Advertisement
| ntu african philosophy: Modern philosophy. The African philosophy of Ntu Ednah M Peter, 2016-07-18 Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy Beyond Occidental Tradition, University of Botswana (University of Botswana), course: Modern Philosophy, language: English, abstract: The African philosophy of Ntu existed a long time ago, and it brought about solidarity and oneness in African society.The importance of this paper therefore is to discuss the African Philosophy of Ntu. The paper will start by defining the key concepts, then differentiating African philosophy from Western philosophy. The paper will go further into discussing the basic features that make up the Ntu philosophy and also, towards the end of the paper, the African philosophy will be criticised. At last a conclusion will be drawn up, summing all the main points of the paper. |
| ntu african philosophy: Introduction to an African Philosophy Ferdinand Mutaawe Kasozi, 2011 By offering a topical rather historical presentation of an unique African philosophical reflection on physical and immaterial reality, the author of this book underscores the relevance of African systems of thought to philosophy. Consequently, the book centres on four focal issues: What are the meanings of Ntu'ology and Baganda Ntu'ology? Does the Ntu'ology of the Baganda offer an inimitable description of being, time and space? What is the Baganda Ntu'ological impression of the human being, knowledge, relations, and destiny as well as of human and spiritual beings' interconnections? How does the Ntu'ology of the Baganda portray the modality of being and values? This text should give scholars an introduction to yet another African philosophical system of thought. |
| ntu african philosophy: An Introduction to African Philosophy Samuel Oluoch Imbo, 1998 Organized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo synthesizes the ideas of key African philosophers into an accessible narrative. The author focuses on five central questions: What are the definitions of African philosophy? Is ethno-philosophy really philosophy? What are the dangers of an African philosophy that claims to be 'unique'? Can African philosophy be done in foreign languages such as English and French? Are there useful ways to make connections between African philosophy, African American philosophy, and women's studies? By making cross-disciplinary and transnational connections, Imbo stakes out an important place for African philosophy. Imbo's book is an invaluable introduction to this dynamic and growing area of study. |
| ntu african philosophy: Baganda NTU'ology Ferdinand Mutaawe Kasozi, 2000 |
| ntu african philosophy: African Philosophy Jim Unah, 1999 |
| ntu african philosophy: Muntu Janheinz Jahn, 1961 Over a quarter of a century has passed since Muntu was first published in English, but this landmark examination still provides one of the most in-depth looks at African and neo-African culture. In his insightful study, Janheinz Jahn surveys the whole range of traditional and modern African thought expressed in religion, language, philosophy, literature, art, music and dance. He demonstrates that African culture, far from being doomed to destruction or homogenization under the onslaught of the West, is evolving into a rich and independent civilization that is capable of incorporating those elements of the West that do not threaten its basic values. Muntu (the Bantu word for “human”) presents an invaluable insight into the foundations of the unique and vital tapestry of cultures that compromise Africa today. |
| ntu african philosophy: Bantu Philosophy Placide Tempels, 1969 |
| ntu african philosophy: Current Perspective on African Philosophy Kgalushi Koka, 2001 |
| ntu african philosophy: Prophecies and Protests Henk van den Heuvel, Mzamo Mangaliso, Lisa van de Bunt, 2006 What can managers around the globe learn from the indigenous African term Ubuntu (humane-ness)?For the first time ever, African management advocates, interpretative scholars, and academic skeptics, are brought together in a unique book, displaying the richness of the debate on Afrocentric management vision. This debate is characterized by polarization, cultural protest, emancipatory aspiration, mystification and opportunism. Prophecies and Protests offers a broad spectrum of remarkably diverse views from different backgrounds, and could be seen as an important step to foster the dialogue between protagonists and critics, between practitioners and academics. Especially today, the central theme of the book is relevant, in an era of worldwide cultural diffusion, and a longing for authenticity and romanticized histories. |
| ntu african philosophy: Metaphysics, Phenomenology, and African Philosophy Jim Unah, 1996 |
| ntu african philosophy: Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives Roger T. Ames, Sor-hoon Tan, Steven Y. H. Yang, 2023 Tianxia--conventionally translated as all-under-Heaven--in everyday Chinese parlance simply means the world. But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature, interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological understanding of intra-national relations that acknowledge the mutuality and interdependence of all economic and political activity. This volume contextualizes the tianxia vision of geopolitical order within a variety of strategies drawn from a broad spectrum of cultures and peoples: Buddhist, Islamic, Indian, African, Confucian, European. The conversation among the contributors is guided by several central questions: Is tianxia the only model of cosmopolitanism? Are there ideas and ideals comparable to tianxia that exist in other cultures? What alternative perspectives of global justice have inspired Western, Indian, Islamic, Buddhist, and African cultural traditions? The fundamental premise here is that in order for a planetary tianxia system to be relevant and significant for the present time and for our vision of the future, it must acknowledge the plurality of moral ideals defining the world's cultures while at the same time seek practical ways to formulate a minimalist morality that can provide the solidarity needed to bring the world's people together-- |
| ntu african philosophy: Culturally Responsive Interventions Julie R. Ancis, 2004-03 This book fills the widening gap in multicultural literature by providing specific culture-centered interventions. The first section of the text highlights culturally based interventions. The second section focuses on the treatment of Culture-Bound Syndromes (CBS). Culture-Bound Syndromes are defined as recurrent, locality specific behavior patterns that are observed only in certain cultural environments. The third section, clinical and training implications, includes a chapter describing how training will need to be reconceptualized in order to promote counselors who are effective with a wide range of clients. |
| ntu african philosophy: African Philosophy Richard A. Wright, 1984 The aim of the book is thus to present, substantively, significant writing on African Philosophy, in a form which will be useful both in the classroom and in the library of those interested in Africa. |
| ntu african philosophy: Footmarks on African Philosophy Andrew F. Uduigwomen, 1995 |
| ntu african philosophy: Could You Be Loved Trevor Fitz-Henley, 2017-02-09 COULD YOU BE LOVED is of all Humankind acknowledging shared origin for Progress with Peace. . . insightful . . incisive and instructive . . a beautiful poetic move . . brilliant . . author, poet, philosopher Tekla Mekfet relates Bob Marley's poetics to African philosophy, the Bible and the problems of Babylon as we encounter them in Jamaica and the world. . . helps to resolve the tension between the individual and the community, in Rasta poetics . . Historical memory . . clues to liberation in the present. Out of history and prophecy . . philosophy in Rastafari offers unaccustomed wide practical application. (Dr. Noel Erskine, Professor of Theology & Ethics, Emory University, USA). . . deep understanding of world politics . . knowledge of the world's literary works whether fiction or treatise . . wide knowledge of music of all genres . . erudite . . encyclopedic . . for every and anyone. (Dr. Erna Brodber, sociologist-historian-novelist, University of the West Indies). In his own thoroughly original way Tekla Mekfet evokes the largesse of spirit and innovative rhetorical performances of Walt Whitman . . Whitman opened up the space of the line in American verse; he had an agile poetic persona; he was chronicler, seer, prophet. In our time Ras Mekfet is accomplishing much the same through his vision and voice. (Michael Kuelker, Professor of English, St. Charles Community College, Rastafari-Reggae researcher, DJ, Missouri). Structure is as vocabulary item, social commentary, music of meaning, Often, life is not nice neat sentences'. The index invites piece-mealing focus on such as The Word, Logic RHYTHM Household-Community, Reality, Freedom, Whiteness, or Oneness. Varied subjects are explored as symbiotic - as could be related to Spinoza's All is One and The One is Divine', to 'Selassie is The Chapel', to Hegel's 'God' dwelling within Humankind & permanently pervading the universe - related to shared African principles of an all-manifesting all-embracing 'NTU', or JAH of Rastrafari. Of Nature's Logic & Kant's 'Categorical Imperative' for universal oneness. Concept 'Babylon' de-constructed throughout, as is 'Zion'. Of 'Concrete Jungle', The City, Marketed 'God', Moral Relativity, life-long insecurity. . . the heavy and the weary weight / Of all this unintelligible world / Is lightened. Mekfet invites you to be free 'of being psychologically blind. For YOU, are living of some measure & mix of philosophy . . that you may be living unperceived. to be recognized for sense of options for direction. . - Mother Africa's Philosophy, Rastafari, The Bible, & cross-refs philosophy of West & East - Philosophy in Reggae, Jazz, Dancehall Music: Atavistic Appeal African Rhythms Worldwide - Culture of Politics, Mis-Education, Violence & Masculinity in 'Jamaica'/'Carry-beyond' - A Rastafari Journey, Jamaica & Social Prejudice - Animism & Literary Imagery. Multi-cultural imagery 'Christ'/Re-patria-tion/Ancestor Worship - 'Israel' & 'Jerusalem' not as geographical entities, but as universal concepts for social organization related to Rhythm of Ecology & Bio-diversity, the Cosmos as a single organism, & Bio-mimicry - all antithesis of concept of 'Babylon' |
| ntu african philosophy: Beyond Inhumanity Scherto Gill, 2025-04-21 Collective efforts to address the legacies of slavery and colonialism tend to orient solely towards dealing with material compensation, such as reducing economic disparity, and levelling access to public services. However, communities directly impacted by the dehumanizing legacies have insisted on a broader reckoning—one that recognizes all dimensions of the harms, including the spiritual injury and the relevant psychosocial trauma inflicted across the generations. They remind us that harms of structural injustice extend beyond the material, the physical and the psychological, also entangling the moral, relational, and spiritual fabric of human life. Understanding harms of inhumanity brings to light the layers of damage and is key to identifying interdisciplinary approaches to collective healing, social transformation and the well-being of all. This book emerges from the ongoing intellectual dialogue as part of the UNESCO Collective Healing Initiative. The Initiative focuses on healing the wounds of inhumanity, co-creating just societies and enhancing the flourishing of current and future generations. |
| ntu african philosophy: The Doctrine of God in African Christian Thought James Henry Owino Kombo, 2007 Noting the relationship between philosophy and the doctrine of the Trinity, this book offers the African pre-Christian understanding of God and the Ntu-metaphysics as theoretical gateways for African reflections on the doctrine of the Trinity. |
| ntu african philosophy: African Philosophy Leo Apostel, 1981 |
| ntu african philosophy: African Intellectual Heritage Abu Shardow Abarry, 1996 Organized by major themes—such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora. Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along with African American spirituals; political commentary from C.L.R. James, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Joseph Nyerere; stirring calls for social justice from David Walker, Abdias Nacimento, Franzo Fanon, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring newly translated texts and ocuments published for the first time, the volume also includes an African chronology, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. With this landmark book, Asante and Abarry offer a major contribution to the ongoing debates on defining the African canon. Author note:Molefi Kete Asanteis Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Temple University and author of several books, includingThe Afrocentric Idea(Temple) andThe Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans.Abu S. Abarryis Assistant Chair of African American Studies at Temple University. |
| ntu african philosophy: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa Andrea L. Stanton, 2012 In our age of globalization and multiculturalism, it has never been more important to understand and appreciate all cultures across the world. The four volumes take a step forward in this endeavour by presenting concise information on those regions least well-known to students across Europe: the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The volumes convey what daily life is like for people in these selected regions. Entries will aid readers in understanding the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world, and to learn the history of countries and cultures within these important regions. Key Features -Topics are explored within historical context, in three broad historical periods: prehistory to 1250, 1250 to 1920 and 1920 to the present. -One volume each is devoted to the regions of the Middle East and Africa and then one volume to East and Southeast Asia and a final volume to West, Central and South Asia. The volumes include extensive use of photographs and maps to explain cultural and geographic content. -Each volume has its own volume editor with expertise in that particular region. Key Themes Arts, Culture and Science People, Society and Dynasties Religion and Law Family and Daily Life Conflicts and Wars Politics and Government Health and Education Economy, Trade and Industry National Geography and History. |
| ntu african philosophy: The Question of Being in Western and African Analytic Metaphysics Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, 2021-05-04 The main aim of this book is to discuss fundamental developments on the question of being in Western and African philosophy using analytic metaphysics as a framework. It starts with the two orthodox responses to the question of being, namely, the subject-verb-object language view and the rheomodic language view. In the first view, being is conceived through the analysis of language structure, where it is represented by subjects (particulars), objects, and relations (often universals). In the second view, there are different variations; however, the common idea is that the world's structure is revealed in the root verb of terms. This suggests a holistic and dynamic conception of being, where everything is in a continuous process of action. The book builds on analytic philosophy and explores metaphysical concepts such as space-time, modality, causation, indeterminism versus determinism, and mind and body. The book shows that in both Western and African thought, (i) similarities in different studies confirm that philosophy is a universal activity, (ii) differences within a context and beyond confirm the perspectival nature of human knowledge as individuals attempt to interpret reality, and (iii) language influences the conceptualization of being in a particular area. One of the novel aspects is the development of visual and mathematical African models of space and time. |
| ntu african philosophy: The African Philosophy Reader P.H. Coetzee, A.P.J. Roux, 2004-03 Divided into eight sections, each with introductory essays, the selections offer rich and detailed insights into a diverse multinational philosophical landscape. Revealed in this pathbreaking work is the way in which traditional philosophical issues related to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology, for instance, take on specific forms in Africa's postcolonial struggles. Much of its moral, political, and social philosophy is concerned with the turbulent processes of embracing modern identities while protecting ancient cultures. |
| ntu african philosophy: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy , 2021-01-28 An innovative examination of the ways in which dance and philosophy inform each other, Dance and Philosophy brings together authorities from a variety of disciplines to expand our understanding of dance and dance scholarship. Featuring an eclectic mix of materials from exposes to dance therapy sessions to demonstrations, Dance and Philosophy addresses centuries of scholarship, dance practice, the impacts of technological and social change, politics, cultural diversity and performance. Structured thematically to draw out the connection between different perspectives, this books covers: - Philosophy practice and how it corresponds to dance - Movement, embodiment and temporality - Philosophy and dance traditions in everyday life - The intersection between dance and technology - Critical reflections on dance Offering important contributions to our understanding of dance as well as expanding the study of philosophy, this book is key to sparking new conversations concerning the philosophy of dance. |
| ntu african philosophy: Beyond Mimicry Ali Moussa Iye, Augustin F. C. Holl, 2024-12-30 Beyond Mimicry offers critical analysis of the main characteristics of African endogenous approaches to governance, investigating the potential of these systems in response to the crises many of today’s societies in Africa are facing. The book reflects on these studies and develops policy recommendations for African decision-makers willing to consider integrating endogenous systems of governance as a basis to search for alternative solutions to current critical issues. |
| ntu african philosophy: Managing Water as an Economic Resource James Winpenny, 2005-07-22 Water, already a scarce resource, is treated as though it were plentiful and free. The task of supplying enough water of the required quality to growing populations is straining authorities and governments to the limit as the economic and environmental costs of new supply sources escalate and wasteful supply, delivery and consumption systems persist. Managing Water as an Economic Resource argues that the root of the crisis is the failure of suppliers and consumers to treat water as a scarce commodity with an economic value. James Winpenny evaluates policies for the improved management of existing demand, and draws on case studies from different countries as he discusses how policies could be implemented to treat water as an economic good conferring major economic, financial and environmental benefits. |
| ntu african philosophy: Christian Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective Martien Brinkman, 2019-12-30 Preliminary Material /Martien E. Brinkman and Dirk van Keulen --Introduction /Martien Brinkman and Dirk van Keulen --Pela as Inclusive Socio-Cosmic System in the Central Moluccas /Simon Ririhena --Pela as Inclusive Socio-Cosmic System in the Central Moluccas Comments on Simon Ririhena's Paper /Dirk Smit --African Theology as a Challenge for Western Theology /Kwame Bediako --African Theology as a Challenge for Western Theology /Mechteld Jansen --Liminality and Worship in the Korean American Context /Sang Hyun Lee --Liminality and Worship in the Korean American Context /Verry Patty --Christians in the Clash of Civilizations /Abraham van de Beek --Christians in the Clash of Civilizations Comments on Abraham van de Beek's Paper /James Kombo --Contextual Theology, Tradition and Heresy --'No other motives would give us the right' /Dirk Smit --'No other motives would give us the right' /Sjaak van't Kruis --Christian Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective /Theo Witvliet --Christian Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective Comments on Theo Witvliet's Paper /Christiaan Mostert --The Catholicity of the Church and the Universality of Theology /Christiaan Mostert --The Catholicity of the Church and the Universality of Theology Comments on Christiaan Mostert's Paper /Kwame Bediako --Contextualization as Inculturation: The Experience of the African Theological Situation /James Kombo --Contextualization as Inculturation Comments on James Kombo's Paper /Bert de Leede --List of Contributors /Martien E. Brinkman and Dirk van Keulen --Index of Names /Martien E. Brinkman and Dirk van Keulen. |
| ntu african philosophy: The Critique of Bioethical Principlism in Contrast to an African Approach to Bioethics Jude Thaddaeus Buyondo, 2024-08-16 Though some argue that bioethics in the Black African world is simply a reflection of the Western approach to bioethics, this work suggests otherwise. While the Western approach (bioethical principlism) claims to offer an absolute approach to bioethics in a universalized common morality, this book argues that bioethical principlism can be complemented with African approaches to bioethics. Western principlism, as primarily presented by Thomas L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress, can hardly be incarnated in the African context of bioethical problems unless it is complemented by a contextual normative understanding of African social realities, realities that themselves must be enriched by bioethical principlism. Without claiming to offer the last word on intercultural bioethics or disputing which bioethical approaches deserve prioritization, the work interactively relies on ordinary moral experiences that are practically visible in lived social realities, as well as the community realities surrounding Africans south of the Sahara. Prescriptively, in order to not simply promote life but to do so fully, the African ethical system supports an integral community life by continuously promoting the norm of solidarity, continued vitality, and the hierarchization of life within the corporate community, which the individual must not blindly follow but responsibly interact with, without her identity, freedom, and conscience being crushed. |
| ntu african philosophy: Igwebuike: Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, 2022-07-14 This piece studies the dimensions of Igwebuike, which include its place within the theater of being, and its literal and linguistic meanings. It presents Igwebuike as essentially a transcendent complementary comprehensive systematic effort to understand the structure and dynamics of reality ultimately for the purpose of giving honest answers to fundamental questions or opinions to questions that arise within the arena of asking questions and questioning answers, selfless enlightenment and furthering of human happiness. |
| ntu african philosophy: Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective Anders Pettersson, Gunilla Lindberg-Wada, Margareta Petersson, Stefan Helgesson, 2011-12-22 Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective is a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Initiated in 1996 and launched in 1999, it aims at finding suitable methods and approaches for studying and analysing literature globally, emphasizing the comparative and intercultural aspect. Even though we nowadays have fast and easy access to any kind of information on literature and literary history, we encounter, more than ever, the difficulty of finding a credible overall perspective on world literary history. Until today, literary cultures and traditions have usually been studied separately, each field using its own principles and methods. Even the conceptual basis itself varies from section to section and the genre concepts employed are not mutually compatible. As a consequence, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for the interested layperson as well as for the professional student, to gain a clear and fair perspective both on the literary traditions of other peoples and on one's own traditions. The project can be considered as a contribution to gradually removing this problem and helping to gain a better understanding of literature and literary history by means of a concerted empirical research and deeper conceptual reflection. The contributions to the four volumes are written in English by specialists from a large number of disciplines, primarily from the fields of comparative literature, Oriental studies and African studies in Sweden. All of the literary texts discussed in the articles are in the original language. Each one of the four volumes is devoted to a special research topic. |
| ntu african philosophy: Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy Ada Agada, 2022-01-12 This book provides a case for the de-stigmatisation of ethnophilosophy by demonstrating its continuing relevance in contemporary African philosophy. The book brings together established and brilliant young scholars who defend ethnophilosophy as a unique source of African philosophy with the capacity to colour African philosophical scholarship, thereby distinguishing African philosophy from other philosophical traditions of the world and setting the stage for philosophical dialogue in the 21st century characterised by multiculturalism and globalisation. The volume addresses the future of African philosophy by closely linking the past of this tradition with the exciting projects of the contemporary system builders whose works emerge from the ethnophilosophical while transcending it. The book is aimed at African philosophy experts, scholars of intercultural philosophy, African studies scholars and graduate students of African and intercultural philosophy. |
| ntu african philosophy: African Philosophy in Search of Identity D A Masolo, 2019-08-06 African Philosophy in Search of Identity |
| ntu african philosophy: Here is a Table Ndumiso Dladla, 2020-12-04 Our understanding of racism is that it is the systematic doubt concerning the humanity of the other. It is a means to an end, namely, to pursue the dehumanisation of the other for one’s sole and exclusive benefit. The doubt is in itself ethically indefensible. Yet, it ultimately acquires the status of an incontrovertible truth around which economic and political life is organised and conducted. This has been and continues to be the reality in South Africa today. The hypothesis of this book is that a philosophical-historical study of racism will reveal that it has only ever been and continues to be white supremacy. In South Africa the actuality of the doubt is that it has always arisen from one side (“whiteness”) and directed itself against the other (“blackness”). Our purpose is to show that racism properly speaking is white supremacy and that it cannot be properly understood without African philosophy. |
| ntu african philosophy: African Philosophy Through Ubuntu Mogobe B. Ramose, 1999 In spite of decolonisation, the philosophical character of European standpoint on colonisation together with its corresponding practices remains unchanged in its relations with the erstwhile colonies. It is precisely this condition which calls for the need for the authentic liberation of Africa. This speaks of a two-fold exigency. One is that the colonised people's conceptions of reality, knowledge and truth should be released from slavery and dominance under the European epistemological paradigm. Without this essential first step there cannot evolve a common authentic and liberating universe of discourse. The second exigency is that the evolving common universe of discourse must take into account the rational demands of justice to the colonised arising from the unjust wars of conquest that resulted in colonial disseizing of territory as well as the enslavement of the colonised. These rational demands of justice are specifically the restoration of territory to its indigenous rightful owners and reparations to them. This two fold exigency is the indisplensable neccessity for the authentic liberation of Africa, and indeed, all the colonised people of the world. |
| ntu african philosophy: Serving African American Children Sheryl Brissett-Chapman, 2018-04-27 Serving African American Children was initiated to present an African American perspective on child welfare issues affecting African American children. The chapters in this volume challenge the child welfare community to ensure that all African American children receive protection, nurturing, and an improved quality of life; to create and sustain mutual communication and support through program development; to ensure that African American consultants are involved in the evaluation of agencies where African American populations represent a significant proportion of the service population; and to increase African American leadership through education and training opportunities in preparation for executive level positions. Major chapters and contributors to Serving African American Children include: Family Preservation and Support Services: A Missed Opportunity for Kinship Care by Julia Danzy and Sondra M. Jackson; Achieving Same-Race Adoptive Placements for African American Children by Ruth G. McRoy, Zena Oglesby, and Helen Grape; African American Families and HIV/AIDS: Caring for Surviving Children by Alma J. Carten and Ilene Fennoy; A Rite of Passage Approach Designed to Preserve the Families of Substance-Abusing African American Women by Vanesta L. Poitier, Makini Niliwaambieni, and Cyprian Lamar Rowe; and An Afrocentric Program for African American Males in the Juvenile Justice System by Aminifu R. Harvey and Antoinette A. Coleman. The chapters reflect a variety of policy, research, and practice issues; clinical techniques and treatment models; and new perspectives in child welfare. The theme that runs throughout each chapter is the grave concern about the overrepresentation of African American children and families in the child welfare system, and about the limited if not missing influence of the African American perspective on policy and practice. Serving African American Children is a book of vital importance and should be read by all social workers, sociologists, African American studies specialists, and professionals in the field of child welfare. |
| ntu african philosophy: Handbook of African American Psychology Helen A. Neville, Brendesha M. Tynes, Shawn O. Utsey, 2008-11-12 The Handbook of African American Psychology provides a comprehensive guide to current developments in African American psychology. It presents theoretical, empirical, and practical issues that are foundational to African American psychology. It synthesizes the debates in the field and research designed to understand the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral development of African Americans. The breadth and depth of the coverage in this handbook offers both foundational material and current developments. Although similar topics will be covered in this text that are included in other works, this will be the only work in which experts in the field write on contemporary debates related to these topics. Moreover, the proposed text incorporates other issues that are typically not covered in related books. The contributing authors also identify gaps in the literature and point to future directions in research, training, and practice. Key Features: Contains the writings of renowned editors and contributors: The most well-respected and accomplished editors and authors in the area of African American psychology, and psychology in general, have come together to lend their expert analysis of issues and research in this field. Designed for course use: With a consistent format from chapter to chapter and sections on historical development, cutting-edge theories, assessment, intervention, methodology, and development issues, instructors will find this handbook appropriate for use with upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level classes Offers unique coverage: The authors discuss issues not typically found in other books on African American psychology, such as ethics, certification, the gifted and talented, Hip-Hop and youth culture, common misconceptions about African Americans, and within-group differences related to gender, class, age, and sexual orientation. |
| ntu african philosophy: Integral Dynamics Ronnie Lessem, Alexander Schieffer, Samuel D. Rima, 2016-05-23 The theory of integral dynamics is based on the view that the development of individual leaders or entrepreneurs requires the simultaneous development of institutions and societies. It seeks a specific way forward for each society, fundamentally different from, but drawing on, its past. Nearly every natural science has been transformed from an analytically-based approach to a dynamic one: now it is time for society and culture to follow suit locally and globally. Each culture, discipline and person is incomplete and is in need of others in order to develop and evolve. This book sets out a curriculum for a new integral, trans-cultural and trans-disciplinary area of study, inclusive of, but extending beyond, economics and enterprise. It embraces a trans-personal perspective, linking self with community, enterprise and society, and focusing on the vital relationship between local identity and global integrity. For the government policy maker, the enlightened business practitioner, and the student and researcher into economics and enterprise, the new discipline is set out here in complete detail by a multi-national team of Gower's Transformation and Innovation Series authors. Illuminated with examples relating the conceptual to the practical, this is a text, not for a pre-modern, modern, or even post-modern era, but for what has been called our trans-modern age. |
| ntu african philosophy: Salvation in African Christianity Rodney L. Reed, David K. Ngaruiya, 2023-10-31 “What must I do to be saved?” That question, raised in the book of Acts by the Philippian jailer, is a question for the ages. Yet what, even, does it mean to be saved? Is salvation for this life or the next? Is it purely spiritual or does it have physical and material implications? Can salvation be lost? Do we determine who will be saved or does God? What role does Christ play in salvation? Such are the seemingly unending questions soteriology strives to answer. In this eighth volume from the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, African theologians articulate their understanding of salvation – and its widespread implications for life and practice – in conversation with Scripture and the rich diversity of an African cultural context. Salvation is examined from historical, philosophical, and theological lenses, and scholars address topics as wide-ranging as conversion, ethnicity, fertility, poverty, prosperity, the Trinity, exclusivism, African Pentecostalism, rural community, eschatology, wholeness, and atonement. It is a powerful exploration of the holistic nature of salvation as articulated in Scripture and understood by the African church. |
| ntu african philosophy: Ibuanyidanda Innocent I. Asouzu, 2007 |
| ntu african philosophy: Model Programs in Child and Family Mental Health Michael C. Roberts, 2014-02-04 This volume is the product of a combined effort to find programs of service delivery that demonstrably treat the varieties of mental health problems of children and their families. The Section on Clinical Child Psychology (APA, Clinical Psychology Section I) and the Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services (APA, Division 37) established a task force whose mission was to identify, provide recognition for, and disseminate information on such programs. Their findings are presented here. The opening chapter and each section overview chapter provide orientations to the program descriptions and examine characteristics of exemplary interventions. The targeted problems include: child abuse and neglect, school adjustment problems, social problem-solving problems, autism and developmental disabilities, conduct disorders and severe emotional problems, children affected by disasters and trauma, children whose parents are divorced, children of teenage parents, family dysfunction and parent-child relationships, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention deficit disorder. Settings for interventions in the model programs include: schools, mental health centers and family guidance clinics, hospitals and pediatric practices, group homes and sheltered workshops, community centers, family homes, summer camps, and coordinated systems of care. The 18 programs described demonstrate the rationale for their interventions, their targeted populations, the type of staff and personnel, various programmatic interventions, aspects of the problems, implementation of interventions, and how the programs have been evaluated. The needs for improved mental health services remain strong. The supporting organizations and the members of the Task Force intend for the product of this project to be helpful in providing models for meeting those needs. |
| ntu african philosophy: Aaluja: Cyena-Ntu Religion and Philosophy Asar Imhotep, 2019-11-18 Aaluja Vol. II: Cyena-Ntu Religion and Philosophy, picks up where Aaluja Vol. I left off and continues its efforts to situate current discourses concerning major Ancient Egyptian religious and philosophical themes within their proper African contexts. Drawing from an array of modern African languages and cultures, Asar Imhotep illuminates the primary assumptions, principles and concepts upon which African culture(s) and world-view are structured. He then utilizes these characteristics--which are shared among the ancient Egyptians--to provide us with the necessary conceptual grounding for a critical reassessment and reinterpretation of the major concepts and ideas that gave ancient Egypt its salience. Aaluja Vol. II adopts a new linguistic model, which Asar calls Cyena-Ntu (formally Negro-Egyptian), to provide the necessary framework in which to understand, on a scientific basis, the shared historical and cultural connections to be found within the Cyena-Ntu language family. This Vol. highlights more the role the ciBantu languages play in our understanding of ancient Egyptian language and philosophy. With the help of the Sumerian language, Aaluja Vol. II provides the necessary evidence for the argument that the ancient Egyptian language is a ciBantu language and that Ancient Egyptian religion and philosophy IS ciBantu philosophy. A parallel objective of this work is to aid in the reconstruction of the greater Cyena-Ntu religion via characteristic survivals among its daughter communities. This stimulating book will be appreciated by students, scholars and general readers alike and is a major contribution to the fields of Egyptology and Africology. |
如何评价新加坡南洋理工大学（NTU）？ - 知乎
说实话，ntu排名高得ntu学生都有点心虚。不是我不维护母校，而是qs排名对ntu太有利了，ntu和nus这两个学校都在国际生在占了很大的比分，所以在qs排名上有很大优势。虽然nus和ntu在 …
在新加坡南洋理工大学 (NTU) 就读是一种怎样的体验？ - 知乎
楼主这是想来ntu就读么？欢迎欢迎～ 我觉得ntu最与众不同的一点就是生活环境了吧 学校在山上 到处都是绿绿的草地 偶尔还能享受身居野生动物园(撩拨野猪)的情趣 整个校园给人感觉很宁 …
请问南洋理工NTU和新加坡国立NUS综合来哪个大学好认可度更 …
nus和ntu关系很好，两所学校的学生互相竞争又互相欣赏。 nus相当于新加坡的长子，而ntu相当于次子，所以总体来说nus在新加坡的地位略高于ntu。再加上nus历史比较悠久，之前地理位置 …
台湾地区“国立”台湾大学（NTU）怎么样？ - 知乎
知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭借认真、专业 …
南洋理工大学的管理经济学（MME）值得读吗？会被认吗？ - 知乎
NTU中文MME在读，首先明确观点，水是必然的，要是有别的专业offer肯定不会来这个专业。 2021入学，先说说自己的体验。 首先是学院的行政管理，入学后就开始选班委之类的，和国 …
EE专业NUS和NTU如何选择？ - 知乎
nus和ntu的ee项目有以下几点主要差别: ①总的来说，NUS的优势在于综合水平很高，加上EE项目是入校后再选小方向或者可以不选方向，对于没有很明确目标的学生来说可能灵活性更强。
浊度单位中的NTU和mg/l有什么关系？ - 知乎
Apr 26, 2018 · 2、 ntu的定义：指散射浊度单位,表明仪器在与入射光成90°角的方向上测量散射光强度。 3、mg/L的定义：无，一般指水体的含盐率。 含盐率高的水，浊度也许极低；浊度很 …
高手请进：水处理中TU、FTU和NTU的区别？ - 知乎
Mar 22, 2024 · NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Units): NTU是最常用的浊度单位，全称是“Nephelometric Turbidity Units”，即“比浊单位”。它是基于水样在特定条件下散射光的量来测量 …
新加坡有哪些AI的强组适合读MS(research)/PhD? - 知乎
主要是nus和ntu啦. 先从NUS说起，NUS AI方向最强的组莫过于Next++实验室（蔡达成（Chua Tat-Seng）组）了，不仅科研经费超多，博士博后待遇优厚，论文高产而且门生弟子遍布中国 …
NTU的ee和TUMA的ICD到底哪个更值得？ - 知乎
如果想与欧洲有更强的connection方便实习或深造，TUMA会更好。NTU电子学除了IC设计也有fab相关的课程，TUMA应该是更加偏向IC设计。如果你更偏向TUMA并且可以接受留位费的沉 …
如何评价新加坡南洋理工大学（NTU）？ - 知乎
说实话，ntu排名高得ntu学生都有点心虚。不是我不维护母校，而是qs排名对ntu太有利了，ntu和nus这两个学校都在国际生在占了很大的比分，所以在qs排名上有很大优势。虽然nus和ntu在 …
在新加坡南洋理工大学 (NTU) 就读是一种怎样的体验？ - 知乎
楼主这是想来ntu就读么？欢迎欢迎～ 我觉得ntu最与众不同的一点就是生活环境了吧 学校在山上 到处都是绿绿的草地 偶尔还能享受身居野生动物园(撩拨野猪)的情趣 整个校园给人感觉很宁 …
请问南洋理工NTU和新加坡国立NUS综合来哪个大学好认可度更 …
nus和ntu关系很好，两所学校的学生互相竞争又互相欣赏。 nus相当于新加坡的长子，而ntu相当于次子，所以总体来说nus在新加坡的地位略高于ntu。再加上nus历史比较悠久，之前地理位置 …
台湾地区“国立”台湾大学（NTU）怎么样？ - 知乎
知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭借认真、专业 …
南洋理工大学的管理经济学（MME）值得读吗？会被认吗？ - 知乎
NTU中文MME在读，首先明确观点，水是必然的，要是有别的专业offer肯定不会来这个专业。 2021入学，先说说自己的体验。 首先是学院的行政管理，入学后就开始选班委之类的，和国 …
EE专业NUS和NTU如何选择？ - 知乎
nus和ntu的ee项目有以下几点主要差别: ①总的来说，NUS的优势在于综合水平很高，加上EE项目是入校后再选小方向或者可以不选方向，对于没有很明确目标的学生来说可能灵活性更强。
浊度单位中的NTU和mg/l有什么关系？ - 知乎
Apr 26, 2018 · 2、 ntu的定义：指散射浊度单位,表明仪器在与入射光成90°角的方向上测量散射光强度。 3、mg/L的定义：无，一般指水体的含盐率。 含盐率高的水，浊度也许极低；浊度很 …
高手请进：水处理中TU、FTU和NTU的区别？ - 知乎
Mar 22, 2024 · NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Units): NTU是最常用的浊度单位，全称是“Nephelometric Turbidity Units”，即“比浊单位”。它是基于水样在特定条件下散射光的量来测量 …
新加坡有哪些AI的强组适合读MS(research)/PhD? - 知乎
主要是nus和ntu啦. 先从NUS说起，NUS AI方向最强的组莫过于Next++实验室（蔡达成（Chua Tat-Seng）组）了，不仅科研经费超多，博士博后待遇优厚，论文高产而且门生弟子遍布中国 …
NTU的ee和TUMA的ICD到底哪个更值得？ - 知乎
如果想与欧洲有更强的connection方便实习或深造，TUMA会更好。NTU电子学除了IC设计也有fab相关的课程，TUMA应该是更加偏向IC设计。如果你更偏向TUMA并且可以接受留位费的沉 …
