African spirituality
[PDF File] An Examination of Spirituality in the African American Church
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This study examines spirituality across gender, city, and the interactions of gender and city. Findings indicate the consistency of spirituality within the African American community supporting the role of the church for males and females in …
[PDF File] The Science of African Spirituality - Springer
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The Science of African Spirituality. elay Faris and Njoki Nathani WaneAbstract The chapter reveals the essentials of African spirituality and its centrality. in the lives of Africa’s peoples. It establishes the foundations of African spirituality in ancient philosophies and practices in various regions of the continent and c.
[PDF File] CHAPTER FIVE.doc
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This chapter will describe African Spirituality in detail and identify important aspects, particularly those which play a role in African churches and social groupings today.
[PDF File] WATER AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOME AFRICAN …
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African spirituality has a number of clearly discernible tenets. African cultures share a common belief that whatever exists, visible and invisible, is spiritual in nature and is endowed by the Supreme Being, the Creator of all things, with intrinsic dignity, special attributes and distinct power.
13.2.2019.4. Appiah Kubi and Aabaa - ResearchGate
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Such indigenous resources which serve to re-think African theology and spirituality are embedded in African’s ‘ecocentric’ values and practices.
[PDF File] African Spirituality and the Slave Experience in Pre …
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This thesis examines African spirituality and its influence on the lives of enslaved Africans in America. Earlier historiography suggested that Christian beliefs had a profound impact on the cultural attitudes of the enslaved black populations. My thesis dislodges this theory and ultimately offers a compelling appraisal to the contrary. Indeed, African spirituality was …
Understanding African philosophy and African spirituality : …
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Introduction This paper explores and discusses African philosophy and African spirituality reflecting the nature and characteristics, perspective on the challenges and prospects based on African spirituality and philosophy. In the discussion of this paper, one has to take a cognisant fact that Africa is a vast continent, incorporating a …
AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY AND METHODISM: A SURVEY …
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lack of"African Spirituality" in the MCSA. By "African Spirituality" I imply that the African way oflife does not distinguish between sacred and secular. African spirituality includes the following component elements: Belief in one God, belief in DivinIties, Believe in spirits, veneration ofancestors and practice ofmedicine.
The Cosmology of Witchcraft in the African Context: …
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I join this line of thought based on their definition and examination of African religious and philosophical thought. For instance, Mbiti argues “the spiritual world of African peoples is very densely populated with spiritual beings, spir-its, and the living-dead” (2011:75).
Of Spirituality and Poverty: A Zimbabwean Cultural Perspective
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This article, based on a desk study, connects African spirituality to the phenomenon of poverty and argues that mundane poverty alleviation strategies that ignore the cultural perspective of a people are doomed to fail, especially in the African context.
[PDF File] THE SPIRITUALITY OFAFRICAN PEOPLES - University of …
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THE SPIRITUALITY OFAFRICAN PEOPLES. AFRICAN PEOPLESDr Peler J Paris·(A lcClure prepared for delive. y at Dalhouse University, Halifax. March 9, 1993 and al York University, Toronto, Marth 10, 1993 10 commence Ihe pro gram of the James Robinson Johnst. s Robins. n Chair in Black CanadianStudies. More importantly, I thank you, on …
[PDF File] FOOD IN AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY PROJECT PROPOSAL
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This project on food in African Spirituality was premised on the centrality of food in all aspects of life in African community. It is clear that social, economic, political and spiritual, life in community is not complete minus food. Looking at food from the vantage point of food systems, this project sought to tease out why people usually place premium on inclusion …
[PDF File] African and Western Concepts of Spirituality and the …
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This article aims to examine spirituality and the various ways in which to recognize it from the perspectives of both Sub-Sahara African and Western concepts. It also examines the secularization of Finnish churches and how this shapes the spirituality of Christians originating from Sub-Saharan Africa living in Finland.
The Rise of an Eco-Spiritual Imaginary: Ecology and …
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The Rise of an Eco-Spiritual Imaginary: Ecology and Spirituality as Decolonial Protest in Contemporary Multi-Ethnic American Literature Andrew Michael Spencer ... African American Studies Commons. American Literature Commons. Asian American Studies Commons. Asian American Studies Commons.
[PDF File] Book Review: What Is Not Sacred? African Spirituality. By …
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In other words, African morality is all-encompass-ing and a direct result of the need to maintain community cohesion and harmony. The fourth hinge idea expresses M.’s ultimate aim, which is to elaborate a Christian spirituality for, of, and from Africans who have been touched by both the Christian and African spiritual heritages.
[PDF File] AFRICAN ECOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY: A HYBRID OF …
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African eco-spirituality centers on “having a reverential attitude toward the environment in taking care of it while dwelling within its premises” (Suganthi 2019,
[PDF File] Review of African Spirituality (9780824507947) - Foreword …
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The volume is part of an encyclopedic series on world spirituality produced by Crossroad Publishing. Its editor, Jacob K. Olupona, was well-chosen. The book’s major theme is one of religious understanding and tolerance, goals which have become the life work of Olupona. The Nigerian professor, who now teaches at the University of California at ...
Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics: African …
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Spirituality in American Cinema by asking the question “what is the correlation between popular culture, women, and the understanding, or perhaps misunderstanding, of African-based religions
Conjure, Hoodoo, and the Cross: African Spirituality and the …
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Indeed, African spirituality was embedded in the cultural, political, social, and religious lives of Africans prior to the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, insomuch that during the Middle Passage it was their spiritual connectedness which they held onto.
Communicating African Spirituality through Ecology: …
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Through analyses on existing literature, we examined African worldviews, determined how African spirituality was communicated through the environment, evaluated African ways of regulating the use of the environment, and explored challenges facing African spirituality and ecology today.
A Critical Exploration of African Spirituality and Democracy in …
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Abstract This article investigates the spiritual dimension of African politics, a significant, real, and practical variable that has received little recogni tion in public discourse about the practice of democracy in Africa. I focus on the role of African spiritual agency and its cosmological implications in the development of African democracy. The article argues …
[PDF File] Spirituality Before Religions
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Spirituality and Spirituality is Unseen Science” we are in need of studying and evaluating all the various components of Science and Spirituality. Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene has brilliantly culminated a masterpiece of African History, Spirituality and Science to produce a must-read book for every African in particular and every school in ...
[PDF File] A Christian Expression of African Spirituality: The Case …
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In some theological circles, the view is held that the spirituality of African Christianity is just a Christian expression of African traditional spirituality. These theologians consider the development of the faith and its practices from the beginnings of the church in Africa to what it has become today. The coming up of the African Instituted Churches (AICs) …
[PDF File] STJ SEP_DES 2019 De Gruchy FINAL.indd - SciELO
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It is a compilation accounting African spirituality manifested “in the yearning for holiness, purity and cleanliness of heart, in the pervasive sense of dependence, faith, trust and confidence in God, and in the immense capacity for joy and thanksgiving”.
[PDF File] (Mis)leading by the spirit: Transforming African spiritualities …
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Thus, this paper investigates the impact of African spiritualities on political leadership and vice versa, shedding light on the prevalent use and abuse of African traditional and Christian religions by prominent African politicians.
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