The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse Book

The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse, Preeminent black social ethicist Peter Paris sharpens the Afrocentric quest. He focuses on African spirituality - the religious and moral values embodied in African experience and pervading traditional African religious worldviews. From extensive compar, The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse

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The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse
Written by author Peter J. Paris
Published by Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, November 1994
Preeminent black social ethicist Peter Paris sharpens the Afrocentric quest. He focuses on African "spirituality" - the religious and moral values embodied in African experience and pervading traditional African religious worldviews. From extensive compar
Preeminent black social ethicist Peter Paris sharpens the Afrocentric quest. He focuses on African "spirituality" - the religious and moral values embodied in African experience and pervading traditional African religious worldviews. From extensive compar

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Ch. 1 Africa: Revolution in Understanding 1
Moral Challenges to Scholarship 1
African Challenges to Colonial Scholarship 5
African American Challenges to Racist Scholarship 11
African and African American Challenges to Social Ethics 18
Ch. 2 God: The Source and Ground of All Life 27
African Understandings of God 27
African American Theological Syncretism 33
African and African American Moral Syncretism 41
African and African American Survival Theologies 44
Ch. 3 Community: The Goal of the Moral Life 51
African and African American Understandings of Ancestral Life 51
African and African American Understandings of Leadership 58
African and African American Understandings of Slavery 61
African and African American Views of Pluralism and Unity 68
Ch. 4 Family: The Locus of Moral Development 77
The African Family: Typical Features of Moral Significance 77
The African American Family: Typical Features of Moral Significance 89
Ch. 5 Person: The Embodiment of Moral Virtue 101
The African View of Personhood 101
African Views of Personal Destiny 105
Conflicting Views of Liberty and Authority 114
African American Views of Personhood 117
Ch. 6 Ethics: African and African American Social Ethics 129
The African Factor in the African American Experience 129
Virtue Theory 130
Some African and African American Moral Virtues 136
The Christian Factor in African and African American Social Ethics 156
Postscript 161
Notes 165
Index 185

Title: The Spirituality of African Peoples: The Search for a Common Moral Discourse

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Publication Date: November 1994

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	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Africa: Revolution in Understanding	1
	Moral Challenges to Scholarship	1
	African Challenges to Colonial Scholarship	5
	African American Challenges to Racist Scholarship	11
	African and African American Challenges to Social Ethics	18
Ch. 2	God: The Source and Ground of All Life	27
	African Understandings of God	27
	African American Theological Syncretism	33
	African and African American Moral Syncretism	41
	African and African American Survival Theologies	44
Ch. 3	Community: The Goal of the Moral Life	51
	African and African American Understandings of Ancestral Life	51
	African and African American Understandings of Leadership	58
	African and African American Understandings of Slavery	61
	African and African American Views of Pluralism and Unity	68
Ch. 4	Family: The Locus of Moral Development	77
	The African Family: Typical Features of Moral Significance	77
	The African American Family: Typical Features of Moral Significance	89
Ch. 5	Person: The Embodiment of Moral Virtue	101
	The African View of Personhood	101
	African Views of Personal Destiny	105
	Conflicting Views of Liberty and Authority	114
	African American Views of Personhood	117
Ch. 6	Ethics: African and African American Social Ethics	129
	The African Factor in the African American Experience	129
	Virtue Theory	130
	Some African and African American Moral Virtues	136
	The Christian Factor in African and African American Social Ethics	156
	Postscript	161
	Notes	165
	Index	185