The healing of memories : African Christian responses to politically induced trauma /

This volume is a comprehensive and balanced examination of the African Christian response to political conflicts. Its strength lies on its focus on the healing of memories from theological, philosophical, cultural and scientific points of view.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Girma, Mohammed (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
Temas:
Political violence > Africa > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Political violence > Africa > Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Psychic trauma > Patients > Pastoral counseling of > Africa.
Collective memory > Africa.
Violence politique > Afrique > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Violence politique > Afrique > Aspect psychologique.
Traumatisme psychique > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Traumatisme psychique > Patients > Counseling pastoral > Afrique.
Mémoire collective > Afrique.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Psychic trauma > Religious aspects > Christianity
Political violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
Collective memory
Political violence > Psychological aspects
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Christianity
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From painful memory to restorative nostalgia / Mohammed Girma
  • Remembering to forget, forgetting to remember : memory, trauma and religious imagination in Africa / Afe Adogame
  • "And I will heal their land" : the role of the South African faith community in the quest for healing and reconciliation / Piet Meiring
  • Christian churches in post-genocide Rwanda : reconciliation and its limits / Timothy Longman
  • Mirror of memory : some thoughts on the Ethiopian Red Terror / Theodros Assefa
  • "When the foundations are destroyed". (Psalm 11:3) : Lament, healing, social repair and political reinvention in eastern Congo / Emmanuel Katongole
  • The cry of Rachel : African women's reading of the Bible for healing / Musa Dube
  • Ubuntu, Christianity and two kinds of reconciliation / Thaddeus Metz
  • The intertwinement of science and the Bible in the healing of traumatized memories / Schalk Botha
  • Conclusion.

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