Author: Phyllis Baker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780759395848
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book is an attempt to make sense to myself; and to help other people understand themselves. Additionally, this works seeks to resurrect the souls of the ancestors, so we may draw from their knowledge, their power and their strength. It is to assist in putting our lives in perspective and provide a context that is meaningful and holistic. This work is for other ethnic and cultural groups as well, in an effort for them to gain some clarity and appreciation for the spiritual and cultural heritage of African Americans. In truth, there are some universal truths and principles that transcend culture. Perhaps this work can bring to light an understanding of how very fascinating human beings really are, particularly when viewed from a historical, cultural and spiritual context.
Author: Phyllis Baker
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595442315
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Traces the author's and African Americans in general, historical roots and personal and professional understanding of her culture.
Author: Diana L. Hayes
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331105
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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African American spirituality was forged in the fiery furnace of slavery, segregation, and ongoing racial discrimination in both church and society. But African Americans are a people who are strengthened rather than weakened by their experience. This volume traces how African Americans have articulated their faith and love of God in language, song, and daily living. Beginning with its spiritual roots in Africa, Hayes shows how African American spirituality encompassed and incorporated the experience of slavery and the encounter with Christianity. Remarkably, African American slaves were able to find in the religion of their oppressors a message of hope, affirmation, and resistance. Through stories, song, distinctive forms of prayer, celebration, and prophetic witness, Hayes shows how the spirituality of African Americans has nurtured their survival as well as promoting action on behalf of the community and the greater society.
Author: Carlyle Fielding Stewart
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664256067
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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This perceptive study of African American spirituality sees the experience of the African American church as an example for all other peoples in their struggles for liberation from the world's shackles.
Author: Dorothy Leary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733661201
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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African American spirituality throughout the centuries has had myriad expressions. Overtime, the African American community began to express its spirituality in new ways. As the suffering in the African American community became more intense, the spiritual life took on a more social and political form
Author: Carlyle Fielding Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865436633
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The central idea behind this book is that black American spirituality has the power to accentuate, inform and strengthen black life. As a result of the gains made in pursuit of their emancipation, black Americans have developed a spiritual gift of resourcefulness that compels them to confront and transform the forces of evil and oppression that have instigated their demise. Hence the creation of a culture of spirituality and a spirituality of culture through creative and resistant soul force.
Author: Almeda Wright
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190664746
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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How do young African Americans approach their faith in God when continued violence and police brutality batters the news each day? In The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans, Almeda M. Wright argues that African American youth separate their everyday lives and their spirituality into mutually exclusive categories. This results in a noticeable division between their experiences of systemic injustices and their religious beliefs and practices. Yet Wright suggests that youth can and do teach the church and society myriad lessons through their theological reflections and actions. Giving special attention to the resources of African American religious and theological traditions, Wright creates a critical pedagogy for integrating spirituality into the lives of African American youth, as well as confronting and navigating spiritual fragmentation and systemic injustice.
Author: Gloria T. Hull
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892819430
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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In the last few decades African-American women have experienced a revival of spirituality and creative force, fashioning a unique way to connect with the divine. In "Soul Talk", Akasha Gloria Hull examines this multifaceted spirituality that has both fostered personal healing and functioned as a formidable weapon against racism and social injustice.
Author: Michael I. N. Dash
Publisher: Pilgrim Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Individuals and groups. Models of current ministries are also provided to help pastors, active church members, and "seekers" experience spiritual renewal by tapping the wellspring of African American spirituality.
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Publisher: Chalice Press
ISBN: 9780827221475
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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In Lee Butler's own words, "This book is an attempt to answer the question, 'Who are we as African Americans?'" Attempting to answer this question is one way we participate in the works of salvation. Liberating Our Dignity, Saving Our Souls is a study of African American identity aimed at pointing a way out of a current crisis into a new liberation and salvation. Butler combines insights and methodologies from developmental psychology, liberation theology, and African American history to plot a new course for contemporary African Americans to gain a sense of identity that will guide them away from the identity the European and American cultures have traditionally forced upon them. This involves determining identity by personal worth; not by occupation, economic class, or social class.
