Showing results for "African Religion" in Christianity

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how Black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Christians in Africa numbered approximately nine million—by the end, that number had grown to more than 380 million. As the number of Christians continues to grow, African pastors are often overwhelmed and in desperate need of guidance. Drawing from 3 decades of pastoral experience in Zambia, Conrad Mbewe has written a comprehensive handbook specifically for African pastors and church leaders.

Read by the author. Though many today accuse Christianity of being a white, imperialistic religion, it is actually the source for cherished Western ideals of racial and gender equality. In More Than a White Man's Religion, author and speaker Abdu Murray shares stories from the Bible and his own...

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking the Bible and Abraham, travels ten thousand miles through the Middle East to examine the question Is Religion Tearing Us Apart ... Or Can it Bring Us...

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed religion scholar, Stephen Prothero, captures the compelling and unique saga of twentieth-century America on an identity quest through the eyes and books of one of the most influential editors of the day—a search, born of two world wars, for...

Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923) was an editor, historian, and prominent theologian of his time who founded The Christian Recorder, an early African American newspaper. In his 1895 book The Color of Solomon, he contends that King Solomon of the Bible did not belong to the white race.

AFRICAN BLUES Pod is a platform where we study God’s word and talk about everyday life & living, with a touch of music to liven it all up. All songs played are by African gospel artists in different languages ranging from English , French , Bemba, Kiswahili, Zulu, Igbo, Nyanja, Yoruba, Twi, Gha, Lingala just to name a few. DISCLAIMER: THE SONGS I PLAY ON THIS PODCAST ARE MARELY FOR BUILDING OTHERS AND ENTERTAINMENT. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OWN ANY RIGHTS TO THE SONGS PLAYED.

This is my first podcast, please have fun listening and give feedback :)

Fr. Royal Lee, a Roman Catholic Priest, seeks to answer the question "Where do we go from here as African American Catholics in the 21st century." Join Fr. Lee as he seeks out these answers while sharing his life experiences and the experiences of his guests on the African American Catholic Podcast. For more check out FrRoyLee.com.

NewDay Church Podcast: Inspiring Sermons & Spiritual GrowthWelcome to the official podcast of NewDay Church, based in Edenvale, South Africa!. At NewDay Church, our mission is to see people saved, healed, set free, comforted, and released to be all they can be. We believe in being radically Word-based, embracing the principle of "The Bible plus nothing; the Bible minus nothing."This podcast features audio recordings of our Sunday Services, special events, and insightful teachings that will equip you to live a life transformed by God's grace. Whether you're seeking spiritual growth, a deeper ...

This podcast is designed to help Christians around the world to learn from and be encouraged by the African Church. A different pastor is interviewed on each podcast to share experiences and knowledge on various topics. The views expressed by the pastors interviewed do not necessarily reflect the views of the interviewer, Rev. Anthony Sytsma, an American missionary serving with Resonate Global Mission in Uganda. Feel free to recommend a pastor to be interviewed. (anthonysytsma@crcna.org). The podcast introductions were created by Andrew Rienstra.

The ABC Missions Partners Podcast is the podcast of African Bible Colleges. It is designed to keep our ministry partners informed about all of ABC's latest ministry activity in Liberia, Malawi and Uganda. Our shows include a combination of the following: reports and updates from our ministries in Africa, interviews with ABC students, alumni, faculty and staff, and discussions of important topics related to global missions. In order to communicate with us, send us an email at the following address: podcast@africanbiblecolleges.net To learn more about the ministries of ABC, visit our website...

If you’re black in the Presbyterian Church in America there is a good chance you are one of the few if not the only, black person in your congregation. Has knowing that there are so few of us in the PCA ever made you wonder how black people got here in the first place? What makes black people enter a sacred space knowing we will be the minority? What makes us leave the comfort of our black church experience? What makes us stay in the PCA? Remember those times after church on some Sundays after most everyone had gone, sitting on a couple of pews turned around facing each other, laughing, ...

The Bisrat is a podcast with Dr. Vince Bantu that explores apologetics in African terms.