Virtues and values
Subtitle: the African and African American experience
By: Peter J. Paris.
Series: Facets; Facets (Fortress Press)
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
Subjects: African Americans -- Religion.; Blacks -- Religion.; Ethics, Modern -- 20th century.; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion.
Description: Peter Paris's popular and influential work on African and African American spirituality is here brought to a broader audience. Paris, in his influential book "The Spirituality of African Peoples, showed how the religious and moral values of Africa have pervaded African American life and thought. In this excerpt, discussing six particular virtues, he shows how the African worldview enriched and ennobled African American notions of morality and values, of public virtue, and of meaningful life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-84).