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Christians and The Cuban Culture
Full text link“Culture” is one of the most polysemous of modern terms. More than two hundred definitions can be found. It is appropriate for purposes of communication and dialogue to begin with a definition which may not be acceptable, but will serve as a springboard for reflection. Our national hero, Jose Marti one wrote: Motherland is a community of interests, a unity of traditions, a unity of goals, a sweet and consoling fusion of hopes and loves
The Influences and Implications of Dr. King’s Theology on the Black Church and Its Children
Full text linkWhat is social consciousness? Where does it come from? What inspires it? Who influences it? What moves an individual to make those choices that are part of its makeup? From the “Who inspires it?” category comes a man who had a dream; a man who believed you should be driven by the need to contribute to the betterment of society; a man who felt that the content of your character is more important than the color of your skin; a man who believedthat each person should be allowed to reach his greatest potential. This man was Martin Luther King, Jr. The son of a Baptist preacher. A young man who was raised under the yoke of segregation. A gentleman scholar. A pastor. A preacher. A civil rights worker. A Nobel Peace Prize winner. A husband. A daddy. A lover. A social activist. A humanitarian. A friend. A man of God . . . and a prophet. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man who inspired millions of people to social action. The raising of social consciousness is always social action. When a group of us have our social consciousness raised simultaneously, it often results in a social movement. Dr. King raised our social consciousness. He inspired a movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served as an inspiration to Black people during the late 1950’s and 1960’s through his work in the Civil Rights Movement and his non-violent social action doctrine for the achievement of equal rights for all people. His legacy is that his life served as an example for those who continue in the fight for equality and justice in this country; a fight that will not end until equal rights is a reality for all people
To Make Wholeness and Beauty from Fragments of Things
Full text linkKrista Franklin interviewed by Sharan Strang
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2017
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
The Social Cosmos of Black Ecumenism, 2014
No full textThis essay suggests that Black sectarianism, i.e., the establishment of various Black denominations, disrupts the development of Black ecumenism. The author claims that although religion “provides the prime cohesiveness for the black community...it is in the variety of black denominations that the fracture of the black community is most prominently institutionalized.” Black ecumenism, in order to be successful, must “draw upon the black experience as interpreted by black ethnicity.
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2012
No full textJITC is a journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center. It publishes peer reviewed research articles written primarily, but not exclusively, from an Afro centric perspective of the Bible and related disciplines. All contributions are refereed to recognized scholars who are specialized in the particular discipline in which the article is written
Sankofan Preaching: Looking Back, Speaking Forward, 2012
Full text linkSankofa is an Akan word and philosophical idea. The Akan people originate in Ghana, West Africa. Sankofa is imaged as a bird that flies forward while looking backward and simultaneously holding an egg in its mouth. It is symbolic of drawing from the past those lessons and experiences that are important for current and future progress and growth and for assuring that the knowledge and wisdom gleaned from experience are passed on to future generations
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 2012
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog