African American Spirituality 3e

Author : Phyllis Baker
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780759395848
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Spirituality 3e written by Phyllis Baker and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Diana L. Hayes
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331105
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forged in the Fiery Furnace written by Diana L. Hayes and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 13 : 9780664256067
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Survivors written by Carlyle Fielding Stewart and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Carlyle Fielding Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780865436633
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Spirituality and Black Consciousness written by Carlyle Fielding Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Michael I. N. Dash
Publisher : Pilgrim Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Wholeness written by Michael I. N. Dash and published by Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 13 : 9780827221475
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberating Our Dignity Savingour Souls written by and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Almeda Wright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190664746
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans written by Almeda Wright and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Phyllis Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781960063359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fundamentals, Principles and Practices of African American Spirituality written by Phyllis Baker and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, The Fundamentals, Principles and Practices of African American Spirituality, traces the evolution, development, and practices of a large segment of African American Spiritual life, found within the Black Church. It seeks to provide a road map and link to traditions that made for highly evolved Spiritual Beings, while at the same time embraces the cultural legacy of African Americans, that is near and dear to this group of people. Dr. Baker is also the author of A Dreamer's Journey, and African American Spirituality Thought & Culture. She is soon to publish the book, The Sociology of Art, Religion and Culture.

Author : Archie Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigating the Deep River written by Archie Smith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As mythos and metaphor, the river has played an important role in the struggles of African Americans in a racist society. After three decades as a pastoral family therapist with African American families and families of other cultures, Archie Smith draws on the spiritual and cultural richness of such metaphors to construct an "ecological approach" to pastoral care, which takes seriously American history, democracy, racism, the environment, and black experience within a multicultural context. Smith's compelling guide demonstrates how pastors and social workers can tap the spiritual wellspring of the African American family in order to counter a deepening sense of despair, to provide hope, and to offer strategies for transformation.

Author : Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573567620
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life written by Stephanie Y. Mitchem and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Americans are more likely than Whites to die of cancer and heart disease, more likely to get diabetes and asthma, and less likely to get preventive care and screening. Some of this greater morbidity results from education, income level, and environment as well as access to health care. But the traditional medical model does not always allow for a more holistic approach that takes into account the body, the mind, the spirit, the family, and the community. This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously-based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing and health found in Black communities in the United States. Contributors address the communal aspects of faith and health and explore the contexts in which individuals make choices about their health, the roles that institutions play in shaping these decisions, and the practices individuals engage in seeking better health or coping with the health they have. By paying attention to the role of faith, spirit, and health, this book offers a fuller sense of the varieties of ways Black health and health care are perceived and addressed from an inter-religious perspective. Community and religion-based initiatives have emerged as one key way to address the health challenges found in the African American community. In cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, and Oakland, residents organize exercise groups, teach one another how to cook with healthy ingredients, and encourage neighbors to get regular checkups. Churches have become key sites for health education, screening, and testing. Another set of responses to the challenge of Black health and healthcare in the United States comes from those who emphasize the body as a whole—body, mind, soul, and spirit, often drawing on religious traditions such as Islam and African-based religions such as Spiritism, Santeria, Vodun (aka Voodoo), Candomblé, and others. Understanding the issues and the various approaches is essential to combating the problems, and this unique volume sheds light on areas often overlooked when considering the issues.