Open AccessEucharistic symbols: Other emerging meanings in the Anglican Church of Kenya
Author(s) -
George Kiarie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stellenbosch theological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-9467
pISSN - 2413-9459
DOI - 10.17570/stj.2017.v3n2.a20
Subject(s) - symbol (formal) , modernity , product (mathematics) , colonialism , sociology , anthropology , gender studies , history , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics , archaeology , mathematics , geometry
This article is set to argue that for a long time Eucharistic symbols have been interpreted in different contexts, with a universal understanding as the body and blood of Jesus Christ. However, recent studies in the Anglican Church of Kenya, diocese of Thika, reveal other emerging meanings of these symbols among Christians. Such meanings include foreign food product, prohibited product, symbol of modernity and finally symbol of neo-colonialism. This article is informed by qualitative data obtained from adherents in the diocese of Thika between 2013 and 2014.
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