Format:
1 online resource (236 pages)
ISBN:
9789047401315
Content:
A study of the origins of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, a group of African women theologians established in the 1980s. It traces a struggle against alienating practices from Western missionary tradition and African cultural transpositions in contemporary church and society.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 THE ECUMENICAL AND CONTEMPORARY LOCATION OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS -- Introduction -- EATWOT: The Rise of the Third World Theologian in Conference -- The Emergence of Black and African Theologies -- Cutting the Ties -- Womanism and African Theology -- The Role of Catholic Women -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 REMAKING AFRICAN THEOLOGY: MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE'S THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE AND RE-IMAGINATION -- Introduction -- The Literature -- The Sources of Alienation -- African Traditional Religion: The African Old Testament? -- African Theology and Gender Concerns -- Abusua and Inter-Faith Relations -- Christ the Compassionate One -- Mothering Africa -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 SISTERS AND MOTHERS: CATHOLIC SISTERS IN THE CIRCLE -- Introduction -- Religious Sisters and Theoretical Perspectives on Women and Motherhood -- Sister Bernadette Mbuy-Beya and the Cry of Life -- Sister Teresa Okure -- Sister Rosemary Edet -- Sister Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike -- Sisters and Priests -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: CIRCLE WOMEN RESPOND -- Introduction -- Breaking Alliances -- Domestic Violence: The Silence is Broken -- Freedom and Violence -- Speaking from Outside -- The Regulation of Sex -- Polygyny, Marriage and Male Control -- The Quest for Immortality -- Circumcision: Reproducing Women -- Breasts and Perspiration -- Concluding Reflections -- Chapter 6 MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN-DEPENDENCY: THE CHALLENGE AND CONTEXT OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS -- Introduction -- Truth from Below -- The 'Voiced' Elite and the Mute Majority -- Pluralism, Christ and Culture -- The Imperative of Christ -- The Dignity of Women -- Denominational Differences in the Multiple Identities of the Circle Project -- Maternal Thinking.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004124417
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004124417
Additional Edition:
Print version Circle thinking : African women theologians in dialogue with the West
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=253606
