Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa
Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa

Author: Elias Kifon Bongmba

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-06-13

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1351167383

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Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the implications of a theology of reconstruction, most notably articulated by Jesse Mugambi. This way of thinking seeks to build on liberation theology, aiming to encourage the rebuilding of African society on its own terms. An international panel of contributors bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the issues around reconstructing the religious elements of African society. Looking at issues of reconciliation, postcolonialism and indigenous spirituality, among others, they show that Mugambi’s cultural and theological insight has the potential to revolutionise the way people in Africa address this issue. This is a fascinating exploration of the religious facets of African life. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religious studies, theology and African studies.

Reconstruction in Philosophy
Reconstruction in Philosophy

Author: John Dewey

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486147487

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DIVWritten shortly after the shattering effects of World War I, this volume initiated the author's experimental concept of pragmatic humanism. This revised, enlarged edition features Dewey's informative introduction. /div

African Literature as Political Philosophy
African Literature as Political Philosophy

Author: Mary Stella Chika Okolo

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1848136048

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The politics of development in Africa have always been central concerns of the continent's literature. Yet ideas about the best way to achieve this development, and even what development itself should look like, have been hotly contested. African Literature as Political Philosophy looks in particular at Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah and Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, but situates these within the broader context of developments in African literature over the past half-century, discussing writers from Ayi Kwei Armah to Wole Soyinka. M.S.C. Okolo provides a thorough analysis of the authors' differing approaches and how these emerge from the literature. She shows the roots of Achebe's reformism and Ngugi's insistence on revolution and how these positions take shape in their work. Okolo argues that these authors have been profoundly affected by the political situation of Africa, but have also helped to create a new African political philosophy.

Abrahamic Faiths, Ethnicity, and Ethnic Conflicts
Abrahamic Faiths, Ethnicity, and Ethnic Conflicts

Author: Paul Peachey

Publisher: CRVP

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781565181045

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"This study of religions is concerned with the tension which can be generated from these sources and the resources which religions bring to their resolution. Especially it looks to the common Abrahamic roots of the three "religions of the book": Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Throughout it looks for the complex dialects of unity in diversity, and diversity in unity."