TY - BOOK ID - 77901119 TI - How Abanyole African widows understand Christ PY - 2012 SN - 0773445803 9780773445802 9780773425750 0773425756 PB - Lewiston, NY DB - UniCat KW - Jesus Christ -- Person and offices. KW - Nyore (Kenyan people) -- Social life and customs. KW - Widows -- Religious life -- Kenya -- Vihiga District. KW - Widows KW - Nyore (Kenyan people) KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Christianity KW - Abanyole (Kenyan people) KW - Banyole (Kenyan people) KW - Banyore (Kenyan people) KW - Lunyole (Kenyan people) KW - Lunyore (Kenyan people) KW - Nyole (Kenyan people) KW - Nyoole (Kenyan people) KW - Nyuli (Kenyan people) KW - Olunyole (Kenyan people) KW - Olunyore (Kenyan people) KW - Ethnology KW - Luyia (African people) KW - Marital status KW - Women KW - Religious life KW - Social life and customs KW - Jesus Christ KW - Person and offices. KW - Christ KW - Cristo KW - Jezus Chrystus KW - Jesus Cristo KW - Jesus, KW - Christ, Jesus KW - Yeh-su KW - Masīḥ KW - Khristos KW - Gesù KW - Christo KW - Yeshua KW - Chrystus KW - Gesú Cristo KW - Ježíš KW - Isa, KW - Nabi Isa KW - Isa Al-Masih KW - Al-Masih, Isa KW - Masih, Isa Al KW - -Jesus, KW - Jesucristo KW - Yesu KW - Yeh-su Chi-tu KW - Iēsous KW - Iēsous Christos KW - Iēsous, KW - Kʻristos KW - Hisus Kʻristos KW - Christos KW - Jesuo KW - Yeshuʻa ben Yosef KW - Yeshua ben Yoseph KW - Iisus KW - Iisus Khristos KW - Jeschua ben Joseph KW - Ieso Kriʻste KW - Yesus KW - Kristus KW - ישו KW - ישו הנוצרי KW - ישו הנצרי KW - ישוע KW - ישוע בן יוסף KW - المسيح KW - مسيح KW - يسوع المسيح KW - 耶稣 KW - 耶稣基督 KW - 예수그리스도 KW - Jíizis KW - Yéshoua KW - Iėsu̇s KW - Khrist Iėsu̇s KW - عيسىٰ UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901119 AB - Christianity has become a major influence on African life. This book studies the way that sixteen African widows cope with grief by turning to Christology. Their daily lives are documented and show that they survive through their faith in Jesus. Most of them pray almost everyday, and their relationship with God reflects the different ways that each of them experiences grief. Several of the widows lacked genuine and binding companionship because people consider them burdens. So they stay away from public spaces and feel lonely, which could be the reason why they compensate by creating a relatio ER -