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Sankofa: One Heritage, Six Seminaries, One Hope, 2011
Get PDFThis article is based upon the address delivered on 8 April 2011 by Dr. Ronald E. Peters on the occasion of his inauguration as the eighth president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia
The Book of Proverbs and Its Relationship to African-Ewe Proverbial Communication, 2011
No full textThis article is an invitation to scholarship to take another look at the function of ancient Israelite Wisdom Literature; not only as it encroaches on the Pentateuch and Prophetic literature, but also as it relates to African-Ewe (and other) theologies and vice versa. In particular, the pervasiveness of proverbs and wise sayings among Ewe people makes proverbs the most fertile ground upon which the message of the Bible can be planted, nurtured and brought to fruition. In other words, because proverbs and wise sayings are a kind of theological backdrop of the life of the Ewe people, Christianity needs to approach the Ewe people with the wisdom of Proverbs in order to bring the people to understand, accept, imbibe and put to effective use the message of the Bible since Ghanaian-Ewe proverbs and wise sayings can be a very effective way of transmitting the Judeo-Christian message to the peoples of Africa in general, and to the Ewe people of Ghana in particular
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2010
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Black Theological Education: Its Context, Content and Conduct, 2010
Get PDFWith the founding of Wilberforce University and Ashmun Institute, now Lincoln University, Black theological education in institutional form appeared upon the American scene with great significance. For prior to this time, efforts at the general and theological education of slaves and “free Negroes” were fragmented and whimsical, dependent upon the goodwill of a particular slaveholder or an advocate of abolition. With the founding of these schools, seminaries and departments of religion were included in the curriculum of practically every Black college in America. Indeed, these schools were established for the catechetical training of Black religious leaders
Sexual Attitudes of African-American Christians and the Incidence of HIV In African-American Communities, 2007
Get PDFThe high incidence of HIV/AIDS in African-American communities is well-documented. This essay discusses several factors contributing to self-understandings and self-attitudes. These concepts undergird risky behaviors in our communities and must be addressed if HIV is to be significantly reduced and overall quality of life enhanced. Four stories are shared to illustrate this: three are composites from my clinical cases and the fourth is from pastoral-care experiences in churches
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 2005
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Recovering the African Father: Towards an Inclusive Reading Of Augustine, 2004
Get PDFIt is difficult to imagine if anything can he said in a scholarly setting about Augustine that has not already been said. Indeed, the entire history of theology of the post-fifth century Western Church might be construed as a commentary on Augustine’s thought. What makes this approach unique is to affirm most of the classical interpretations of Augustine, to claim that they are correct about the African Father. In so doing, however, an implicit critique of these earlier interpretive traditions as well as of much of the history of Western Christian thought is offered. In essence, earlier interpretive traditions are correct about Augustine; most of them have grasped some essential insights about his thought. But none of them has elucidated the whole Augustine. His thought is richer than its portrayal by his interpreters. Most of them merely stress a particular set of themes in his thought and negate or ignore those themes that seem to conflict with what the interpreters have stressed. Also missing in virtually all of the Western interpreters, save perhaps a growing consensus in some recent scholarship, is a full appreciation of the significance of Augustine’s African roots, the degree to which he truly was an African Father
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2003
No full textThe theme for this issue of JITC—“ I he Twenty-First Century Phenomena: Women on the Cutting Edge of Ministry”—is reflected in the diversity of our writers: faculty, students, staff, and alumnae. All avow that one of the most empowering dimensions of ITC is the emergent voice in African-American women’s theological scholarship—Womanist theology. This liberatory perspective is embedded in the Center’s purpose—educating and nurturing leaders for engagement in church and world for the common good
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 2002
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Then and Now: A Comparative Analysis of the Urban Black Church in America, 2001
Get PDF“Among our people generally, the church is the Alpha and the Omega of all things.”1 Martin Delany’s assertion summarizes the centrality of the Black Church in America. A large body of lliterature also exists regarding the historic role of the urban Black Church as a religious and spiritual institution for African Americans, an arena for social and cultural expression, a safe haven from discrimination and racism and for economic assistance,a training ground for leaders and political activists, and a storehouse of racial/ethnic identity. Thus, the Black Church has met many of the sacred as well as secular needs of members of the urban Black community