On Spiritual Strivings
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On Spiritual Strivings

Transforming an African American Woman's Academic Life

  1. 154 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

On Spiritual Strivings

Transforming an African American Woman's Academic Life

About this book

Offers both a theoretical and concrete example of what W. E. B. Du Bois called "spiritual strivings."

Winner of the 2008 Critics' Choice Awards presented by the American Educational Studies Association

This engaging book offers a personal look at how centering spirituality in an academic life transforms its very foundations-its epistemology, paradigm, and methods-and becomes the site for spiritual healing and service to the world. Focusing primarily on her work in Ghana, West Africa, Cynthia B. Dillard presents a unique perspective on Africa as a site for transformative possibilities for African American academics/scholars and explores the deeper spiritual meanings of being "African." Through poetry, personal narrative, meditations, and journal entries, Dillard shares her experiences as an African American scholar and, in the process, provides a concrete example of what W. E. B. Du Bois called "spiritual strivings."

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Table of contents

  1. On Spiritual Strivings
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. The Substance of Things Hoped For,The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Examining an Endarkened Feminist Epistemologyin Educational Research and Leadership
  6. 2. What Is It and Where Does It Live?Toward Defining Spirit Within a Research and Teaching Paradigm
  7. 3. Walking Ourselves Back Home: The Education of Teachers With/In the World
  8. 4. Looking at the Real Nature of Things: Life and Death as One Eternal Moment in Teaching and Research
  9. 5. Suddenly but Always Queen: Embracing a Methodology of Surrender in Research and Teaching
  10. 6. Akwanbo: From Speaking Words to Inviting the Voice of Spirit in Research
  11. 7. Out of My Darkness I Find My Light: Naming Self, Naming Spirit
  12. 8. Coming Full Circle: Creating and Being on Purpose
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index