Origin Myth And Indigenous Appropriation Of Christianity
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Origin Myth And Indigenous Appropriation Of Christianity
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Author : David Han
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-13
Origin Myth And Indigenous Appropriation Of Christianity written by David Han and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-13 with categories.
This book is a literary and topical analysis of a creation story of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, of Northwest Canada. The importance of this book is an attempt to recognize the cultural forms of religion or spirituality before the access of Western culture and to understand why they had come to accept Christianity differently from the Western world. The primary aim of this book was to study of the Nuu-chah-nulth origin myth and discover the continuing cultural/religious ideas stored in the Nuu-chah-nulth myth of origin. The book deals with the worldview of the Nuu-chah-nulth and religious thoughts obtained from their oral traditions. The beginning part of this book explored the cultural bases of how and why the tribal origin myths can inform us of an understanding of their worldview, religious, and theological concepts. The later part discusses what kind of theological, philosophical, relational, and cultural ideas emerge from the Nuu-chah-nulth origin myth. More specifically, the study explores the philosophical ideas of the Nuu-chah-nulth thoughts, examining how their views of God, or Creator, compare with those of other religions. It also looks at the cultural factors underlying the worldviews, and their influences on the formation of their religious ideas. Furthermore, observing their linguistic habits associated in expressions used in the origin myths, the study adjudicated how the contact with western Christianity altered the forms and contents of their myths, which could also shed light on how the Nuu-chah-nulth culturally appropriated Christianity.
A Native American Theology
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Author : Kidwell, Clara Sue
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2020-01-23
A Native American Theology written by Kidwell, Clara Sue and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-23 with Religion categories.
This collaborative work represents a pathbreaking exercise in Native American theology. While observing traditional categories of Christian systematic theology (Creation, Deity, Christology, etc.), each of these is reimagined consistent with Native experience, values, and worldview. At the same time the authors introduce new categories from Native thought-worlds, such as the Trickster (eraser of boundaries, symbol of ambiguity), and Land. Finally, the authors address issues facing Native Americans today, including racism, poverty, stereotyping, cultural appropriation, and religious freedom--From publisher's description.
Planting An Indigenous Church
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Author : Jin Huat Tan
language : en
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2012-02
Planting An Indigenous Church written by Jin Huat Tan and has been published by Wipf & Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02 with Religion categories.
Description: The story of the BEM and the SIB highlights the importance of intentional mission policy and its sustained implementation for the development of an indigenous church. Having a clearly defined exit policy provided the necessary impetus for the BEM to plant a church, which was able to stand on its own feet. There have been a number of contextual factors, such as the administrative policies of the Brooke government and the changing political situations in Sarawak and Malaysia that have threatened to limit the growth of BEM and SIB. However, the abilities of indigenous leaders in taking ownership of the SIB, have enabled them to negotiate these challenges in such a manner that has made it the most significant indigenous church in Malaysia. Endorsements: This publication is an event to be warmly welcomed. In important respects this work breaks new ground. Southeast Asia is still underrepresented in the scholarly literature on the history of indigenous appropriation of Christian missionary traditions--at least so far as Anglophone scholarship is concerned. Tan Jin Huat's research into the origins of the SIB illuminates the ways in which village peoples who adhered to a spirit-based cosmology reframed a conservative evangelical presentation of the gospel as a message about the superior power of Christ over the spirits. From the Foreword by Brian Stanley, Professor of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh An amazing story of revival, renewal, and transformation of the entire region chronicling the powerful effect of it evident to date! What can we learn from this extensive and careful study of the Borneo Revival, so that global Christianity will become ever more dynamic. Tan certainly has his suggestions. Wonsuk Ma, Oxford Ccntre for Mission Studies, UK A model of respectful, humble, thoughtful, and analytical scholarship and a story worth telling. Dr Tan Jin Huat has written a pioneering study of the origins and development of Malaysia's most significant indigenous church. This is a rich and vital source for grounding the identity of the Sidang Injil Borneo in an informed understanding of its own history. Seldom do churches early in their lives have an account of their origins where respect for those involved in its formation is matched by a willingness to note the human side of all the work they seek to do for God. John Roxborogh, Mission Historian, Dunedin, New Zealand. About the Contributor(s): Jin Huat Tan has served as a theological lecturer for many years in two theological seminaries in Malaysia. He is the Dean of Studies at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (Malaysia Theological Seminary), Seremban, Malaysia. As an Anglican minister, he was involved in planting an Anglican church in Kuala Lumpur, and has served as pastor in a few Anglican churches. His interest in history from his primary schooldays has finally led him to fulfill his childhood dream to write a book on history. His other passion is expository preaching.
Planting An Indigenous Church
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Author : Jin Huat Tan
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock
Release Date : 2012
Planting An Indigenous Church written by Jin Huat Tan and has been published by Wipf and Stock this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
Description: The story of the BEM and the SIB highlights the importance of intentional mission policy and its sustained implementation for the development of an indigenous church. Having a clearly defined exit policy provided the necessary impetus for the BEM to plant a church, which was able to stand on its own feet. There have been a number of contextual factors, such as the administrative policies of the Brooke government and the changing political situations in Sarawak and Malaysia that have threatened to limit the growth of BEM and SIB. However, the abilities of indigenous leaders in taking ownership of the SIB, have enabled them to negotiate these challenges in such a manner that has made it the most significant indigenous church in Malaysia. Endorsements: This publication is an event to be warmly welcomed. In important respects this work breaks new ground. Southeast Asia is still underrepresented in the scholarly literature on the history of indigenous appropriation of Christian missionary traditions--at least so far as Anglophone scholarship is concerned. Tan Jin Huat's research into the origins of the SIB illuminates the ways in which village peoples who adhered to a spirit-based cosmology reframed a conservative evangelical presentation of the gospel as a message about the superior power of Christ over the spirits. From the Foreword by Brian Stanley, Professor of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh An amazing story of revival, renewal, and transformation of the entire region chronicling the powerful effect of it evident to date! What can we learn from this extensive and careful study of the Borneo Revival, so that global Christianity will become ever more dynamic. Tan certainly has his suggestions. Wonsuk Ma, Oxford Ccntre for Mission Studies, UK A model of respectful, humble, thoughtful, and analytical scholarship and a story worth telling. Dr Tan Jin Huat has written a pioneering study of the origins and development of Malaysia's most significant indigenous church. This is a rich and vital source for grounding the identity of the Sidang Injil Borneo in an informed understanding of its own history. Seldom do churches early in their lives have an account of their origins where respect for those involved in its formation is matched by a willingness to note the human side of all the work they seek to do for God. John Roxborogh, Mission Historian, Dunedin, New Zealand. About the Contributor(s): Jin Huat Tan has served as a theological lecturer for many years in two theological seminaries in Malaysia. He is the Dean of Studies at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (Malaysia Theological Seminary), Seremban, Malaysia. As an Anglican minister, he was involved in planting an Anglican church in Kuala Lumpur, and has served as pastor in a few Anglican churches. His interest in history from his primary schooldays has finally led him to fulfill his childhood dream to write a book on history. His other passion is expository preaching.
The Americas First Theologies
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-03
The Americas First Theologies written by and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with Religion categories.
The Theologia Indorum by Dominican friar Domingo de Vico was the first Christian theology written in the Americas. Made available in English translation for the first time, Americas' First Theologies presents a selection of exemplary sections from the Theologia Indorum that illustrate Friar Vico's doctrine of god, cosmogony, moral anthropology, understanding of natural law and biblical history, and constructive engagement with pre-Hispanic Maya religion. Rather than merely condemn the Maya religion, Vico appropriated local terms and images from Maya mythology and rituals that he thought could convey Christianity. His attempt at translating, if not reconfiguring, Christianity for a Maya readership required his mastery of not only numerous Mayan languages but also the highly poetic ceremonial rhetoric of many indigenous Mesoamerican peoples. This book also includes translations of two other pastoral texts (parts of a songbook and a catechism) and eight early documents by K'iche' and Kaqchikel Maya authors who engaged the Theologia Indorum. These texts, written in Highland Mayan languages both by fellow Dominicans and by Highland Maya elites demonstrate the wider influence of Vico's ethnographic approach shared by a particular school of Dominicans. Altogether, The Americas' First Theologies provides a rich documentary case example of the translation, reception, and reaction to Christian thought in the indigenous Americas
Christ Is A Native American
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Author : Achiel Peelman
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2006-03-14
Christ Is A Native American written by Achiel Peelman and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-14 with Religion categories.
During his 1984 visit to Canada, Pope John Paul II declared, Christ, in the members of his body, is himself Indian. Who is this native Christ? What is his place in the spiritual universe of native people? Achiel Peelman examines these questions in this timely and groundbreaking book, which is the result of research he has carried out since 1982 in native communities across Canada. While Peelman's book is a work of theology and Christology, it is also a work of profound friendship that will help its readers know more deeply the Amerindian experience.
Ngugi Wa Thiong O
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Author : Amitayu Chakraborty
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-03-13
Ngugi Wa Thiong O written by Amitayu Chakraborty and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
As a part of Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literature, the book explores the complex of ways in which Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrestles with issues of nationalism and ethnicity through his politically subversive and creatively intense literary texts. His novels and plays are fraught with his anxiety, resistance, and defiance concerning Gikuyu ethnicity, Kenyan nationalism, and a curious, globalectic imaginary. In this way, the book re- appreciates Ngugi offering scholarly insights into the present debates over identity politics as well as aesthetics that animate contemporary research in postcolonial studies, world literature, and African studies across the globe.
The Invention Of God In Indigenous Societies
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Author : James Cox
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-09-19
The Invention Of God In Indigenous Societies written by James Cox and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with Religion categories.
Indigenous societies around the world have been historically disparaged by European explorers, colonial officials and Christian missionaries. Nowhere was this more evident than in early descriptions of indigenous religions as savage, primitive, superstitious and fetishistic. Liberal intellectuals, both indigenous and colonial, reacted to this by claiming that, before indigenous peoples ever encountered Europeans, they all believed in a Supreme Being. The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies argues that, by alleging that God can be located at the core of pre-Christian cultures, this claim effectively invents a tradition which only makes sense theologically if God has never left himself without a witness. Examining a range of indigenous religions from North America, Africa and Australasia - the Shona of Zimbabwe, the "Rainbow Spirit Theology" in Australia, the Yupiit of Alaska, and the Māori of New Zealand – the book argues that the interests of indigenous societies are best served by carefully describing their religious beliefs and practices using historical and phenomenological methods – just as would be done in the study of any world religion.
Pagan Origins Of The Christ Myth
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Author : John G. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Girard & Stewart
Release Date : 2015-04-30
Pagan Origins Of The Christ Myth written by John G. Jackson and has been published by Girard & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-30 with Religion categories.
In Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth, Jackson sources the pagan origins of Christian doctrine with particular focus on the creation and atonement myths. Rooted in historical facts, Jackson's claims are steeped in research and demonstrate how Christianity synthesizes the rituals, beliefs, and characteristics of savior gods from ancient Egyptian, Greek, Aztec, and Hindu origins. Initially published in 1941, this concise introduction remains an insightful contribution to comparative religion studies.
Philosophy Of Religion And The African American Experience
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Author : John H. McClendon III
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-07-03
Philosophy Of Religion And The African American Experience written by John H. McClendon III and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with Philosophy categories.
African American theologians tend not to find philosophy as a meaningful tool to advance their theological positions. African Americans and Christianity offers an engaging and thorough bridge between African American theology and philosophy of religion.