Religion

Description: Mercy Amba Oduyoye, from Ghana, founded the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and is the first African woman from south of the Sahara to have served as deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches. The essays in this...

Once relegated to the realm of primitive and stigmatized as pagan, today there is a new acknowledgment of the importance of African traditional religions, especially in its stress on folk practices, communal values, and personal relationships. This...

Africa is a deeply spiritual continent and yet has relatively few canonized saints. This book shares the wonderful and often heroic stories of people of faith from the continent of Africa.

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.

The letters of Paul--especially the verse in Ephesians directing slaves to obey their masters--played an enormous role in promoting slavery and justifying it as a Christian practice. Yet despite this reality African Americans throughout history still...

It is because pastoral care and counseling facilitate person agency and efficacy (personal, social, and political empowerment and transformation) that African American pastoral care and counseling are inherently political processes, contends Edward...

In Afrian American Christian Ethics, Samuel K. Roberts builds an ethic upon a Trinitarian foundation and explores scripture, tradition, human experience, and reason as sources for such an ethic. Using this framework he examines critical issues, including...

Roxanne Booth examines the historical creation of the African-American Baptist church, in a straightforward, simplified manner. Her book, African-American Baptist in Mission: A Historical Guide examines the spiritual awakening and journey through slavery...

Author Tony Kail traces Memphis's colorful Hoodoo heritage from the arrival of Africans in Shelby County to the growth of conjure culture in juke joints and Spiritual Churches.Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was a

There is a level of defensiveness that comes with having a child out of wedlock. Both the child and the mother experience a lot of harsh criticism and judgment from almost everyone. Victims of teenage pregnancy are often stigmatized and stereotyped...

In this book, I analyze why Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami prioritizes the use of the native language and the value of primal religions in spreading the gospel. According to Bigirumwami, the gospel should be taught in the native language, because it is the...

A Man in Transition is a book of poems that reflect where my mind and soul were during a different time in my life compared to where it is now. With my life changing for the better, it was time to show the world what the inside of man looks like when he...

This book remembers one hundred years since Black Wall Street and it reflects on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Black Wall Street was the most successful Black business district in the United States; yet, it was isolated from the blooming white oil town...

With fiery, wise words and a passion for justice, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. influenced one of the most powerful movements of the twentieth century and inspired hearts everywhere. Here is the definitive selection of 11 of his most affecting...