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Author : Masumbuko Mununguri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Closeness of the God of Our Ancestors written by Masumbuko Mununguri and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reuben Turbi Luka
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783687177
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Jesus Christ as Ancestor written by Reuben Turbi Luka and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this critical study, Dr Turbi Luka uses historical-theological methodology to engage in detail with Christologies of key African theologians and conventional theological sources for Christology, including the church fathers Tertullian and Athanasius as well as modern theologians. Turbi argues that existing African Christologies, specifically ancestor Christologies, are inadequate in expressing the person of Christ as Messiah and saviour, the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesies. Providing a new approach, Turbi proposes an African Linguistic Affinity Christology that explicitly portrays Jesus as Christ in a contextually relevant way for Africans in everyday life. This crucial study highlights the need for biblically rooted Christology and for sound theological understanding and naming of Jesus at every level. This book also warns the church in Africa, and elsewhere, to avoid repeating the dangerous christological heresies of the ancient church by remaining faithful to a biblical interpretation and orthodox theology of Christ.
Author : Bradley Beach
Publisher : Augsburg Books
ISBN 13 : 1451452373
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Interpreting Abraham written by Bradley Beach and published by Augsburg Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text presents a collection of essays that reflect upon the narrative of God’s command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac in Genesis 22. It explores various readings of Abraham and the Akedah story throughout history, including traditional, modern, and post modern readings, as well as through Jewish, Christian, and Islamic lenses. The book demonstrates the diversity of interpretations, and the dramatic impact of the story on the western intellectual tradition.
Author : Gerald K. Tanye
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643107978
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Church-as-family and Ethnocentrism in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Gerald K. Tanye and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnocentrism is one of the greatest obstacles to peace on the African continent. Taking the Church as Family of God as a model of evangelization, this work explores means of inculturating the Gospel message in African cultures in order to transform them, make them blossom and enable Africans to live as authentic Christians in their cultures. It examines the values of African extended families and the prospects of interreligious dialogue as means through which the various religious bodies can effectively work together to overcome ethnocentrism and its evil effects and thus establish a wholesome African society where every human person is at home irrespective of family orientation or tribal background.
Author : J. Harold Ellens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440801843
Total Pages : 905 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife written by J. Harold Ellens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 905 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions. This work supplies a detailed and coherent understanding of the broad scope of spiritual thinking in the last 3,000 years within the Abrahamic traditions. Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam provides an all-encompassing examination of historic and contemporary perspectives on afterlife in Western religions. In these three volumes, Judaic, Christian, and Muslim scholars join forces, providing an unprecedented review of their individual faith's traditions. Every significant issue and major theme is discussed; no controversial topic is avoided. From ancient doctrines to modern-day outlooks of conservatives, progressives, and liberals in all three religions, all are analyzed and presented here. The framework of the volumes underscores how the ethics and concepts of eternity in the Western "action" religions contrast with Eastern religions that tend to be characterized as "passive" or "withdrawal" religions in their ethics and their notions of afterlife as absorption within universal spirit, Nirvana, or nonexistence. This work is well-suited for undergraduate and graduate students, general readers interested in religion, and professional scholars, particularly those in fields corollary to religious study.
Author : Ernst M Conradie
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1919980296
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Mapping Systematic Theology in Africa written by Ernst M Conradie and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of an indigenous African theology, especially since the 1960s is well-documented. A wealth of literature has been published in the context of African theology, especially over the last two or three decades. This indexed bibliography contains a number of publications in and for the African context specifically relevant to the fields of systematic theology and ethics.
Author : Henry B. Eyring
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
ISBN 13 : 9781573452670
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (526 download)
Download or read book To Draw Closer to God written by Henry B. Eyring and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael C. Kirwen
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 0883445840
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Missionary and the Diviner written by Michael C. Kirwen and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of conversations, a Christian missionary and an African diviner challenge and compare one another's views on fundament theological questions. What is the meaning of God, of family and community? Of sickness and healing, death and the afterlife, good and evil? These discussions tellingly reveal both the vitality of traditional African religions, and Christianity's ethnocentrism when faced with basic issues of African life. The Missionary and the Diviner demonstrates how--and why--a culturally informed approach to evangelization is essential to the indigenization of Christianity.
Author : Steven Craig Harper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590389218
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Making Sense of the Doctrine & Covenants written by Steven Craig Harper and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUB TITLE:A Guided Tour Through Modern Revelation
Author : David Hertzel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538104377
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Ancestors written by David Hertzel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People involve their ancestors in every aspect of culture. Individuals and societies worldwide and throughout history have incorporated ancestors into rituals public and private, religious and secular. Societies often organize their aristocracies, tribes, and other kinship groups around ancestral constructions which are defined through laws and customs governing marriage, naming, guardianship, inheritance, and other social practices. Medical professionals consider ancestral information important to a patient’s diagnosis and to the study of disease; many psychiatrists consider one’s relationship to ancestors important in understanding the mental and emotional disposition of subjects. Ancestry and perceptions of ancestry frequently function as a determinant of personal, ethnic, racial, and national identity. For all its larger philosophical, medical, psychological, and religious implications, one fascinating aspect of ancestry is how passionately many people hold to ‘their own’ ancestry, and to their own perceptions of the same. In Ancestors, David Hertzel offers an introductory foray into the nature of relationships people today have with their ancestors, and explores the significance of ancestry and ancestral belief in our modern world. Guided by two questions—“who are your ancestors?” and “what is your relationship to your ancestors?”—Hertzel interviewed thirty-five elders and people of prominence within particular social or intellectual communities. Interviewees were accomplished in an area related to ancestry, its nature or its meaning, and included genealogists, geneticists, tribal chiefs and elders, researchers in some aspect of family or ancestry, family elders, and experienced practitioners or supervisors of particular ancestral rituals. Interviewees were selected from a variety of cultural backgrounds for purposes of contrast, comparison, and breadth—but they are not spokespeople and were not asked to ‘represent’ particular belief systems, doctrines, or Peoples. Rather, the interviewees describe their own personal experiences and beliefs involving ancestors. From these interviews, Hertzel identifies common themes to ancestral practices and beliefs, such as the way we sanctify our ancestors, how we create a living narrative of our ancestry, and how experiences like suffering and love are shared across generations and appear to transcend death. Excerpts from interviews serve as examples throughout his narrative exploration of the concept of ancestry; a selection of full interviews are embedded throughout the text and offer glimpses into the diversity of ways that people think about who they are and where they come from.
Author : Shoshana Silberman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0838100767
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Siddur Shema Yisrael written by Shoshana Silberman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A user-friendly siddur, by the same author as Tiku Shofar, for children ages 8 through 13, junior congregations and family services. Illustrated with 2-color pages and gender-free translations, it features discussion starters, stories, thoughts and questions. Also an excellent sourcebook for teachers and families.
Author : Mark Whitwell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451649894
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book The Promise of Love, Sex, and Intimacy written by Mark Whitwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can change your life in just seven minutes a day . . . A soft message for a hard time, The Promise of Love, Sex, and Intimacy is a simple yet profound solution to the cause of all human discontent: the lack of intimacy, especially sexual intimacy. Even amidst the plethora of techniques now available for so-called enlightenment—from meditation and visualization to intensive prayer retreats or obsessive exercise regimens— the need for intimacy has been left unsatisfied. Requiring just seven minutes a day, the practice taught in this book—called “Your Seven-Minute Wonder”—answers that need by opening the body and psyche to gratifying levels of personal and sexual intimacy. It is the practical means that allows you to tangibly realize your ideals and inherent perfection. Renowned teacher Mark Whitwell, who has spent a lifetime studying the secrets of life with the great masters, has seen through to the heart of their understanding, and created a simple way for readers to acquire it for themselves. “Your Seven-Minute Wonder” is a physical practice— a combination of healthful breathing sustained by synchronistic body movement. Its purpose is to be uplifting and totally functional: a dynamic interflow of “inspiration” or inhalation (receptivity), with the “expression” or exhalation (strength). This in-and-out breathing cycle, which Mark carefully delineates, activates the deep male-female polarity within each of us, regardless of gender. The practice is effortless for everyone, and practitioners report that their well-being, vitality, sexuality, self-awareness, and true desires are awakened immediately and dramatically. It restores health and dignity, and sex becomes utterly relevant to a graceful life. Further, as you become receptive to your breath—the basis of all human function—you become responsive to money, power, and collaboration of all sorts. The Promise of Love, Sex, and Intimacy is a wise, powerful, and easy-to-follow roadmap to a practice that can be life-changing: one that promises to open you up to an entirely new level of human understanding.
Author : J. C. Lawson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals written by J. C. Lawson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to know something about modern Greek folklore and myths, but didn't know where to look? Lawson's Modern Greek Folklore is the book for you! Modern Greek Folklore has all of the Greek stories of old that you have ever heard of and more. Contents: The Survival of Pagan Deities, Zeus, Poseidon, Pan, cont.
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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434942430
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book The Chinese in God's Land written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Ugochukwu Opara
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643911122
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Overcoming the Osu Caste System among the Afro-Igbo written by John Ugochukwu Opara and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the conviction of Sacramentum Caritatis as well as the fathers of the Second Vatican Council that active participation at Eucharistic celebration cannot be easily disassociated from active involvement in the Church's mission in the world. This present study in the light of the foregoing presuppositions, exposes some of such challenges confronting the Afro-Igbo Christian, with special focus on the menace of the osu caste system, and proposes ways towards its eradication. One of such ways remains strengthening the Eucharistic celebration through the process of the inculturation.
Author : Frederic Ntedika Mvumbi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Philosophical Study of Religion in Africa written by Frederic Ntedika Mvumbi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elias Kifon Bongmba
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351167383
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa written by Elias Kifon Bongmba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction, most notably articulated by Jesse Mugambi. This way of thinking seeks to build on liberation theology, aiming to encourage the rebuilding of African society on its own terms. An international panel of contributors bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the issues around reconstructing the religious elements of African society. Looking at issues of reconciliation, postcolonialism and indigenous spirituality, among others, they show that Mugambi’s cultural and theological insight has the potential to revolutionise the way people in Africa address this issue. This is a fascinating exploration of the religious facets of African life. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religious studies, theology and African studies.
