"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... faith in God has allowed their experiences to strengthen them rather than cripple them . This faith is what Cornel West calls a " stepping out on nothing , hoping to land on something . " 10 Such a belief reaffirms African Americans ' faith ...
... faith in God has allowed their experiences to strengthen them rather than cripple them . This faith is what Cornel West calls a " stepping out on nothing , hoping to land on something . " 10 Such a belief reaffirms African Americans ' faith ...
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... faith in a Sovereign God . The experiences of some African Americans is informed by Hebrews 11 : 1 , " now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen , " a biblical teaching practiced by African ...
... faith in a Sovereign God . The experiences of some African Americans is informed by Hebrews 11 : 1 , " now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen , " a biblical teaching practiced by African ...
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... faith in God who they acknowledge as their savior . Their faith in God is made stronger as they endure their loss and move forward with their lives . Although Christian African Americans experience the complex emotions of losing loved ...
... faith in God who they acknowledge as their savior . Their faith in God is made stronger as they endure their loss and move forward with their lives . Although Christian African Americans experience the complex emotions of losing loved ...
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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