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Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marxism and Decolonizing Praxis: From Decolonial Misinterpretations to Marxist Contributions

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article intervenes in postcolonial and decolonial critiques that portray Karl Marx and Marxism as intrinsically Eurocentric and inattentive to race, colonialism and non‐European revolutionary agency. It argues that such critiques often rely on selective, historically limited interpretations that overlook Marx's later writings, in which he
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
wiley   +1 more source

The Decolonising content of African Theology and the Decolonisation of African Theology: A Decolonial Analysis

open access: yes, 2019
This article offers an analysis of the decolonising content of selected African Christian theologians namely, Kwame Bediako, John Mbiti, Jesse Mugambi and Mercy Oduyoye.
Sakupapa, Teddy Chalwe
core   +1 more source

Integrating Public Theology into African theological institutions’ curricula [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The primary aim of this article is to argue that the curricula of many African evangelical theological seminaries are devoid of Public Theology. This lack has made it extremely difficult for the church in Africa to collapse the sacred-secular divide.
Sunday Bobai Agang
core  

Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contextualising Mental Privacy in South Africa: Legal, Ethical, and Socio-Cultural Considerations With Policy Recommendations. [PDF]

open access: yesDev World Bioeth
ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Botes M   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

African public theology

open access: yesActa Theologica, 2021
Read a review of the book: Agang, B.A. (ed.), (Cumbria: Langham Publishing, 2020), 422 pp, ISBN: 9781783687664.
openaire   +3 more sources

Towards an African theology of public conversation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Public conversation is an important aspect of a day-to-day social life in African social world. Its scope also extends into the political realm, be being a critical dimension of democratisation in the continent. This dissertation aims at constructing the
Zewde, Estifanos T.
core   +1 more source

A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus' Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Pathways in Theology: Ecumenical, African and Reformed

open access: yes, 2016
Book Title: Pathways in Theology: Ecumenical, African and ReformedBook Author: Van der Westhuizen, H. (Ed.)Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, 2015). 371 pp. Price: R425.
Laubscher, M
core   +1 more source

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