Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity
Title | Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Harrower |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2024-04-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1501511262 |
Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its historical readership. These recovery-oriented beliefs and behaviors promoted positive religious coping strategies that revolved around a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an integrated sense of self, and a hopeful story beyond trauma. This book vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital therapeutic role in helping early Christian trauma survivors recover and flourish in the aftermath of disastrous persecutions.
Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity
Title | Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Harrower |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2024-04-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1501511386 |
Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its historical readership. These recovery-oriented beliefs and behaviors promoted positive religious coping strategies that revolved around a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an integrated sense of self, and a hopeful story beyond trauma. This book vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital therapeutic role in helping early Christian trauma survivors recover and flourish in the aftermath of disastrous persecutions.
The Healing of Memories
Title | The Healing of Memories PDF eBook |
Author | Mohammed Girma |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2018-09-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1498572642 |
Africa has seen many political crises ranging from violent political ideologies, to meticulous articulated racist governance system, to ethnic clashes resulting in genocide and religious conflicts that have planted the seed of mutual suspicion.The masses impacted by such crises live with the past that has not passed. The Healing of Memories: African Christian Responses to Politically Induced Trauma examines Christian responses to the damaging impact of conflict on the collective memory. Troubled memory is a recipe for another cycle of conflict. While most academic works tend to stress forgiving and forgetting, they did not offer much as to how to deal with the unforgettable past. This book aims to fill this gap by charting an interdisciplinary approach to healing the corrosive memories of painful pasts. Taking a cue from the empirical expositions of post-apartheid South Africa, post-genocide Rwanda, the Congo Wars, and post-Red Terror Ethiopia, this volume brings together coherent healing approaches to deal with traumatic memory.
Christian Missions in Africa
Title | Christian Missions in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Ogbu Kalu |
Publisher | Africa Research and Publications |
Total Pages | 611 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9781592217779 |
A collection of intellectually compelling and emotionally engaging essays exploring African 'versions' of Christianity and their impact on the religion as a whole. Kalu does not simply record the demographic shift, numerical growth and vitality of African churches, but also, importantly, shows how expressions of Christianity are filtered through African cultures.
Healing the Wounds of Trauma
Title | Healing the Wounds of Trauma PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret V. Hill |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Christianity |
ISBN | 9789966217929 |
"This book is addressed to people who have experienced some kind of trauma, such as war, criminal activity or natural disasters. It particularly seeks to help Church leaders who have members in their churches who have been traumatized. The chapters deal with different aspects of trauma, giving basic physiological teaching within a biblical framework."--P.[4] of cover.
The North African Church
Title | The North African Church PDF eBook |
Author | Julius Lloyd |
Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | 456 |
Release | 2012-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781407797977 |
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Western Africa
Title | Western Africa PDF eBook |
Author | D. J. East |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | |
ISBN |