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African Witchcraft and Otherness

A Philosophical and Theological Critique of Intersubjective Relations

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

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African Witchcraft and Otherness

A Philosophical and Theological Critique of Intersubjective Relations

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

This work of African philosophy and theology uses the thought of Emmanuel Levinas to provide an analysis of tfu (witchcraft) among the Wimbum people of Cameroon along with a critique of intersubjective relations. Taking an approach he calls "critical contextualism," author Elias Bongmba employs Levinas's philosophy, particularly the concept of the Other, to engage in cross-cultural philosophy that does not destroy the perspective of the culture under study. Insights from anthropology, African studies, and the author's own experiences are also important throughout the book. Bongmba discusses the cultural background of the Wimbum people and explores the concepts and terms used to discuss the acquisition of several categories of power generally described as tfu. Bongmba argues that when properly explored and understood, these terms refer to complex practices that involve power that can be used for good and power that can be abused. Drawing from Levinas, the author demonstrates that negative use of tfu constitutes a totalizing praxis. He goes on to endorse Levinas's call for a phenomenology of eros as a way of reconfiguring interpersonal relationships.

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State University of New York Press

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0791490505

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Facing a Pandemic

The African Church and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

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Facing a Pandemic

The African Church and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

The central argument is that the theological motif of the image of God invites a prophetic critique of the social environment in which HIV/AIDS thrives and calls for a praxis of love and compassion.

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Baylor University Press

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1932792821

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9781932792829

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

By: Roxane Richter,Thomas Flowers,Elias Bongmba

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Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

By: Roxane Richter,Thomas Flowers,Elias Bongmba

This interdisciplinary manuscript examines one nonprofit’s five years of medical outreach in the condemned witches village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on the clashes between traditional Ghanaian beliefs, African religious tenets, and contemporary Western medical science. The research draws upon 1,714 patient interventions and 95 personal interviews, exposing the inherent challenges of separating indigenous beliefs surrounding fate and witchcraft convictions from contemporary interpretations of biological pathogens, structural and gender-based violence, and evidence-based medicine. This book offers a novel perspective on witchcraft as it examines questions of stigmatization in order to extrapolate how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft. These unprecedented insights will serve to uncover and explore rural Ghanaian challenges in gender-based violence, religion, legal and political tenets, human rights, and medical science and their many implications for those in search of health parity, social justice, gender equity, and human rights.

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Lexington Books

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1498523196

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African Witchcraft and Otherness

A Philosophical and Theological Critique of Intersubjective Relations

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

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A Philosophical and Theological Critique of Intersubjective Relations

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Facing a Pandemic

The African Church and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

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The African Church and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS

By: Elias Kifon Bongmba

The central argument is that the theological motif of the image of God invites a prophetic critique of the social environment in which HIV/AIDS thrives and calls for a praxis of love and compassion.

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Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

By: Roxane Richter,Thomas Flowers,Elias Bongmba

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Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

By: Roxane Richter,Thomas Flowers,Elias Bongmba

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African Witchcraft and Otherness

African Witchcraft and Otherness

Facing a Pandemic

Facing a Pandemic

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

African Witchcraft and Otherness

African Witchcraft and Otherness

Facing a Pandemic

Facing a Pandemic

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis

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