"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... history . Their history . " 2 Black religion , he continues , " represents the desire of Blacks to be self - conscious about the meaning of their blackness and to search for spiritual fulfillment in terms of their understanding of ...
... history . Their history . " 2 Black religion , he continues , " represents the desire of Blacks to be self - conscious about the meaning of their blackness and to search for spiritual fulfillment in terms of their understanding of ...
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... historical role in history in the development of the world . " African soil is not so infertile that it cannot produce its own ideas " , he writes . This game of 27 Joseph Alvin Robinson . Attitudes Towards Death : A Cross Cultural ...
... historical role in history in the development of the world . " African soil is not so infertile that it cannot produce its own ideas " , he writes . This game of 27 Joseph Alvin Robinson . Attitudes Towards Death : A Cross Cultural ...
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... history and experiences . As a result , those African American religious beliefs particularly relevant to Christianity gave them the distinction of being a people who adhered to the teachings of the Bible . In Mark 5 : 1-15 , Jesus ...
... history and experiences . As a result , those African American religious beliefs particularly relevant to Christianity gave them the distinction of being a people who adhered to the teachings of the Bible . In Mark 5 : 1-15 , Jesus ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba