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Didactic Approaches for Developing Community Change Agents for the Restoration of Pan African Communities
Get PDFThis essay shares invaluable information of approaches to social justice issues of two dissimilar institutions namely, the Community Change Agent Ministry (CCAM) and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (MPBC) of Herndon, Virginia in Fairfax County, USA. The information garnered from the institutions is relevant for addressing social justice concerns of disenfranchised, marginalized Pan-African11 communities within Herndon, but is also relevant for use anywhere injustice prevails. It contains statistical data and information obtained from government resources, interviews ted with MPBC leadership, randomly chosen MPBC congregants, and Herndon residents
The Reconciled Self
Get PDFThe emphasis of this writing is to address the issue of internal reconciliation of the divided self. The divided self iis a notion of the internal struggle of the Christian who claims to have faith based upon being created in the imago dei or the image of God; having a relationship with God through the Messiah and the Spirit of God residing within the believer. When traumatic experiences, such as the pandemic occur, why do some persons of faith seemingly have no faith in the one who proclaimed, “Do not fear for I have overcome the world” (John 16:33, NIV)? Persons of the community of faith have reported suffering from depression, anxiety, frustration and fatigue while at the same time agreeing with the psalmist, “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil” (Psalm 23:4, NKJV). In my view, this points toward an internal battle between the intellect and the soul of believers. This work looks at potential causes of such a condition and offers some, however not exhaustive, recommendations for alleviating some of the conceivable struggles that we face with our divided selves
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter
No full textJITC is a journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center. It publishes peer- reviewed research articles written primarily, but not exclusively, from an Africentric perspective of the Bible and related disciplines. All contributions are referred to recognized scholars who are specialized in the particular discipline in which the article is written
How I Met My Husband: Bridal Narratives at Bridal Showers in Gaborone, Senzokuhle Doreen Setume, Rosinah Mmannana Gabaitse, Mmapula D. Kebaneilwe
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to explore how marital relations are established in Gaborone. This is done through analysing narratives at bridal showers. One of the most entertaining moments during any bridal shower is when the bride-to-be is expected to narrate how she met her partner. The researchers carried out a qualitative study where in-depth interviews and participatory observations where the key data collecting instruments. A total of 13 bridal showers in Gaborone were attended and bridal shower narratives compiled. The following are important findings of the study: narratives can be used to understand the meaning that the brides create about the formation of their relationship; there is evidence of a shift from traditional Setswana perspectives of relation formation to modern ways of courtship – a paradox between modernity and the apparent conformity to the traditional perceptions that a man must always initiate the formation of a relationship. Bridal shower narratives in Gaborone further demonstrate the importance of love before marriage and personal choice in partner/spouse selection. The paper further concludes, consistent with the findings of Oubuch, Veroff & Holmberg (1993), that each narrative presents a story making process, style and content of storytelling. The study recommends that future studies collect groom-to-be stag party narratives for comparison
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center, An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Church of God in Christ Leader-Activists – Major Progenitors of African American Pentecostal Female Leadership, 2017
Get PDFThe work of early Church Of God In Christ (C. O. G.I. C.) pioneers is mainly remembered as the work of men. This essay considers that in a culturally confining society that, as a whole, saw Black sanctified women unfit for leadership, the sisters ’ products—building schools, organizing conventions, changing nations-ran counter to expectations. It is of interest that a group labeled marginalized, ignorant and downtrodden moved skillfully through multicultural settings, responded to hostilities from those in their communities, and handled conflict with male constituencies with grace and advocacy. If language is about meaning, once the meaning of Pentecostal femaleness in sharing what it means to live out the sanctified life is understood, then the myriad activities in which lasting fruit are produced makes sense
Ancient African Insights about Creation and Nature which Relate to Modern Physics: Augustine and Dionysius of Alexandria, 2016
Get PDFPre-modern insights about the cosmos do not typically have much credibility in the academy, and yet historians are aware that the atomic theory is ancient. Several other modern theories of physics also have ancient precedents, and they may offer US valuable and intellectually attractive insights about the doctrine of Creation and for dealing with our present ecological challenges. The insights of Augustine and Dionysius of Alexandria, two ancient North African thinkers, are, I suggest, particularly pertinent. Of course Augustine’s reflections on creation and nature have received much attention, most recently from Rowan Williams, E. P. Meijering, Richard Sorabji, and Jaroslav Pelikan. But these scholars do not engage this Church Father in dialogue with modem physics and ecological concerns. Likewise, though there has been relatively little attention given to Dionysius, I suggest in this article that there is in fact much to glean from study of his work