Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ackah, William; Smith, R. Drew; Dodson, Jualynne E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315466194
• Artikelnr.: 49984054

Autorenporträt

William Ackah is Lecturer in Community and Voluntary Sector Studies at Birbeck, University of London, UK. He is also Co-Convenor of Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race. Jualynne E. Dodson is Professor of Sociology and African American & African Studies at Michigan State University, USA, where she is also Founding Director the African Atlantic Research Team. R. Drew Smith is Professor of Urban Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA. He is also Co-Convenor of the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Mapping Religious Expressions and Spirituality of African
Descendant Communities, William Ackah; Section 1: Religious Expressions,
Traditions and Identities; 2 Church Women's Legacy of Power: Case of U.S.
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Jualynne E. Dodson; 3 Blacksmith's
Razor and the Vulture's Head: African Spirituality and the Emancipation of
Africa, Kofi Asare Opoku; 4 A Tale of Two Worlds: An Early Nineteenth
Century Encounter between the Akan and the Danes and The Rise of
Protestantism in West Africa, Ebenezer Ayesu; 5 The Resurgence of the
Presbyterian and Anglican Missions in Calabar, Ekwutosi Essien Offiong; 6
Pain and the Black Garment: Pastoral Responses to African Widowhood, Elijah
Baloyi; 7 An Act of Theological Negritude: Kwame Bediako on African
Christian Identity, Tim Hartmann; Section 2: Arts, Aesthetics and Culture;
8 From Selma to Ferguson: Embodied Performance, Social Change and Political
Organizing within the United States, Joy R. Bostic; 9 Sounds of Blackness?
Struggles for Freedom in 21st Century Congregational Songs in South London,
Pauline E. Muir; 10 The Cornel West Theory: prophetic criticism and the
cultural production of hip hop, Michael Brandon McCormack; 11 Politically
Freed Yet Mentally Enslaved! Reflecting on Psalm 8 by way of Steve Biko's
Notion of Black Beauty, Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele); 12 Rape,
Rage and Culture: African Men's Indigenous Knowledge and Resolutions to the
Rape Crisis, Baba Amani Olubanjo Buntu; 13 Responding to Black Youth
Invisibility: The Black Church Nurturing the Artist Within, Sarah Farmer;
14 Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter and the Educational Empowerment of Muslim
Women, Rizwana Latha