Sentences with phrase «of african»

The dismissal of African objections to homosexuality as not indigenous but as «echoes of Western missionary positions» is rather symptomatic of the condescending and patronizing attitudes I pointed out in my article.

For example, white feminists (of which I am one) are often tempted to use the work of African - American writers, activists and theologians to illustrate their own points.

But the most obvious candidate for reparations, as James Forman had foreseen in 1969, would be the descendants of the African - Americans who, from 1619 until 1865, had been legally enslaved in the United States.

Well, the same could be said of the church's treatment of African - Americans, but it didn't stop blacks from separating the essential message of the gospel from its warped cultural accretions.

But West and Hewlett are less interested in rehearsing the specific concerns of African - Americans and women than in uniting beleaguered parents across race, class, gender and political affiliation.

The church is composed largely of people who come out of the African religious background.

These words were common among the 20,000 messages received when CNN and mobile technology company Jana.com carried out a mobile phone survey in 11 countries asking Africans: What would be the impact of an African pope on the continent, or you?

Perhaps if African nations regain more control over their economies, the Organization of African States can become an effective force in the world.

He is a professor of African American studies at Morehouse and is a leading intellectual voice in discourse surrounding American life and politics.

The conditions of African and Melanesian life, the intellectual climate of India, the.

2/3 of African American babies are born out of wedlock, African - American men are absent while children are slaughtering each other on the streets, and and some African - American Pastors are concerned about Gay Marriage?

Just like paul was confused as an african just like moses lived in the house of an african and pretended to be one.

In the final essay, «American Dionysus,» Patterson points out that the current image of African - American men, when decoded and examined, illuminates the entire landscape of modern American popular culture.

To make his point, Patterson traces the problematic nature of African - American manhood throughout American history, from the systematic emasculation of men during slavery through the legal and social destruction of the roles of husband and father.

Patterson himself seems to fall into this romanticization when he fails to require the same personal responsibility of «victimized» African - American women as he does of African - American men.

You know, when Herman Cain dropped out, many of my African American friends told me that now I have no choice but to vote for Obama.

While many will regard Patterson's unflinching position that personal responsibility has a part to play in the resolution of African - American difficulties a defection to the enemy, I find his candor encouraging.

But, over the years, the congregation did, in fact, become more diverse, and by the time I had been there for 12 years, there were maybe 50 gay and lesbian persons, there were about 30 Hispanic individuals, there were a number of African Americans and African natives, and there was other diversity as well; and we talked a lot about how pleased we were that this was all happening.

He places rap squarely at the center of a hip - hop culture that reinforces patterns of ignorance and misogyny, and links it to larger cultural forces that debase the popular images of African - American men.

Jonathan Walton, an assistant professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard University, said listening to Cone is like «listening to a Hebrew prophet.»

She attributes the failure of these reforms to poor local capacities, to the resistance of African interest groups, and to donors» lack of savvy and backbone in negotiating aid - for - reform deals.

Ignored is the internal transfiguration of African - American life that often plays itself out within the community in powerfully destructive ways.

Though Patterson points out that what he says here is true only of roughly 35 percent of the African - American population, he often seems to condemn most of the community, and his figures are not always consistent.

I asked Johnson of All Souls if his church can be accused, at best, of being ignorant of church - state relations in Rwanda or, at worst, of having a romanticized view of African Christianity.

Sandra Joireman, a professor of international relations at Wheaton College, says of All Souls: «A little church in Wheaton avoided the Scylla at home but not the Charybdis of African ethnic politics.»

These depictions are typically show people who are dark color, brown, black and / or of African or other non-Caucasians.

In 2009, the Pew Research Center reported that 53 percent of African - Americans attended church regularly, compared with 39 percent of all Americans.

At the Lausanne meeting in Thailand, a small conflict arose within the group, and I responded in such a way that one of the African members commented, «Chris thinks like an African, Chris is a relational person.»

The numbers are staggering: 40 percent of the adult populations of some African nations may be infected.

The Holy Spirit's interruption of this world at Pentecost with a new community of Jews and gentiles, privileged and marginalized, is not realized in the church in the U.S. Ninety percent of African - American Christians worship in all - black churches.

Which leads to another question, don't the areas you mention, Chicago, Detroit, LA all have both higher number of African - Americans and higher unemployment than the US on average.

John Taylor's Primal Vision, a study of African culture speaks of «a total unbroken unity» of the cosmos as characteristic of African spirituality.

For example, the United States and the European Union, among others, should cooperate in strengthening the Organization of African States so that Africa can deal with more of its own problems.

«Deep down we all hoped that people would come to see a film about a fictional country on the continent of Africa, made up of a cast of people of African descent.

Across the pond, Englishmen like John Mayall, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton were «60s epigones of African American music who could somehow mechanically reproduce the sound of the American south, but who apparently had no real idea of what they are playing in that their experience (even as working class whites in an English class system) was entirely alien to the modes and mores of the American south.

Yes there were and are many whites who shed blood and tears for the rights of african americans, however you speak as if we should be grateful.

why do gay rights activist always wan na attach there movement to that of african americans.

(By the reasoning of elite Democrats, the 30 percent of African - American Virginians who oppose taking down the Confederate monuments either do not exist or are highly confused white supremacists.)

Firstly, the two - tier structure of African cosmology does not fit the Pulayas» pre-existing belief system which was multi-tiered, incorporating an hierarchy of gods.

Thirdly, the two - tier structure of African cosmology does not fit the Malayarayan's pre-existing belief system which was an integrated whole.

As a result of the subsequent importation of African slaves Colombia now has the third largest black population in the Americas, after Brazil and the U.S.

Representatives of African states held a preparatory conference in Tunis in November 1992, the Latin and Caribbean countries did the same in San Jose in January 1993, and countries from Asia and the Pacific followed suit in Bangkok in March - April 1993.

Gittins suggests the most transformative aspect of African Christianity concerns «the question of integration over against the disintegration of life.»

In his zeal to protect indigenous people of the West Indies from Spanish conquistadors, the 16th - century Dominican Bartolomé de Las Casas advocated the importation of African slaves, whom he believed would be treated better than the Indians.

I got blasted by my Republican friends and even more so from members of the African American community.

As Bishop John Hurst Adams of the African Methodist Episcopal Church observed recently, black churches are operating essentially on the agenda given to them by their founders.

In fact, a lawsuit filed last month against Hershey, Mars and Nestle alleges that the candy makers are complicit in the use of African child slaves to harvest the cacao beans used to make their candy bars.

The vast majority, some 900,000 persons, are of African - American heritage, while the number of white and Hispanic converts is estimated at 75,000.

John S. Pobee teaches us in the «African World View» that the basic unit of African society is the family, and that the family «consists of the living, the dead, and the yet - to - be-born» (TAT 49).

A Christian economics should concern itself with the ethical grounding not of Danish journalists or American college professors but of African politicians and Latin American generals.