"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... mark the end of life , but the beginning of a new one in Heaven with God . Ceremonies that mark a person's passing become celebrations in which singing and preaching create a space to release grief . African Americans incorporate the ...
... mark the end of life , but the beginning of a new one in Heaven with God . Ceremonies that mark a person's passing become celebrations in which singing and preaching create a space to release grief . African Americans incorporate the ...
Page 22
... marks the completion of the earthly cycle of existence , birth - circumsion - puberty - marriage - death . Second , it opens the door to a higher , spiritual realm in which the deceased , as an ancestor , takes his place alongside the ...
... marks the completion of the earthly cycle of existence , birth - circumsion - puberty - marriage - death . Second , it opens the door to a higher , spiritual realm in which the deceased , as an ancestor , takes his place alongside the ...
Page 48
... Mark 5 : 1-15 , Jesus heals a man possessed by demons living among the tombs . When the man received his deliverance according to Mark it states , " when they came to Jesus , they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of ...
... Mark 5 : 1-15 , Jesus heals a man possessed by demons living among the tombs . When the man received his deliverance according to Mark it states , " when they came to Jesus , they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of ...
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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