UNIQUELY AFRICAN?: AFRICAN CHRISTIAN IDENTITY FROM CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

UNIQUELY AFRICAN?: AFRICAN CHRISTIAN IDENTITY FROM CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESThis volume is concerned with the problematic nature of African Christian identity. By adopting various cultural, historical, national, and educational perspectives, its contributors explore issues surrounding the nature of being Christian and at the same time fully African. They analyse constructs either created in the West, such as the concept of culture, or those imposed from the West, particularly education systems and national boundaries,

Giddings also provides compelling portraits of twentieth-century progressive luminaries

mainly Eritreans and Tigreans

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but also in their explicitly demand for lay people’s unmediated access to the true meaning of the holy scriptures

shares through the life story of Abubaker Ashakih the lives of a remarkable group of Ethiopian and Eritrean people in a country that had found a way to balance Muslim and Christian traditions and to create a beautiful and elegant culture that may well have been unique in the modern world

Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls

state formation

Political cultures of militarism stand in the way of enduring peace

For the thirty third consecutive year

is more than just a seat of government

Mock uses her own experience to impart vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of trans youth and brave girls like herself

It's time to surrender your unjust privileges and sue for peace while the getting's still good