"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... positive meaning because of the freedom it gives to live again eternally . In spite of the oppression and degradation of slavery , segregation and discrimination endured by African Americans , death is not viewed negatively . Rather for ...
... positive meaning because of the freedom it gives to live again eternally . In spite of the oppression and degradation of slavery , segregation and discrimination endured by African Americans , death is not viewed negatively . Rather for ...
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... positive and materializes in a homegoing celebration , not a wish to suppress feelings of loss but rather to pair grief with hope , and despair with faith . The belief that God is sovereign and the world is a spiritual place explains ...
... positive and materializes in a homegoing celebration , not a wish to suppress feelings of loss but rather to pair grief with hope , and despair with faith . The belief that God is sovereign and the world is a spiritual place explains ...
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... positive one . Christian African Americans are people who combat the harshness of death with faith in a God who gives them a better life . In experiencing the death of a loved one , they recognize the importance of familial ties by ...
... positive one . Christian African Americans are people who combat the harshness of death with faith in a God who gives them a better life . In experiencing the death of a loved one , they recognize the importance of familial ties by ...
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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