Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 204 pages)
ISBN:
9781003265511
,
1003265510
,
9781000770001
,
1000770001
,
9781000770025
,
1000770028
Series Statement:
Religion, resistance and hospitalities
Content:
"The book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors of indigenous ritual servitude, or Trokosi in Africa. Drawing on empirical research from Ghana, it examines the possibilities of freedom, equality and dignity for liberated Trokosi and the manner in which these women's experiences constitute a repudiation of dominant patriarchal family systems. With close attention to the work of indigenous parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in challenging the contemporary practice of ritual slavery and offering its survivors a lived space in which they need not remain 'hidden' as they seek restoration and integration into wider society, Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana will appeal to scholars of sociology, theology and religion with interests in gender, contemporary ministries and African religion"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032203492
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032203498
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032208435
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stiles-Ocran, David Ritual servitudes and Christian social practices in Ghana Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9781032203492
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032208435
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ghana
;
Religiöses Leben
;
Kontextuelle Theologie
;
Inkulturation
DOI:
10.4324/9781003265511
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