

Jo-Mari Myburgh- myburghj2@ufs.ac.za 0722864622

Nonini Makhothe- makhothen@ufs.ac.za- 0764297258

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please be aware that the class times in your study guide are going to

change as follows

ENGLISH CLASS

Monday Thursday

08:00-09:00 17:00-18:00

AFRIKAANS CLASS

Monday Thursday

17:00-18:00 12:00- 13:00

MODULE STRUCTURE

Difference between main class and tutorial

Tutorial guide/Blackboard

Attendance Register (clashes, tests, sickness and

unforeseen circumstances)

HOME WORK

Download Assignment manual on blackboard

Download referencing techniques from blackboard under

tutor link

Bring it with you EVERY TUTORIAL class

This is a group Assignment of 5 students per group

Provide a list of your group members by THE 25th of JULY

WHAT ARE AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCHES?

African Independent Churches, also known as African Indigenous

Churches, African Initiated Churches, African Instituted Churches, or

just AICs

African Independent Churches are found in every region and country

in Africa

Even though the denominational, ritual, and linguistic diversity of these

churches makes it difficult to analyze and classify, the common thread

uniting all of the Christian churches is that they were all established by

African initiative rather than by foreign missionary agendas

Even though many of these churches have

traditional denominational names and relationships,

they are not defined by these traditions

n addition, all AICs place emphasis on the biblical

warrant to include African cultural norms into their

modes of worship, theology, and practice, though to

varying degrees.

. AICs have also demonstrated a strong missionary

tendency in that most of the spread of Christianity

throughout Africa in the 20th century can be

attributed to African Independent Churches