Okomfo in a Black Church - with Salim Faraji, part 2

In this thought-provoking episode, our guest, Salim Faraji, tells us how he straddles three religious traditions, how he raises his children and where he finds true spiritual community.

Highlights:

• Why Black churches are still meaningful for Dr. Salim
• The religion Dr. Salim raises his children in
• How religious multiplicity is accepted in his West African communities
• Why and how you should form book clubs on Black religions

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Dr. Cecil Gray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-conteen-gray-09a8983a/
• Ibrahim Farajaje: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Abdurrahman_Farajaj%C3%A9
• Amen-Ra Theological Seminary: https://www.facebook.com/p/Amen-Ra-Theological-Seminary-100069481206188/?locale=fo_FO
• Djimon Hounsou’s InSearch of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5852022/

 

 

Guest Information:

Dr. Salim Faraji is Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is also the founding Executive Director of the Master of Arts in International Studies Africa Program at Concordia University Irvine in Ghana, West Africa. As a theological pluralist and interfaith practitioner, he is currently an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a practicing African Traditional Priest (Okomfo) who has been initiated in both the Akan traditions of Ghana, West Africa and ancient Egyptian religious practice. Professor Faraji is author of The Roots of Nubian Christianity Uncovered and numerous articles and essays.

 

You can reach Dr. Faraji at CSUDH Africana: https://www.csudh.edu/africana/faculty/salim-faraji

 

You can find Dr. Faraji’s writings here:

• Life Under the Baobab Tree: Africana Studies and Religion in a Transitional Age: https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531502973/life-under-the-baobab-tree/
• “Rediscovering the Links Between the Earthen Pyramids of West Africa and Ancient Nubia:” https://egyptianexpedition.org/articles/rediscovering-the-links-between-the-earthen-pyramids-of-west-africa-and-ancient-nubia-restoring-william-leo-hansberrys-vision-of-ancient-kush-and-sudanic-africa/
• The Roots of Nubia Christianity Uncovered: https://africaworldpressbooks.com/the-roots-of-nubian-christianity-uncovered-the-triumph-of-the-last-pharaoh-by-salim-faraji/

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