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African Spirituality and Ethics: Decolonising a False Dichotomy

Autor Munyaradzi Felix Murove
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 dec 2023
This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics. Felix Murove discusses how these two concepts are entwined, and illustrates how they play a role in applied ethical issues. He argues that the general understanding of spirituality in Africa stems from Christianity, which has had a negative impact on African indigenous spirituality. The conceptual tools that run throughout the book are considerably Afro-centric, a methodological strategy which inevitably requires the reader to adopt some prior willingness to learn these Afro-centric concepts without easily resorting to western Christian and philosophical categories of thought. The book advocates for an Afro-centric conceptualization of spirituality and ethics, and encourages the reader to adopt a more holistic approach to African spirituality.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031455896
ISBN-10: 3031455894
Pagini: 141
Ilustrații: VII, 141 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2023
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1 Introduction.- 2 The Politicization of Spirituality in Southern Africa.- 3 Essentials of African Spirituality.- 4 A Symbiotic Relationship Between African Spirituality and Ethics.- 5 African Spirituality as the Foundation for a Relational Ethic.- 6 African Communitarian Ethics and Spirituality.- 7 Healing in African Spirituality and Ethics.

Notă biografică

Munyaradzi Felix Murove is a research associate at the University of the Free State, South Africa.


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This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics. Felix Murove discusses how these two concepts are entwined, and illustrates how they play a role in applied ethical issues. He argues that the general understanding of spirituality in Africa stems from Christianity, which has had a negative impact on African indigenous spirituality. The conceptual tools that run throughout the book are considerably Afro-centric, a methodological strategy which inevitably requires the reader to adopt some prior willingness to learn these Afro-centric concepts without easily resorting to western Christian and philosophical categories of thought. The book advocates for an Afro-centric conceptualization of spirituality and ethics, and encourages the reader to adopt a more holistic approach to African spirituality.

Munyaradzi Felix Murove is a research associate at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Caracteristici

Adopts a pragmatist approach in the discussion of African spirituality Situates African spirituality within the African ethical tradition Offers the essentials of African spirituality and ethics as a basis for further scholarly investigation