Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora write by William Ackah. This book was released on 2017-10-05. Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora explores the ways in which religious ideas and beliefs continue to play a crucial role in the lives of people of African descent. The chapters in this volume use historical and contemporary examples to show how people of African descent develop and engage with spiritual rituals, organizations and practices to make sense of their lives, challenge injustices and creatively express their spiritual imaginings. This book poses and answers the following critical questions: To what extent are ideas of spirituality emanating from Africa and the diaspora still influenced by an African aesthetic? What impact has globalisation had on spiritual and cultural identities of peoples on African descendant peoples? And what is the utility of the practices and social organizations that house African spiritual expression in tackling social, political cultural and economic inequities? The essays in this volume reveal how spirituality weaves and intersects with issues of gender, class, sexuality and race across Africa and the diaspora. It will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students interested in the study of African religions, race and religion, sociology of religion and anthropology.
African-American Spirituality, Thought & Culture
African-American Spirituality, Thought & Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African-American Spirituality, Thought & Culture write by Phyllis Baker. This book was released on 2007-06. African-American Spirituality, Thought & Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traces the author's and African Americans in general, historical roots and personal and professional understanding of her culture.
Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora
Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora write by Carolyn M. Jones Medine. This book was released on 2015-10-14. Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora explores African derived religions in a globalized world. The volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change.
Women and Religion in the African Diaspora
Women and Religion in the African Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women and Religion in the African Diaspora write by R. Marie Griffith. This book was released on 2006-09-22. Women and Religion in the African Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women, religion, and diaspora intersect, mapping fresh approaches to this emergent field of inquiry. The volume focuses on issues of history, tradition, and the authenticity of African-derived spiritual practices in a variety of contexts, including those where memories of suffering remain fresh and powerful. The contributors discuss matters of power and leadership and of religious expressions outside of institutional settings. The essays study women of Christian denominations, African and Afro-Caribbean traditions, and Islam, addressing their roles as spiritual leaders, artists and musicians, preachers, and participants in bible-study groups. This volume's transnational mixture, along with its use of creative analytical approaches, challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women, religions, and diasporic shiftings across time and space.
African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa write by Ezra Chitando. This book was released on 2016-04-01. African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The historiography of African religions and religions in Africa presents a remarkable shift from the study of 'Africa as Object' to 'Africa as Subject', thus translating the subject from obscurity into the global community of the academic study of religion. This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion in Africa and the new African diaspora. The book is structured under three main sections - Emerging trends in the teaching of African Religions; Indigenous Thought and Spirituality; and Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African contexts. African scholars enrich the study of religions from their respective academic and methodological orientations. Jacob Kehinde Olupona stands out as a pioneer in the socio-scientific interpretation of African indigenous religion and religions in Africa. This book is to his honour and marks his immense contribution to an emerging field of study and research.
