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Religion, culture and spirituality in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by William Ackah, Jualynne E. Dodson and R. Drew Smith.

Contributor(s): Ackah, William [editor.] | Dodson, Jualynne E [editor.] | Smith, R. Drew, 1956- [editor.] | Hartman, Tim | Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race [issuing body.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in religion: 58.Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xi, 201 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138205840; 1138205842Subject(s): Blacks -- Religion | Africans -- Religion | Christianity -- African influences | Religions -- African influences | Christianity -- Africa | Religion and politicsDDC classification: 200.89/96 LOC classification: BL625.25 | .R45 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: mapping religious expressions and spirituality of African descendant communities / William Ackah -- Religious expressions, traditions and identities. -- Church women's legacy of power : case of U.S. African Methodist Episcopal Church / Jualynne E. Dodson -- Blacksmith's razor and the vulture's head : African spirituality and the emancipation of Africa / Kofi Asare Opoku -- 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 -- The resurgence of the Presbyterian and Anglican missions in Calabar / Ekwutosi Essien Offiong -- Pain and the black garment : pastoral responses to African widowhood / Elijah Baloyi -- An act of theological negritude : Kwame Bediako on African Christian identity / Tim Hartman -- Arts, aesthetics and culture. -- From Selma to Ferguson : embodied performance, social change and political organizing within the United States / Joy R. Bostic -- Sounds of blackness? : struggles for freedom in 21st century congregational songs in South London / Pauline E. Muir -- The Cornel West theory : prophetic criticism and the cultural production of hip hop / Michael Brandon McCormack -- Politically freed yet mentally enslaved! : reflecting on Psalm 8 in view of Steve Biko's notion of black beauty / Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele) -- Rape, rage and culture : African men's indigenous knowledge and resolutions to the rape crisis / Baba Amani Olubanjo Buntu -- Responding to black youth invisibility : the black church nurturing the artist within / Sarah F. Farmer -- Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter and the educational empowerment of Muslim women / Rizwana Latha.

"Birthed in Ghana during a roundtable style dialogue between scholars from around the world, this third TRRR [Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race] volume focuses on the religions and spirituality of African descendants"--Chapter 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: mapping religious expressions and spirituality of African descendant communities / William Ackah -- Section 1: Religious expressions, traditions and identities. -- Church women's legacy of power : case of U.S. African Methodist Episcopal Church / Jualynne E. Dodson -- Blacksmith's razor and the vulture's head : African spirituality and the emancipation of Africa / Kofi Asare Opoku -- 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 -- The resurgence of the Presbyterian and Anglican missions in Calabar / Ekwutosi Essien Offiong -- Pain and the black garment : pastoral responses to African widowhood / Elijah Baloyi -- An act of theological negritude : Kwame Bediako on African Christian identity / Tim Hartman -- Section 2: Arts, aesthetics and culture. -- From Selma to Ferguson : embodied performance, social change and political organizing within the United States / Joy R. Bostic -- Sounds of blackness? : struggles for freedom in 21st century congregational songs in South London / Pauline E. Muir -- The Cornel West theory : prophetic criticism and the cultural production of hip hop / Michael Brandon McCormack -- Politically freed yet mentally enslaved! : reflecting on Psalm 8 in view of Steve Biko's notion of black beauty / Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele) -- Rape, rage and culture : African men's indigenous knowledge and resolutions to the rape crisis / Baba Amani Olubanjo Buntu -- Responding to black youth invisibility : the black church nurturing the artist within / Sarah F. Farmer -- Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter and the educational empowerment of Muslim women / Rizwana Latha.

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