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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

Prosperity gospel and the culture of greed in post-colonial Africa: Constructing an alternative African Christian Theology of Ubuntu

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2019
Christianity in post-colonial Africa is highly influenced and shaped by the prosperity message. The popular and materialistic gospel is sweeping across the continent like a gale-force wind, which is irresistible.
T. D. Mashau, M. Kgatle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
wiley   +1 more source

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

Theoconomy: An ethical paradigm for economic prosperity

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2019
The Parliament of the World’s Religions made a call to the international society to find shared values that could effectively direct the new world order that is characterised by its polycentric and heterogenous character.
Johann Walters   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

Representation of the African Diaspora at Assemblies of the African Union (Item proposed by the Republic of Senegal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Assembly Of The African Union Tenth Ordinary Session 31 January - 02 February 2008 Addis Ababa ...
African Union
core   +1 more source

Children’s narrative identity formation: Towards a childist narrative theology of praxis

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article explores children’s narrative identity formation and the impact of adult–child relationships on shaping a child’s narrative. The formation of identity in all children is vulnerable to a culture of ‘adultism’, wherein the authority wielded by
Jozine G. Botha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

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