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Author : John S. Mbiti
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Akamba Stories [compiled By]John Mbiti written by John S. Mbiti and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John S. Mbiti
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Akamba Stories written by John S. Mbiti and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : John Samuel MBITI
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (561 download)
Download or read book Akamba stories; [translated and edited by] John S. Mbiti written by John Samuel MBITI and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John S. Mbiti
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Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book Akamba Stories; Translated and Edited by the Reverend John S. Mbiti written by John S. Mbiti and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435895914
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (959 download)
Download or read book African Religions & Philosophy written by John S. Mbiti and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1990 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is to those who have grown up in African nations. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies.
Author : Ruth Finnegan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532645058
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Limba Stories and Story-Telling written by Ruth Finnegan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Limba are rice farmers living in the hills of northern Sierra Leone who have, until recently, been somewhat despised by their neighbours. Yet they possess a subtle and fascinating literature, as illustrated by this detailed study of their stories, collected and translated by Dr. Finnegan. Their literary and artistic value emerges clearly when the significance of their ‘oral’ character is realized. The introductory chapters full consider such points as the importance of the actual delivery, the part played by the story-teller, and the changing forms arising from the originality of individual narrators. The book throws light on the general study of oral composition and performance as well as on the literary spirit of a previously unstudied West African people.
Author : Jeremiah M. Kitunda
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1847012809
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya written by Jeremiah M. Kitunda and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique historical and linguistic resource for those in anthropology, art, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, psychology, religion, sociology, and environmental studies, as well as performers and poets. Not simply relics of the past, proverbs are an oral tradition containing historical and anthropological knowledge missing from conventional sources, and as micro-histories, provide a valuable source for the reconstruction of the manners, characteristics, and worldviews of societies. While only a few hundred Kamba proverbs have ever appeared in print, thousands have circulated over time, from the monsoon exchange era of the Roman Empire through the advent of Islam, European imperialism and colonialism to independence. Today, a resurgence of interest in the form has been generated via social media, songs and vernacular radio programmes. This book provides the first, comprehensive collection of Kamba proverbs from Eastern Kenya in their original Kĩkamba language and in translation. Analysing 2,000 proverbs drawn from oral interviews, archival collections, museum artefacts and published sources, the author traces the origins of each and explores their meaning, interpretation and use. Covering a diverse range of subjects that ranges from plants, animals, birds and insects, to weather, land, the roles of men and women, cosmology, ritual and belief, healing, trade, politics and peacemaking, the book offers new insights into Kenya's rural world and the expansion of Kamba society, East African history, language and culture of vital significance for the social sciences. A valuable comparative work for societal change elsewhere in Africa and beyond, the book also suggests an innovative, alternative approach to the study of the African past.
Author : Joseph G. Healey
Publisher : Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN 13 : 9966219498
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (662 download)
Download or read book African Stories written by Joseph G. Healey and published by Paulines Publications Africa. This book was released on 2005 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0804152861
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Favorite Folktales from Around the World written by Jane Yolen and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author : Myles Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316061639
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya written by Myles Osborne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East Africa's premier 'martial race' by the mid-twentieth century: a people with an apparent aptitude for soldiering. The reputation, indeed, was one that Kamba leaders used to leverage financial rewards from the colonial state. However, beneath this simplistic exterior was a maelstrom of argument and debate. Men and women, young and old, Christians and non-Christians, and the elite and poor fought over the virtues they considered worthy of honor in their communities, and which of their visions should constitute 'Kamba' identity. Based on extensive archival research and more than 150 interviews, Ethnicity and Empire is one of the first books to analyze the complex process of building and shaping 'tribe' over more than two centuries. It reveals new ways to think about themes crucial to the history of colonialism: soldiering, 'loyalty', martial race, and indeed the nature of empire itself.
Author : Joseph Healey
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331873
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Towards an African Narrative Theology written by Joseph Healey and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflects what traditional proverbs used in Christian catechetical, liturgical, and ritual contexts reveal about Tanzanian appropriations of and interpretations of Christianity.
Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789966888310
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Concepts of God in Africa written by John S. Mbiti and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert S Heaney
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227905385
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)
Download or read book From Historical to Critical Post-Colonial Theology written by Robert S Heaney and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is post-colonial theology? How does it relate to theology that emerged in historically colonial situations? These are two questions that get to the heart of Robert S. Heaney's work as he considers the extent to which theologians predating the emergence of post-colonial theology might be considered as precursors to this theological movement. Heaney argues that the work of innovative theologians John S. Mbiti and Jesse N.K. Mugambi, important in their own right, must now also be considered in relation to the continued emergence of post-colonial theology. When this is done, fresh perspectives on both the nature of post-colonial theology and contextual theology emerge. Through a sympathetic and critical reading of Mbiti and Mugambi, Heaney offers a series of constructive moves that counter the ongoing temptation toward acontextualism that continues to haunt theology both in the North and in the South.
Author : Hans S. A. Engdahl
Publisher : African Sun Media
ISBN 13 : 1928480888
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (284 download)
Download or read book African Church Fathers - Ancient and Modern written by Hans S. A. Engdahl and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical and close reading of two African theologians, Origen (185 – 254) and Mbiti (1931 – 2019), focuses on the following areas: philosophy (African philosophy and religion and Platonic cosmology), ecclesiology and eschatology; a parallel presentation of these three themes leads to a fourth theme, that of the resurrection, where it is argued that there exists a consensus and a convergence between the two. This reading also highlights two convictions that partly have caused strong criticism: Mbiti has suggested that African philosophy and religion have a conception of time of their own, Origen that all and everything is gradually moving towards an apokatastasis, at which point all will be saved. Yet, the contention is that even more important to both Mbiti and Origen is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In order to establish the impact of the resurrection on their lives as Christians and as theologians, a contrast reading has been undertaken, i.e. texts are identified which underline the need to forge a link between the resurrection and the earthly ministry of Jesus. These texts also underwrite the conviction of Mbiti as well as Origen of the resurrection as something which must be lived in church and society, corporately as well as in personal devotion. The fact of resurrection creates a new mode of life.
Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874835199
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Merlin's Kin written by Josepha Sherman and published by august house. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A splendid international collection of folktales that feature magicians, sorcerers, shamans, healers, and wizards. In this collection, Josepha Sherman draws upon her dual training as a comparative folklorist and fantasy novelist to present international folk stories.
Author : Joanna Dewey
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606088521
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Oral Ethos of the Early Church written by Joanna Dewey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To experience the gospel message as first-century people heard it is to move into an oral world, one with very little reliance on manuscripts. The essays in this book explore this oral world and the Gospel of Mark within it. They demonstrate the oral style of Mark's gospel, which suggests that it was composed orally, transmitted orally in its entirety by literate and nonliterate storytellers, and survived to become part of the canon only because it was widely known orally. Women's storytelling also thrived during the first centuries of Christianity. With the transition to manuscript authority beginning in the middle of the second century, women's voices were often minimized, trivialized, or completely omitted in written versions. Further, when the Gospel of Mark was one of four written Gospels these voices were quickly ignored. An ancient audience hearing Mark performed, however, enjoyed a vibrant experience of the gospel message and its urgent call to follow."
Author : Laura C. Jarmon
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572332737
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Wishbone written by Laura C. Jarmon and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jarmon (English, U. of Tennessee, Martin) studies the history and attempts to trace the origins of several prevalent themes in African American folklore, using folk tale collections from the US and Africa. The themes link subjects with symbolic content, such as tar baby with binding and transcription and the skull with presence and propriety. An introduction presents Jarmon's methodology; her thesis is that these narratives are a type of modal discourse that is symbolized by the motifs of the wishbone and crossroads which she sees as emblematic of the concept of margins and reflective of a mood of indeterminacy. ^^^^ Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
