The aims of initiation ceremonies at universities: Comparisons in time and space<sup>1</sup>

In this article initiation practices at South African universities are analysed and compared with initiation ceremonies described in anthropological literature. It is argued that any initiation ceremony has at least the partial aim of preparing initiates for the roles and functions in society or spe...

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Main Author: N. S. Jansen van Rensburg
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Scriber Editorial Systems 1990-02-01
Series:Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
Online Access:https://www.koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/article/view/1013