"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... Mbiti writes " Christianity in Africa is so old that it can rightly be described as an indigenous , traditional and African religion , " 30 an assertion to which modern biblical scholars like James Cone , Milton Sernett , Carl Ellis and ...
... Mbiti writes " Christianity in Africa is so old that it can rightly be described as an indigenous , traditional and African religion , " 30 an assertion to which modern biblical scholars like James Cone , Milton Sernett , Carl Ellis and ...
Page 22
... Mbiti notes , " the Yoruba hold that God created death for the purpose of recalling the person whose time on earth is fulfilled . " 42 In Africa the entire community takes part in death celebrations . According to Mbiti , " to be human ...
... Mbiti notes , " the Yoruba hold that God created death for the purpose of recalling the person whose time on earth is fulfilled . " 42 In Africa the entire community takes part in death celebrations . According to Mbiti , " to be human ...
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... Mbiti notes , “ immediately after death , the brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other ... Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian ...
... Mbiti notes , “ immediately after death , the brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other ... Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian ...
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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