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Author | : Munyaradzi Felix Murove |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2023-12-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3031455908 |
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This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics. Felix Murove discusses how these two concepts are entwined, and illustrates how they play a role in applied ethical issues. He argues that the general understanding of spirituality in Africa stems from Christianity, which has had a negative impact on African indigenous spirituality. The conceptual tools that run throughout the book are considerably Afro-centric, a methodological strategy which inevitably requires the reader to adopt some prior willingness to learn these Afro-centric concepts without easily resorting to western Christian and philosophical categories of thought. The book advocates for an Afro-centric conceptualization of spirituality and ethics, and encourages the reader to adopt a more holistic approach to African spirituality.
Author | : Peter J. Paris |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781451415865 |
Download The Spirituality of African Peoples Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Eminent black social ethicist Peter Paris focuses on African "spirituality"--the religious and moral values pervading traditional African religious worldviews. Paris's careful scholarship and his eye for value in varying cultural milieus combine to model comparative cultural analysis and to clarify cultural foundations of black ethical life.
Author | : Samuel Waje Kunhiyop |
Publisher | : Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310107083 |
Download African Christian Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is an introduction to African Christian ethics for Christian colleges and Bible schools. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the theory of ethics, while the second discusses practical issues. The issues are grouped into the following six sections: Socio-Political Issues, Financial Issues, Marriage Issues, Sexual Issues, Medical Issues, and Religious Issues. Each section begins with a brief general introduction, followed by the chapters dealing with specific issues in that area. Each chapter begins with an introduction, discusses traditional African thinking on the issue, presents an analysis of relevant biblical material, and concludes with some recommendations. There are questions at the end of each chapter for discussion or personal reflection, often asking students to reflect on how the discussion in the chapter applies to their ministry situation.
Author | : Laurenti Magesa |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2014-07-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 160833208X |
Download African Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes the moral teachings (values, norms and principles to follow so that life might be abundant for all) of the African religion as it relates to individuals and community.
Author | : Peter J. Paris |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2009-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781451415872 |
Download Virtues and Values Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Peter Paris's popular and influential work on African and African American spirituality is here brought to a broader audience. Paris, in his influential book "The Spirituality of African Peoples, showed how the religious and moral values of Africa have pervaded African American life and thought. In this excerpt, discussing six particular virtues, he shows how the African worldview enriched and ennobled African American notions of morality and values, of public virtue, and of meaningful life.
Author | : Peter Kasenene |
Publisher | : Fountain Books |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Download Religious Ethics in Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Africa is a religiously plural society with interaction between people of different religions and diverse value systems. The author, Professor of Comparative Religion in Uganda, describes and compares the position of traditional African religion, Christianity, Islam and Baha'i Faith on selected moral issues relevant to Africa today. His central argument is that in order to maintain their identity, African people must rediscover their ethical and moral heritage. He also argues that the new African ethical and moral systems must take into account the ethics of Christianity, Islam and the Baha'i Faith without embracing the cultures of the societies where those religions originated.
Author | : Hannah W. Kinoti |
Publisher | : Brill Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9789042030886 |
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African Ethics: Gĩkũyũ Traditional Morality by Hannah Kinoti was prompted by the author's concern about the decline of moral standards among the Gĩkũyũ in modern Kenya. Western education and increased interaction with other cultures had made the society more complex and sophisticated. At the same time, social evils like corruption, robbery, prostitution, broken homes and sexual promiscuity were on the increase. "While this is happening," says the author, "African culture is often referred to in the past tense as if it is no longer relevant." She wished to discover what were the virtues that, prior to the introduction of western civilization, held society together and formed the basis of its morality. She decided to examine some of the key virtues (honesty, generosity, justice, courage and temperance) that were highly valued in traditional Gĩkũyũ culture. She then compared the understanding and practice of these virtues by three groups: old people (who had had first-hand experience of traditional life), middle-aged people and young people. The results of this study should appeal to researchers and teachers of African traditions, culture, religion and ethics. Equally, students of comparative ethics should find this a valuable source of information on traditional ways of maintaining behaviour that made for harmony in society. Young Africans wishing to get a deeper understanding of their roots should also find this work of great interest.
Author | : James Samuel Logan |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451413483 |
Download Ethics That Matters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In light of globalization, ongoing issues of race, gender, and class, and the rapidly changing roles of institutions, this volume asserts that Christian social ethics must be reframed completely. Three questions are at the heart of this vital inquiry: How can moral community flourish in a global context? What kinds of leadership do we need to nurture global moral community? How shall we construe social institutions and social movements for change in the twenty-first century?
Author | : James Nkansah-Obrempong |
Publisher | : Langham Publishing |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2013-05-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1907713840 |
Download Foundations for African Theological Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Having taught on ethics in Africa for almost a decade, James Nkansah-Obrempong presents a work that goes some way to addressing the dearth of materials on ethics that combine African social, religious, cultural and moral values with biblical and theological values. Integrating these from African, Western and biblical contexts Nkansah demonstrates how important they are for dealing with contemporary moral and social issues facing the church in Africa and African societies. The book develops a theoretical, biblical and theological foundation for Theological Ethics and uses this to address the broader issues that affect the socio-political and economic life of African people and the church.
Author | : Munyaradzi Felix Murove |
Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Download African Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first comprehensive volume on African ethics, centered on Ubuntu and its relevance today. Important contemporary issues are explored, such as African bioethics, business ethics, traditional African attitudes to the environment, and the possible development of a new form of democracy based on indigenous African political systems. In a world that has become interconnected, this anthology demonstrates that African ethics can make valuable contributions to global ethics. It is not only African academics, students, organizations, or those individuals committed to ethics that are envisaged as the beneficiaries of this book, but all humankind. A number of topics presented here were inspired by a Shona proverb that says, Ndarira imwe hairiri (One brass wire cannot produce a sound). The chorus of voices in African Ethics demonstrates this proverbial truism.