African Cry

Author : Jean-Marc Ela
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597523295

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African Cry by Jean-Marc Ela Pdf

'African Cry' is liberation theology with African content and original method--in short, a model of African liberation theology. Its translation into the English language is a big contribution to the corpus of literature on African liberation theology available to the English-speaking public. For those who are not already familiar with its French version, it provides a new dimension in African theology. The book is a must for all students of African theology."" --Justin S. Ukpong, Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria 'African Cry' is fundamentally a challenge to all who claim adherence to the Christian faith. It explores the Scriptures, particularly the Gospels, in the light of what passes for Christianity and Mission on the part of European and Caucasian thinking, attitudes, and behavior on the continent of Africa. The book is a magnificent presentation of the problems that the African and African-American have with the behavior and attitudes of Church people from the highest to the lowest levels. This book should be read by as many Christians as possible, and, above all, bishops, particularly European and American."" --Lawrence E. Lucas, author of 'Black Priest/White Church' 'African Cry' shatters the self-censorship of sub-Saharan African theologians on political-economic issues while retaining their deep concern for cultural liberation. It is now impossible to discuss African theology without reference to Ela."" --Marie Giblin, Associate Professor of Theology, Xavier University A vigorous, frank, and uncompromising series of essays by a young, rural-based Cameroonian priest. The stress is on the interrelatedness of inculturation, liberation, and authenticity. The cry is for the right to be different. A superb example of the strongly-felt anguish of committed African priests for a church at once credible and rooted in reality."" --Simon E. Smith, SJ, former Coordinator of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Africa Jean-Marc Ela is a Cameroonian theologian. He is also the author of 'My Faith as an African.'

Author : M. B
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600051356

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The African cry; who is ready to respond to it? By the author of 'Utility and Economy' [signed M.B.]. by M. B Pdf

Author : Peter W. Vakunta
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9789956558735

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Cry my Beloved Africa by Peter W. Vakunta Pdf

These essays offer observations on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans.

Author : Jean-Marc Éla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835785491

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African Cry by Jean-Marc Éla Pdf

Author : Mercy Maseko
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781665592246

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Cry Africa, Rise Motherland by Mercy Maseko Pdf

Cry Africa, My Motherland is a poem articulating the trauma and hardship faced by the descendants of the African continent. It is a cry for a better Africa, one that demands an end to the corruption within the leadership in different parts of the continent, due to the greed and selfishness of the African leaders. Author Mercy Maseko calls for hope through a united continent—for Africans to rewrite their history as their own liberators and leave a legacy for the coming generations.

Author : Jean-Marc Ela
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606086230

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My Faith as an African by Jean-Marc Ela Pdf

At a time when Africans, like other peoples, are facing the shock of technological and cultural modernity, liberation of the oppressed must be the primary condition for an authentic inculturation of the Christian message. This is the central axis of the papers in this book, which begins with the questions of faith posed by cultural variables, an internal dimension of the African's condition. In order to understand what is at stake, we need to place these matters in the overall context of a society and a history marked by conflicts-which lead to a rereading of our African memory. The basic issue of the Credibility of Christianity is being raised from with in the dynamic which allows Africans to escape from the inhumanity of the destiny to which certain factors would condemn them. So critical reflection on the relevance of an African Christianity requires us to identify the structures or strategies of exploitation and impoverishment against which Africans have always struggled, finding their own specific forms of resistance within their cultures.

Author : Valentin Dedji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UOM:39015060620849

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Reconstruction and Renewal in African Christian Theology by Valentin Dedji Pdf

Author : Danny E. Blanchard
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469165691

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Black Men Do Cry by Danny E. Blanchard Pdf

From the terrible slave identity to the growing racism, marginalization and criticism in the educational, social, health, family and criminal justice systems, African American males have many reasons to shed their tears.

Author : Gretchen Woelfle
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629797441

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Answering the Cry for Freedom by Gretchen Woelfle Pdf

Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee. Includes individual bibliographies and timelines, author note, and source notes.

Author : Leonard Koloko
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781471690273

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CRY FROM THE HEART by Leonard Koloko Pdf

CRY FROM THE HEART is a collection of short poems covering a wide range of closely linked themes, sharing thoughts on issues of love, HIV/AIDS, loneliness, street children, prostitution, nature's beauty, African culture and religion.

Author : Lindiwe Dovey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780231147545

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African Film and Literature by Lindiwe Dovey Pdf

Analyzing a range of South African and West African films inspired by African and non-African literature, Lindiwe Dovey identifies a specific trend in contemporary African filmmaking-one in which filmmakers are using the embodied audiovisual medium of film to offer a critique of physical and psychological violence. Against a detailed history of the medium's savage introduction and exploitation by colonial powers in two very different African contexts, Dovey examines the complex ways in which African filmmakers are preserving, mediating, and critiquing their own cultures while seeking a united vision of the future. More than merely representing socio-cultural realities in Africa, these films engage with issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, "updating" both the history and the literature they adapt to address contemporary audiences in Africa and elsewhere. Through this deliberate and radical re-historicization of texts and realities, Dovey argues that African filmmakers have developed a method of filmmaking that is altogether distinct from European and American forms of adaptation.

Author : Ross Kane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197532201

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Syncretism and Christian Tradition by Ross Kane Pdf

Syncretism has been a part of Christianity from its very beginning, when early Christians expressed Jesus' Aramaic teachings in the Greek language. Defined as the phenomena of religious mixture, syncretism carries a range of connotations. In Christian theology, use of syncretism shifted from a compliment during the Reformation to an outright insult in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The term has a history of being used as a neutral descriptor, a pejorative marker, and even a celebration of indigenous agency. Its differing uses indicate the challenges of interpreting religious mixture, challenges which today relate primarily to race and revelation. Despite its pervasiveness across religious traditions, syncretism is poorly understood and often misconceived. Ross Kane argues that the history of syncretism's use accentuates wider interpretive problems, drawing attention to attempts by Christian theologians to protect the category of divine revelation from perceived human interference. Kane shows how the fields of religious studies and theology have approached syncretism with a racialized imagination still suffering the legacies of European colonialism. Syncretism and Christian Tradition examines how the concept of race figures into dominant religious traditions associated with imperialism, and reveals how syncretism can act a vital means of the Holy Spirit's continuing revelation of Jesus.

Author : Ruford Royal Murray
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781503572478

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AFRICA’S CRY by Ruford Royal Murray Pdf

THE ENSLAVEMENT AND DIASPORA OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE MANIFESTED LIGHT ON OUR PAINS, STRUGGLES, SUFFERINGS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE WERE BROUGHT AS SLAVES, STRIPPED OF AND STRIPPED FROM EVERYTHING WE KNEW. THE RESILIENCE OF OUR PEOPLE HAS EMPOWERED US TO OVERCOME THE HARDSHIPS OF OUR PAST. IN SPITE OF OUR CONTINOUS OPPRESSION, WE DIDN’T BUCKLE UNDER BUT, ROSE WITH DIGNITY AND SELF-REALIZATION TO CHANGE. TO CHANGE NOT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN BUT, THE WAY WE THINK, ACT AND THEREBY EMPOWER THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER! WE ARE BLACK, STRONG, PROUD, RESOURCEFUL AND INTELLIGENT! OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN BEATEN, LYNCHED OR KILLED. DON’T TAKE FREEDOM FOR GRANTED! I HEAR THE VOICES OF OUR ANCESTORS INSPIRING AND ENCOURAGING ME TO,”SPEAK TO OUR PEOPLE FOR AFRICA CRIES!” CONSEQUENTLY, MY SPIRIT IS HUMBLED BY THE TASK GIVEN ME.

Author : Emmanuel M. Katongole
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532631795

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African Theology Today by Emmanuel M. Katongole Pdf

This book brings together twelve essays on a wide and rich range of topics, discussions and methodologies in African theology today. Even the book's limitations provide an insight into the situation: its variety also indicates the absence of comprehensive and sustained discussion flowing from the economic and institutional limitation of Africa where research in theology is often beyond the means of many theologians. Then there is the difficulty of staying abreast of continually changing contexts and events in Africa itself. For all of these reasons then, a compelling introduction to a dynamic analysis and conversation.

Author : Kathleen Sheldon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253027313

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African Women by Kathleen Sheldon Pdf

African women's history is a topic as vast as the continent itself, embracing an array of societies in over fifty countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. In African Women: Early History to the 21st Century, Kathleen Sheldon masterfully delivers a comprehensive study of this expansive story from before the time of records to the present day. She provides rich background on descent systems and the roles of women in matrilineal and patrilineal systems. Sheldon's work profiles elite women, as well as those in leadership roles, traders and market women, religious women, slave women, women in resistance movements, and women in politics and development. The rich case studies and biographies in this thorough survey establish a grand narrative about women's roles in the history of Africa.