Kiatezua Lubanzadio Luyaluka
Biographic Data
| ID | 653246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kiatezua Lubanzadio Luyaluka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kiatezua Lubanzadio |
| FAMILY NAME | Luyaluka |
| SIGNATURE | LUYALUKA K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut des Sciences Animiques, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8237-0026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kôngo and Hindu Perceptions of Reincarnation and their Reinterpretation of African Cultures
The issue of reincarnation has always been handled as an answer to the question: do Africans believe in reincarnation? This paper shows that the main issue should rather be: do Africans believe in the law of reincarnation? Through the analysis of the differential cosmological conceptions of reincarnation in Kôngo culture and Hinduism the author arrives to the conclusion that contrary to Hinduism reincarnation is not a law in the African Kôngo wor…
The Devolutionary Nature of Platoʼs Metaphysics Compared to Egyptian Religion, Proof of an Egyptian System of Mystery and of Grecian Origin of Speculative Philosophy
The debate about the Egyptian origin of Grecian philosophy is waged so far on the ground of historicism and from the generalization of the concept of philosophy. This paper handles the issue on a theological point of view as an answer to the question: did Grecian speculative philosophy originate from ancient Egypt? Through a comparative study, the paper establishes the divergent natures of Egyptian religion and Platos metaphysics. This divergence…
Theological Proofs of the Kinship of Ancient Egypt With South-Saharan Africa Rather Than Eastern and Western Civilizations
This article deals with the issue of the kinship of ancient Egyptian civilization with the neighboring ones. To the melanin-level proof offered by Cheikh Anta Diop and Obenga’s evidence of the linguistic relatedness of Kemet to the south-Saharan Africa, this article adds a theological proof. The article shows that the Eastern and Western epistemic paradigms brought by Persians and Greeks was destructive to the scientific nature of the religion an…
The Theory of General Devolution
Through its theory of general devolution, this article shows that as African holistic epistemology was pushed at the fringe of cultural and scientific practices, Africa lost the advances it enjoyed in precolonial time in the domains of equality of the genre, ethical norms, medicine, textile, astronomy, and so on, because African scholars could not defend the scientific validity and superiority of the holistic epistemology on which these tradition…
The Elucidation of Africaness in Christianity Through Hierarchical Monotheism and Its Redefinition of Black Theology
This paper is an elucidation of Afrocentricity in Christianity by means of a hierarchical monotheism, the theism of the Kongo religion, the Bukongo. The scientific validity of this theism, displayed through a cosmological argument, leads to the questioning of Eurocentric Christian monotheism, which can be argued does not conform to logic, nor to the perfection or the immutability of God. Next, the Bukongo is demonstrated to be the continuity of t…
The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the Bukongo
In this article, the author demonstrates the spiral as being the basic symbol of the system of signs used in the Kongo religion, the Bukongo, to convey spiritual teachings as well as to help the initiates recall what they have been taught. This symbol is shown to be the summary of the teachings of the Bukongo; it explains the celestial origin and destiny of man, the divine completeness of being (the Verb) and universal salvation. The spiral simpl…
African Indigenous Religion and Its Ancient Model Reflections of Kongo Hierarchical Monotheism
The diversity of the African cultures led the scholars to the conclusion of the impossibility of a unique African indigenous religion (AIR); however, this view fails to account for the common spiritual elements found in Africa. Based on these elements, some scholars support the existence of a unique AIR, but these “common elements” are not found in every African culture. This article capitalizes on the scientific monotheism of the Kongo religion,…
An Essay on Naturalized Epistemology of African Indigenous Knowledge
The whole culture of the Black man, his religion, his cosmology, his technology, and so on possesses scientific bases. However, the epistemological bases of his science differ from those of modern Western thought. And, this difference prevents those who study Black African culture on the basis of Western epistemology to discover its scientific scope. In this article, the author develops the naturalized epistemology of the African traditional scie…
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An Essay on Naturalized Epistemology of African Indigenous Knowledge
The whole culture of the Black man, his religion, his cosmology, his technology, and so on possesses scientific bases. However, the epistemological bases of his science differ from those of modern Western thought. And, this difference prevents those who study Black African culture on the basis of Western epistemology to discover its scientific scope. In this article, the author develops the naturalized epistemology of the African traditional scie…
The Elucidation of Africaness in Christianity Through Hierarchical Monotheism and Its Redefinition of Black Theology
This paper is an elucidation of Afrocentricity in Christianity by means of a hierarchical monotheism, the theism of the Kongo religion, the Bukongo. The scientific validity of this theism, displayed through a cosmological argument, leads to the questioning of Eurocentric Christian monotheism, which can be argued does not conform to logic, nor to the perfection or the immutability of God. Next, the Bukongo is demonstrated to be the continuity of t…
The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the Bukongo
In this article, the author demonstrates the spiral as being the basic symbol of the system of signs used in the Kongo religion, the Bukongo, to convey spiritual teachings as well as to help the initiates recall what they have been taught. This symbol is shown to be the summary of the teachings of the Bukongo; it explains the celestial origin and destiny of man, the divine completeness of being (the Verb) and universal salvation. The spiral simpl…
African Indigenous Religion and Its Ancient Model Reflections of Kongo Hierarchical Monotheism
The diversity of the African cultures led the scholars to the conclusion of the impossibility of a unique African indigenous religion (AIR); however, this view fails to account for the common spiritual elements found in Africa. Based on these elements, some scholars support the existence of a unique AIR, but these “common elements” are not found in every African culture. This article capitalizes on the scientific monotheism of the Kongo religion,…
The Theory of General Devolution
Through its theory of general devolution, this article shows that as African holistic epistemology was pushed at the fringe of cultural and scientific practices, Africa lost the advances it enjoyed in precolonial time in the domains of equality of the genre, ethical norms, medicine, textile, astronomy, and so on, because African scholars could not defend the scientific validity and superiority of the holistic epistemology on which these tradition…
Theological Proofs of the Kinship of Ancient Egypt With South-Saharan Africa Rather Than Eastern and Western Civilizations
This article deals with the issue of the kinship of ancient Egyptian civilization with the neighboring ones. To the melanin-level proof offered by Cheikh Anta Diop and Obenga’s evidence of the linguistic relatedness of Kemet to the south-Saharan Africa, this article adds a theological proof. The article shows that the Eastern and Western epistemic paradigms brought by Persians and Greeks was destructive to the scientific nature of the religion an…
The Devolutionary Nature of Platoʼs Metaphysics Compared to Egyptian Religion, Proof of an Egyptian System of Mystery and of Grecian Origin of Speculative Philosophy
The debate about the Egyptian origin of Grecian philosophy is waged so far on the ground of historicism and from the generalization of the concept of philosophy. This paper handles the issue on a theological point of view as an answer to the question: did Grecian speculative philosophy originate from ancient Egypt? Through a comparative study, the paper establishes the divergent natures of Egyptian religion and Platos metaphysics. This divergence…
Kôngo and Hindu Perceptions of Reincarnation and their Reinterpretation of African Cultures
The issue of reincarnation has always been handled as an answer to the question: do Africans believe in reincarnation? This paper shows that the main issue should rather be: do Africans believe in the law of reincarnation? Through the analysis of the differential cosmological conceptions of reincarnation in Kôngo culture and Hinduism the author arrives to the conclusion that contrary to Hinduism reincarnation is not a law in the African Kôngo wor…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (5 works) · African history and culture analysis (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (4 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works)