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Another World Is Possible : Spiritualities and Religions of Global Darker Peoples.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (392 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317490463
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Another World Is PossibleDDC classification:
  • 200.89
LOC classification:
  • BL2400 .A56 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: India -- 1 The Untouchable "Dalits" of India and their Spiritual Destiny -- 2 Dalits in India: Key Problems/Issues and Role of Religion -- Part II: Japan -- 3 Recovering Jesus for Outcasts in Japan -- Part III: Australia -- 4 Tjinatjunanyi: Providing a Pathway to Freedom -- 5 Spirituality -- Part IV: Hawaii -- 6 The Hawaiian Situation: An Overview of Hawaii's People, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, and Culture, Yesterday and Today -- Part V: England -- 7 Theology, Violence and the "Other -- 8 Another Kind of Black -- Part VI: South Africa -- 9 "Impoverished on Harvesting Ground!": Ruth 3 and African Women in an HIV-Positive South Africa -- Part VII: Botswana -- 10 HIV+ Feminisms, Postcoloniality and the Global AIDS Crisis -- 11 Soliloquy of a Troubled Heart: Trying to Make Sense of Senseless Femicide -- Part VIII: Zimbabwe -- 12 Ritual and Spirituality among the Shona People -- 13 Economic "Shortage" as a Theologico-political Problem in Zimbabwe -- Part IX: Ghana -- 14 "Poverty is madness": Some Insights from Traditional African Spirituality and Mental Health -- 15 Spiritual Challenges of Widowhood Symbolism in an African Religio-cultural Setting: A Christian Theological Perspective -- 16 Sex and Sexuality in an African Worldview: A Challenge to Contemporary Realities -- Part X: Cuba -- 17 Eco-feminism and Yoruba Religion in Cuba: A Proposal for Inter-religious Dialogue -- 18 Black People and the Church -- Part XI: Jamaica -- 19 Social Conditions and Spiritual Solutions in the Caribbean -- 20 The Church and the Jamaican Society -- Part XII: Brazil -- 21 Black Spirituality: The Anchor of Black Lives -- 22 Black Heritage in Brazil -- Part XIII: USA.
23 Womanist Theology and Epistemology in the Postmodern U.S. Context -- 24 A Home-place: Self-identity and God in African American Culture -- 25 Black Christian Worship: Theological and Biblical Foundations -- Endnotes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names.
Summary: Examines voices of darker skin peoples throughout the world. What they have in common is mobilizing their own created religions and spiritualities to forge self-identities. This book speaks to the progressive role of spiritualities and religions.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: India -- 1 The Untouchable "Dalits" of India and their Spiritual Destiny -- 2 Dalits in India: Key Problems/Issues and Role of Religion -- Part II: Japan -- 3 Recovering Jesus for Outcasts in Japan -- Part III: Australia -- 4 Tjinatjunanyi: Providing a Pathway to Freedom -- 5 Spirituality -- Part IV: Hawaii -- 6 The Hawaiian Situation: An Overview of Hawaii's People, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, and Culture, Yesterday and Today -- Part V: England -- 7 Theology, Violence and the "Other -- 8 Another Kind of Black -- Part VI: South Africa -- 9 "Impoverished on Harvesting Ground!": Ruth 3 and African Women in an HIV-Positive South Africa -- Part VII: Botswana -- 10 HIV+ Feminisms, Postcoloniality and the Global AIDS Crisis -- 11 Soliloquy of a Troubled Heart: Trying to Make Sense of Senseless Femicide -- Part VIII: Zimbabwe -- 12 Ritual and Spirituality among the Shona People -- 13 Economic "Shortage" as a Theologico-political Problem in Zimbabwe -- Part IX: Ghana -- 14 "Poverty is madness": Some Insights from Traditional African Spirituality and Mental Health -- 15 Spiritual Challenges of Widowhood Symbolism in an African Religio-cultural Setting: A Christian Theological Perspective -- 16 Sex and Sexuality in an African Worldview: A Challenge to Contemporary Realities -- Part X: Cuba -- 17 Eco-feminism and Yoruba Religion in Cuba: A Proposal for Inter-religious Dialogue -- 18 Black People and the Church -- Part XI: Jamaica -- 19 Social Conditions and Spiritual Solutions in the Caribbean -- 20 The Church and the Jamaican Society -- Part XII: Brazil -- 21 Black Spirituality: The Anchor of Black Lives -- 22 Black Heritage in Brazil -- Part XIII: USA.

23 Womanist Theology and Epistemology in the Postmodern U.S. Context -- 24 A Home-place: Self-identity and God in African American Culture -- 25 Black Christian Worship: Theological and Biblical Foundations -- Endnotes -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names.

Examines voices of darker skin peoples throughout the world. What they have in common is mobilizing their own created religions and spiritualities to forge self-identities. This book speaks to the progressive role of spiritualities and religions.

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