Another world is possible : spiritualities and religions of global darker peoples / edited by Dwight N. Hopkins and Marjorie Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Dwight N.

Lewis, Marjorie.

Series:

Cross cultural theologies.

Cross cultural theologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Religion.

Black people.

Religions.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Another World is Possible: Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples represents voices of darker skin peoples throughout the world. What they have in common is their mobilizing their own created religions and spiritualities to forge self-identities. Some claim direct links to centuries of indigenous spiritual practices which have survived relatively in tact despite the invasion of foreign religions. Others have appropriated externally introduced religions and greatly modified these belief systems by combining or syncretizing them with indigenous perspectives and practices. All authors indicate the celebration and positive utility of their communities' spiritualities and religions. Without them, not only would individuals have died, but entire cultures and contexts would have perished. Thus, religion and spirituality suggest survival and pragmatic purposes. From creation narratives to Trickster heroes and heroines, spirituality and religion incarnate meaning, as well as fashion meaning so that humans can make surviving and thriving sense of the ecology and all breathing realities. The gods, God, and ancestors give life to peoples and their cultures, ecologies, and economies, all in the service of aiding the human community to be more fully human as servants to what spiritualities and religions have facilitated on earth. This book speaks to the progressive role of spiritualities and religions for today. In that sense, it is a gift to the world from the darker skin peoples globally."--Back cover.

Contents:

pt. I. India. The untouchable "Dalits" of India and their spiritual destiny / B.M. Leela Kumari

Dalits in India : key problems/issues and role of religion / James Massey

pt. II. Japan. Recovering Jesus for outcasts in Japan / Teruo Kuribayashi

pt. III. Australia. Providing a pathway to freedom / Hohaia Matthews Tjinatjunanyi

Spirituality / Anne Pattel-Gray

pt. IV. Hawaii. The Hawaiian situation : an overview of Hawaii's people, politics, religion, spirituality, and culture, yesterday and today / Toni G. Bissen

pt. V. England. Theology, violence and the "other" / Anthony Reddie

Another kind of black / Kate Coleman

pt. VI. South Africa. "Impoverished on harvesting ground!" : Ruth 3 and African women in an HIV-positive South Africa / Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele)

pt. VII. Botswana. HIV+ feminisms, postcoloniality and the global AIDS crisis / Musa W. Dube

Soliloquy of a troubled heart : trying to make sense of senseless femicide / Dumi Oafeta Mmualefe

pt. VIII. Zimbabwe. Ritual and spirituality among the Shona people / Beauty R. Maenzanise

Economic "shortage" as a theologico-political problem in Zimbabwe / Edward P. Antonio

pt. IX. Ghana. "Poverty is madness" : some insights from traditional African spirituality and mental health / Elizabeth Amoah

Spiritual challenges of widowhood symbolism in an African religio-cultural setting : a Christian theological perspective / Emmanuel Martey

Sex and sexuality in an African worldview : a challenge to contemporary realities / Rose Mary Amenga-Etego

pt. X. Cuba. Eco-feminism and Yoruba religion in Cuba : a proposal for inter-religious dialogue / Luis Carlos Marrero Chasbar

Black people and the church / Izett Sama Hernandez

pt. XI. Jamaica. Social conditions and spiritual solutions in the Caribbean / Lewin Williams

The church and the Jamaican society / Marjorie Lewis

pt. XII. Brazil. Black spirituality : the anchor of Black lives / Antonio Sant'Ana

Black heritage in Brazil / Diana Fernandes Dos Santos

pt. XIII. USA. Womanist theology and epistemology in the postmodern U.S. context / Linda E. Thomas

A home-place : self-identity and God in African American culture / Kirstin Boswell Ford

Black Christian worship : theological and biblical foundations / Dwight N. Hopkins.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-372) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49045-2

1-315-71094-3

1-322-50982-4

1-317-49046-0

1-84553-731-9

9781315710945

OCLC:

898771527