Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration

by George Shakwelele
Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration
Author: George Shakwelele
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2023-06-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666714100
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The Bisa people of Nabwalya, Zambia love their culture and gladly celebrate all their traditional festivals. This book presents exciting research into Kusefya pa ngena, rituals through which the Bisa elect ancestors for veneration. The Bisa speak freely of how their belief in ancestor veneration does not conflict with their worship of God. For them, the two work hand in hand. Traditional practices are considered vital to the community because they enhance life, reinforce cultural values, and explain life events. Those questioned said ancestor veneration should continue because it benefits current and future generations. For example, their most celebrated ancestor, Kabuswe Yombwe, when petitioned, provides rain and a good harvest for the community. People affirmed that rain fell each time they petitioned Kabuswe. One woman, who is married to an elder in a Pentecostal church, vowed not to give up ancestor veneration, to which she attributed the healing of her son and daughter. She pledged her allegiance to both Jesus Christ and to her family's ancestors. In another story, an ancestor appears in a dream to an expectant woman demanding that her child be given a feminine name. The mother obeys to avoid the child being born with a sickness . . .

Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice

by Jennifer Mullan
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice
Author: Jennifer Mullan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2023-11-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1324019174
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A call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens. An essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is—and always has been— inherently political. To better understand the mental health oppression and institutional violence that exists today, we must become familiar with the root of disembodiment from our histories, homelands, and healing practices. Only then will readers see how colonial, historical, and intergenerational legacies have always played a role in the treatment of mental health. This book is the emotional companion and guide to decolonization. It is an invitation for Eurocentrically trained clinicians to acknowledge privileged and oppressed parts while relearning what we thought we knew. Ignoring collective global trauma makes delivering effective therapy impossible; not knowing how to interrogate privilege (as a therapist, client, or both) makes healing elusive; and shying away from understanding how we as professionals may be participating in oppression is irresponsible.

Tower of Babel

by Bodie Hodge
Tower of Babel
Author: Bodie Hodge
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614583188
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The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors reveals our shared ancestry as never before! Many are familiar with the Biblical account of Babel, but after the dispersal, there was a void beyond Biblical history until empires like Rome and Greece arose. Now, discover the truth of these people groups and their civilizations that spread across the earth and trace their roots back to Babel as well as to the sons and grandsons of Noah. Many of today’s scholars write off what occurred at the Tower of Babel as mythology and deny that it was a historical event. Beginning with the Biblical accounts, author Bodie Hodge researched ancient texts, critical clues, and rare historic records to help solve the mystery of what became of the failed builders of Babel. For the purpose of defending the Bible, Hodge presents these and other vital historical facts surrounding this much-debated event. Teens and older can use this layman’s reference for Biblical classes, ancient history, apologetics training, and to realize their own cultural connection to the Bible.

Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration

by George Shakwelele
Explaining the Practice of Elevating an Ancestor for Veneration
Author: George Shakwelele
Publisher:
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2019
Genre: Ancestor worship
ISBN:
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Ancestor veneration is common in many Zambian communities, especially during traditional ceremonies practiced by different tribes countrywide. Ancestors are consulted for protection and guidance and are celebrated for enabling successes in life. The available literature acknowledges the practice of ancestor veneration by various cultures in Zambia as well as elsewhere in Africa. Little, however, has be written that explains the practice of elevating an ancestor for veneration. -- This grounded theory study explains, within the larger, culturally-framed construct of ancestor veneration, the practice of elevating an ancestor for veneration among the Bisa people in the Nabwalya area of northern Zambia. Data were collected via audio-recorded, face-to-face interviews with 32 participants. The interviews were subsequently transcribed verbatim and coded using NVivo12 qualitative analysis software. -- The central understanding emerging from this study's data is that the Bisa people explain the practice of elevating an ancestor for veneration in relation to four key constructs: 1) the process of becoming a venerated ancestor, 2) the interface between the practice and the Bisa traditional religion, 3) the benefits of the practice, and 4) the practice's role in perpetuating Bisa identity and culture. The practice of elevating an ancestor for veneration is naturally embedded in the larger tradition of venerating living/dead ancestors. -- Ancestor veneration, including the practice of elevating an ancestor, exists in a symbiotic relationship with the overlapping realms of the living and the dead. This study gives voice to the Bisa people and preserves a record of their cultural practices. It also reveals that participation in this cultural practice perpetuates Bisa traditions and reinforces values, provides explanations for life events, and enhances life. It also contributes to the existing body of knowledge on African Traditional Religions.

Honoring Your Ancestors

by Mallorie Vaudoise
Honoring Your Ancestors
Author: Mallorie Vaudoise
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738761052
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Discover the Spiritual Nourishment and Magical Power of Ancestor Veneration Learn how to connect to your ancestors and receive the benefits that come from veneration—deeper spirituality, more love in your life, better outcomes in creative pursuits, powerful magic and spellwork, and an improved sense of wellness. Filled with hands-on techniques and tips, Honoring Your Ancestors shows you how to create an ancestor altar so you can work with ancestors of all kinds. Author Mallorie Vaudoise also shares fascinating ideas for incorporating rituals, spells, family recipes, and even practices like music and dancing to help you open this wonderful new dimension of your spiritual journey. Ancestor veneration is one of the most widespread spiritual practices in the world. This book shares the important distinctions between working with blood ancestors, lineage ancestors, and affinity ancestors while helping you recognize the signs that your ancestors are responding to your petitions and offerings. You will also explore important topics like mediumship and ancestral trauma so you can be sure to develop a veneration practice that's uplifting and affirming for you.

Negotiating Identity

by Ethan Christofferson
Negotiating Identity
Author: Ethan Christofferson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621896269
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Negotiating Identity addresses the missiological problem of why the Hakka Chinese Christian community in Taiwan is so small despite evangelistic efforts there for more than 140 years. Christofferson explores the tensions between being Hakka and being Christian in northwestern Taiwan and discusses what both Hakka non-Christians and Christians are doing and saying in the context of these tensions. This ethnographic study uses the lens of social constructionism and consequently offers an example of how social science scholarship can help missionaries and other Christian workers to gain significant insights into the thoughts, feelings, and actions of those living in their ministry locations. Of interest is Christofferson's conclusion that the missiological perspective which puts a primary focus on ministering to a "people group" is inadequate for explaining and engaging the complexities encountered in many ministry settings. He suggests that an awareness of the way people are negotiating their identities can help Christian workers to better understand and strategically engage people in a variety of ministry contexts throughout the world.

Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching

by Myron L. Cohen
Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Guide for Teaching
Author: Myron L. Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 651
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131528815X
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The material in this study is covered by Myron L. Cohen on religion and family organization in China; John R. Bowen on family, kinship, and Islam in Indonesia; Robert W. Hefner on hierarchy and stratification in Java; and Nancy Rosenberger on gender roles in Japan. Further material is provided by William W. Kelly on rural society in Japan; Theodore C. Bestor on urban life in Japan; Stephen R. Smith on the family in Japan; Doranne Jacobson on gender relations in India; Lawrence A. Babb on religion in India; Owen M. Lynch on stratification, inequality, and the caste system in India; Laurell Kendall on changing gender relations in Korea; Andrew G. Walder on comparative revolution in China and Vietnam, Maoism, and the sociology of work in China and Japan; Moni Nag on the comparative demography of China, Japan, and India; and Helen Hardacre on the new religions of Japan. Other contributors offering information through case studies are Hiroshi Ishida on stratification and mobility in Japan; Robert C. Liebman on work and education compared in Japan and the US; Joseph W. Elder on education, urban society, urban problems, and industrial society in India; Andrew J. Nathan on totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and democracy in China; Jean C. Oi on mobilisation and participation in China; Edwin A. Winckler on political development in Taiwan; Carl H. Lande on political parties and representation in the Philippines ; Clark N. Neher on political development and political participation in Thailand; and Benedict R. O'G. Anderson on political culture, the military, and authoritarianism in Indonesia. The final chapters of this work include studies by Stephen Philip Cohen on the military in India and Pakistan; Paul R. Brass on democracy and political participation in India; T.J. Pempel on Japanese democracy and political culture, political parties and representation, and bureaucracy in Japan; Han-kyo Kim on political development in South Korea; and Thomas G. Rawski on the economies of China and Japan.