Abstract
The author points out some areas of discrepancy between the traditional African naming ceremony for children and the traditional marriage on the the one hand, and the Christian analogs (infant baptism and marriage ceremony) on the other. He rejects the suggestion that the former be simply adopted unmodified by the Christian church, but suggests adjustments in the Christian ceremonies to take into consideration worthwhile values from the traditional ceremonies and to make the ceremonies more meaningful to participants.
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