Author: J. B. EllisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamaica
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Diocese of Jamaica
Author: J. B. EllisThe Jamaican People, 1880-1902
Author: Patrick E. BryanPublisher:
ISBN: 9789766400941
Category : Jamaica
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A description of the period in Jamaica's history that follows the abolition of slavery, up to the introduction of universal adult suffrage. The author analyzes the social, intellectual and political history of the era, including health, law, labour, and the ideas of the black intelligentsia.
Documentary as Exorcism
Author: Robert BeckfordPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 144112070X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Documentary as Exorcism is an interdisciplinary study that builds upon the insights of postcolonial studies, critical race theory, theological and religious studies and media and film studies to showcase the role of documentary film as a system of signifying capable of registering complex theological ideas while pursuing the authentic aims of documentary filmmaking. Robert Beckford marries the concepts of 'theology as visual practice' and 'theology as political engagement' to develop a new mode of documentary filmmaking that embeds emancipation from oppression in its aesthetic. In various documentaries made for Channel 4 and the BBC, Beckford narrates the complicit relationship of Christianity with European expansion, slavery, and colonialism as a historic manifestation of evil. In light of the cannibalistic practices of colonialism that devoured black life, and the church's role in the subjugation and theological legitimation of black bodies, Beckford characterises this form of historic Christian faith as 'colonial Christianity' and its malevolent or 'occult' practices as a form of 'bewitchment' that must be 'exorcised'. He identifies and exorcises the evil practices of colonialism and their present impact upon African Caribbean Christian communities in Britain in films such as Britain's Slave Trade and Empire Pays Back through a deliberate process of encoding/decoding. The emancipatory impact of this form of documentary filmmaking is demonstrated by its ability to bring issues such as reparations to the public square for debate, and its capacity to change a corporation's trade policies for the good of Africans.
A Guide for the Study of British Caribbean History, 1763-1834
Author: The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
The East and the West
Author: Commonwealth Public Address
Author: Marian B. McLeodPublisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
ISBN: 9781932705768
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Until recent years oratory was considered a fundamental component of the literature of a nation, and a liberal education implied a knowledge of the great speakers and their principal speeches no less than of the important poems, plays and prose works. For some time, however, the study of literature has been reduced in many places to just two genres: poetry and prose fiction; but of late literary studies have expanded considerably, to include speeches, children's and juvenile literature, historiography, diaries and journals, memoirs, letters, science and fantasy fiction -- even graffiti and inscriptions. Increasingly, papers on Commonwealth speakers are heard at national and international conferences and found in scholarly journals, and the speeches of famous persons are studied with the same intensity as their imaginative works. As a result, rhetorical theories and communication studies have developed rapidly in order to better evaluate speeches, or public address. The papers included in this collection suggest the range of studies of Commonwealth public address: historical, comparative, analytical and survey. They examine the effectiveness of some of the major figures in world affairs: G K Goldhale and B G Tilak (India); Jessie Street and R G Menzies (Australia); Maurice Bishop (Grenada) and Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham (Guyana). In addition, dig consider African and Canadian oratory and the relationship of speeches to history and politics, concluding with a proposed canon of Commonwealth public address.
The Publisher
Author: George Lisle: A Faith That Couldn't Be Denied
Author: Doreen MorrisonPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666740365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
George Lisle: A Faith That Couldn’t Be Denied documents the pioneers of a nation. Three generations of men and women who, led and inspired by the ministry of George Lisle, advocated for a nation, from enslavement to emancipation and beyond. This work offers insight into a people and a movement who, in facing the most heinous and violent conditions, demonstrated boldness, bravery, self-sacrifice, and faith beyond measure as they sought to achieve freedom for generations of people who they knew they would never meet.
Christianity in the Caribbean
Author: Armando LampePublisher:
ISBN: 9789766400293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This is a collection of essays on the history of Christianity and the role of the Church in the processes of colonization and decolonization in the Caribbean. They look at the relationships that existed among slavery, colonialism and Catholicism.