African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 150
Notes:
This project was designed to raise the consciousness of members of the African-Bahamian church through a series of lectures which focused upon the particularities of the African experience
Kingston Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
A collection of essays on the history of Christianity and the role of the Church in the processes of colonization and decolonization in the Caribbean. The work is a cross-cultural study of the Church and society in the Dutch, Spanish, French and English Caribbean. It looks at the relationships that existed among slavery, colonialism and Catholicism, Christianity and decolonization, and the church and military dictatorships. Contents: The beginnings of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean / Johannes Meier -- Protestantism and slavery in the British Caribbean / Keith Hunte -- Christianity and slavery in the Dutch Caribbean / Armando Lampe -- The Catholic Church and the state in Haiti, 1804-1915 / Laënnec Hurbon -- The Catholic Church and the state in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1960 / William Wipfler -- Protestantism in Cuba, 1868-1968 / Theo Tschuy
"This essay argues that there are deep religio-cultural factors that underpin the varied ways in which many communities read and interpret the Bible. In this essay, I argue that by using a hermeneutical tool that is termed a 'A Black religio-cultural approach,' one can assist faith communities, in this case, African Caribbean communities in Britain, to have greater cognisance of the reasons why they interpret the Bible and particular sections of it in certain, distinctive ways." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
