In western scholarship, Africa s so-called sacred forests are often treated as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, or cultural relics from a static precolonial past. Their continuing importance in African societies, however, shows that this relic theory is inadequate for understanding current social and ecological dynamics. "African Sacred Groves "challenges dominant views of these landscape features by redefining the subject matter beyond the compelling yet uninformative term sacred. The term ethnoforests incorporates the environmental, social-political, and symbolic...
In western scholarship, Africa s so-called sacred forests are often treated as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, or cultural ...
In western scholarship, Africa s so-called sacred forests are often treated as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, or cultural relics from a static precolonial past. Their continuing importance in African societies, however, shows that this relic theory is inadequate for understanding current social and ecological dynamics. "African Sacred Groves "challenges dominant views of these landscape features by redefining the subject matter beyond the compelling yet uninformative term sacred. The term ethnoforests incorporates the environmental, social-political, and symbolic...
In western scholarship, Africa s so-called sacred forests are often treated as the remains of primeval forests, ethnographic curiosities, or cultural ...
Jim Wallis, well-known justice advocate and author, has stated that the two great hungers in the world today are for spirituality and social justice. Although social work and related fields have increasingly recognized the importance of addressing spirituality within clinical practice, less attention has been paid to the role of spirituality in promoting social justice or supporting social change within macropractice. The contributions in this edited collection highlight current developments in this area, including emerging conceptual frameworks, practice applications and research...
Jim Wallis, well-known justice advocate and author, has stated that the two great hungers in the world today are for spirituality and social justic...
