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Author : Chukwunyere Kamalu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0955713161
Author : Kimbwandènde Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Cosmology, African
ISBN : 1592324630
Author : E.f. Fonkeng
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956550845
Words of wisdom within the African context, conjure the foundational thoughts of ancestors, thoughts which, today find themselves in the public sphere. With its focus on individual thoughts, this pan-African collection, among other things, amplifies the African-centred prism of knowledge as a collective creation, while stretching the boundaries of the concept of wisdom. They depict the intricate and unique African perception and relation to the universe. As Molefi K. Asante wonders, what could be any more correct for any people than to see with their own eyes? Collectively, these sayings constitute a pillar in the edification of a culture that departs from mere hearing, seeing and consumption to the creation of narratives and, hence, knowledge. They focus on the shared experiences and aspirations for freedom, a philosophical outlook heavily anchored on balance, as well as on community. Unfortunately, some are still tempted to dismiss words of wisdom as having no bearing on todays hi-tech and, even, post-modernist global village. Yet, if anything, these words have even more relevance in a cacophonic, estranged and even brutish world tightly in the grip of forces bent on twisting all thought processes toward a particular status quo. Each saying should be perceived as a coin with two sides and should, therefore, not be taken at face value. For, like virtue, each one is capable of turning into vice when stretched too far! As a vital prompt in the project of living, this collection proposes to the reader the advantage and a philosophy of balance as the worthwhile and healthy modus vivendi.
Author : Daryll Forde,International African Institute
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0852552815
This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors. Originally published in 1954. New edition published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag
Author : Chukwunyere Kamalu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000067547152
Author : Kimbwandènde Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau
Publisher : Athelia Henrietta Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : IND:30000079229245
"Life is fundamentally a process of perpetual and mutual communication; and to communicate is to emit and to receive waves and radiations (minika ye minienie). This process of, receiving and releasing or passing them on (tambula ye tambikisa) is the key to human beings game of survival. A person is perpetually bathed by radiations' weight, (zitu kia minienie). The weight (zitu/demo) of radiations may have a negative as well as positive impact on any tiny being, for example a person who represents the most vibrating: "kolo" (knot) of relationships." "The following expressions are very common among the Bantu, in general, and among the Kongo in particular, which prove to us the antiquity of these concepts in the African continent; Our businesses are waved/shaken; our health is waved/shaken; what we possess is waved/shaken; the communities are waved/shaken: Where are these (negative) waves coming from (Salu bieto bieti nikunwa; mavimpi nikunwa; biltuvwidi nikunwa; makanda nikunwa: Kwe kutukanga minika miami)?" "For the Bantu, a person lives and moves within an ocean of waves/radiations. One is sensitive or immune to them. To be sensitive to waves is to be able to react negatively or positively to those waves/forces. But to be immune to surrounding waves/forces, is to be less reactive to them or not at all. These differences account for varying degrees in the process of knowing/learning among individuals" --BOOK Cover.
Author : James L. Conyers, Jr.
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781412847995
African American Consciousness focuses on ideas of culture, race, and class within the interdisciplinary matrix of Africana Studies. Even more important, it uses a methodology that emphasizes interpretation and the necessity of interdisciplinary research and writing in a global society. Worldview, culture, analytic thinking, and historiography can all be used as tools of analysis, and in the process of discovery, use pedagogy, and survey research of Africana history. Advancing the idea of Africana Studies, mixed methodology, and triangulation, the contributors provide alternative approaches toward examining this phenomena, with regard to place, space, and time. The essays in this volume include Reynaldo Anderson, “Black History dot.com”; Greg Carr, “Black Consciousness, Pan-Africanism and the African World History Project”; Karanja Carroll, “A Genealogical Review of the Worldview Concept and Framework in Africana Studies”; Denise Martin, “Reflections on African Celestial Culture”; Serie McDougal “Teaching Black Males”; Demetrius Pearson, “Cowboys of Color”; Pamela Reed, “Heirs to Disparity”; and Andrew Smallwood, “Malcolm X’s Leadership and Legacy.” The researchers in this volume investigate, explore, and review patterns of functional, normative, and expressive behavior. The past and present of Africana culture is represented, showing how reflexivity can be an adjustable concept to organize, process, and interpret data. Moreover, humanism and social science demonstrate how researchers establish, extract, and identify the limitations and alternative approaches to research of the historic conditions of black Americans.
Author : Glenn H. Asquith
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426702310
Surveys the essentials of pastoral care and counseling
Author : William A. Dyrness,Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830878114
Theological dictionaries are foundational to any theological library. But until now there has been no Global Dictionary of Theology, a theological dictionary that presumes the contribution of the Western tradition but moves beyond it to embrace and explore a full range of global expressions of theology. The Global Dictionary of Theology is inspired by the shift of the center of Christianity from the West to the Global South. But it also reflects the increase in two-way traffic between these two sectors as well as the global awareness that has permeated popular culture to an unprecedented degree. The editorial perspective of the Global Dictionary of Theology is an ecumenical evangelicalism that is receptive to discovering new facets of truth through listening and conversation on a global scale. Thus a distinctive feature of the Global Dictionary of Theology is its conversational approach. Contributors have been called on to write in the spirit of engaging in a larger theological conversation in which alternative views are expected and invited. William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Juan F. Martinez and Simon Chan edit approximately 250 articles written by over 100 contributors representing the global spectrum of theological perspectives. Pastors, theological teachers, theological students and lay Christian leaders will all find the Global Dictionary of Theology to be a resource that unfolds new dimensions and reveals new panoramas of theological perspective and inquiry. Here is a new launching point for doing theology in today's global context.
Author : Laird Scranton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594778896
Reconstructs a theoretic parent cosmology that underlies ancient religion • Shows how this parent cosmology provided the conceptual origins of written language • Uses techniques of comparative cosmology to synchronize the creation traditions of the Dogon, ancient Egyptians, and ancient Buddhists • Applies the signature elements of this parent cosmology to explore and interpret the creation tradition of a present-day Tibetan/Chinese tribe called the Na-Khi--the keepers of the world’s last surviving hieroglyphic language Great thinkers and researchers such as Carl Jung have acknowledged the many broad similarities that exist between the myths and symbols of ancient cultures. One largely unexplored explanation for these similarities lies in the possibility that these systems of myth all descended from one common cosmological plan. Outlining the most significant aspects of cosmology found among the Dogon, ancient Egyptians, and ancient Buddhists, including the striking physical and cosmological parallels between the Dogon granary and the Buddhist stupa, Laird Scranton identifies the signature attributes of a theoretic ancient parent cosmology--a planned instructional system that may well have spawned these great ancient creation traditions. Examining the esoteric nature of cosmology itself, Scranton shows how this parent cosmology encompassed both a plan for the civilized instruction of humanity as well as the conceptual origins of language. The recurring shapes in all ancient religions were key elements of this plan, designed to give physical manifestation to the sacred and provide the means to conceptualize and compare earthly dimensions with those of the heavens. As a practical application of the plan, Scranton explores the myths and language of an obscure Chinese priestly tribe known as the Na-Khi--the keepers of the world’s last surviving hieroglyphic language. Suggesting that cosmology may have engendered civilization and not the other way around, Scranton reveals how this plan of cosmology provides the missing link between our macroscopic universe and the microscopic world of atoms.
Author : Thao Chu,Ngan Vu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532688218
The linguistic aspect of Womanism offers learners values as any other social language. While most French learners get a glimpse into the history of Napoleon and many Chinese speakers are familiar with an Asian lifestyle, English non-native speakers like us need to understand the language in a broader scope. Since English is our shared method of communication, we have to adapt to not just one culture, but also variants in accents or vocabularies from multiple English-speaking countries. Similarly, Womanism serves the same purpose among the black community. By speaking Womanism, they are able to understand and embrace each other’s values and virtues, while making their history known to the rest of the world.
Author : Daniel J. Treier,Walter A. Elwell
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410774
This bestselling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics. Readable and reliable, this work features new articles on topics of contemporary relevance to world Christianity and freshened articles on enduring theological subjects, providing comprehensive A-Z coverage for today's theology students. The author base reflects the increasing diversity of evangelical scholars. Advisory editors include D. Jeffrey Bingham, Cheryl Bridges Johns, John G. Stackhouse Jr., Tite Tiénou, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
Author : Sinfree Makoni,Alastair Pennycook
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853599231
This book questions assumptions about the nature of language. Looking at diverse contexts from sign languages in Indonesia to literacy practices in Brazil, the authors argue that unless we change and reconstitute the ways in which languages are taught and conceptualized, language studies will not be able to improve the social welfare of language users.
Author : Faheem Judah-El D D
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798556644649
This book takes a brief look at the concepts of Ancient Kemetian cosmology from a modern point of view. We will also look at Kemetian symbols and meanings in the stars as they apply to personality and attributes of modern man. Kemetian cosmology is not abstract, it is not devil worship, and it is not contrary to practices written about is biblical texts or other sacred scriptures. It is humanistic, logical, analytical, and rational. The reader will discover the Kemetian concept of MAN IS THE UNIVERSE, AND THE UNIVERSE IS MAN. Kemetians along the African Nile Valley did not believe in religion as people do today, they were in-tune with ALL, in nature, and one with the cosmos. Modern day religions are but remnants of these great universal principles.
Author : Gerald Gaillard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134585793
This detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of thought, outlining its central features and placing the anthropologists within their intellectual contexts. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists will prove indispensable for students of anthropology.