Format:
280 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
157075635X
,
9781570756351
Series Statement:
Women from the margins series
Note:
Preface / Elizabeth Amoah -- Treading softly but firmly : African women, religion, and health / Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar -- Part I: Celebrating Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye -- Beads and strands : threading more beads in the story of the circle / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- Mercy Amba Oduyoye : wise woman bearing gifts / Letty M. Russell -- Let's celebrate the power of naming / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- Part II: African women, the Bible and health -- Texts of terror, the conspiracy of rape in the Bible, church and society : the case of Esther 2:1-18 / Sarojini Nadar -- Women and health and the Trokosi practice in Ghana : an issue of women's and children's rights in 2 Kings 4:1-7 / Dorothy Bea Akoto -- Part III: Women as traditional healers in Africa -- Dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse : a gender-based analysis of the testimonies of female traditional healers in Kwazulu-natal / Isabel Apawo Phiri -- Adinkra! four hearts joined together : on becoming healer-teachers of African indigenous religion/s in HIV and AIDS prevention / Musa W. Dube -- Women as traditional healers : the Nigerian (Yoruba) example / Dorcas Olubanke Akintunde -- Part IV: African women's experiences of health and healing, peace-making, and endurance -- Women, poverty and HIV in Zimbabwe : an exploration of inequalities in health care / Sophia Chirongoma -- Women and peace-making : the challenge of a non-violent life / Susan Rakoczy -- Stand up and walk, daughter of my people : consecrated sisters of the circle / Bernadette M. Mbuy Beya -- From mere existence to tenacious endurance : stigma, HIV/AIDS and a feminist theology of praxis / Denise M. Ackermann -- Navigating experiences of healing : a narrative theology of eschatological hope as healing / Fulata Lusungu Moyo -- Part V: Postscript -- Daughters of Ethiopia : constructing a feminist discourse in ebony strokes / Ogbu U. Kalu
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Oduyoye, Mercy Amba 1936-
;
Heilung
;
Afrikanische Theologie
;
Feministische Theologie
;
Afrika
;
Frau
;
Volksmedizin
;
Gesundheitswesen
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Festschrift
Author information:
Oduyoye, Mercy Amba 1936-
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