African Women's Liberating Philosophies, Theologies, and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9783031391323 / Angielski

Beatrice Okyere-Manu; L?ocadie Lushombo

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Ethics and Philosophy, African Women’s Perspective

Part I Ethics, African Philosophy and Liberation

2. Beyond Isirika: Problematizing and Theorizing Musimbi Kanyoro’s Communal Ethics

3. Environmental Ethics of African Women Theologians

4. Ethics and Philosophies of Hannah Kinoti (1942-2001)

5. Ethical implications of Puleng LenkaBula’s philosophy and its relevance for contemporary African women’s theologies and ethics

Part II Ethics and Philosophies of Founding Matriarchs

6. Katie Canon’s Womanist Ethics

7. Ethics and Values of Mercy A. Oduyoye’s Theology of Liberation

8. Ethics and Philosophy of Anne Nasimiyu Wasike

9. Ethics and Philosophies of Bernadette Mbuy-Beya

10. Theologies of Sister Rosemary Nkoyo Edet in a Sociological Context

11. A Critical Reflection of Nyambura Njoroge’s Ethics of Liberation

12. Ethics of Feminist Liberation in Peggy Mulambya Kabonde

13. Ethics of Ubuntu and Gender Justice Among African Women Theologians

Part III Ethics of Reading for Liberation

14. Bosadi Hermeneutics: Mapping Masenya’s Journey of Collisions and Relationships in Biblical Interpretation

15. Musa W. Dube’s Musa W. Dube’s Poetics of Freedom

16. Ethical Readings of Elna Mouton: Exploring Gender, Households, and Ethos in New Testament writings

O autorze

Beatrice Okyere-Manu is a Professor of Applied Ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Léocadie Lushombo is Assistant Professor in Theological Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of the Congo.

Blurb

This volume explores the ethical and philosophical paradigms presented by most of the influential Matriarchs of the Circle of African Women Theologians. It critically evaluates the effectiveness of their ethical and philosophical theories, models, and frameworks in pursuing justice and liberation for women in Africa and globally. The authors address critical questions: How have African women theologians reimagined existing ethical paradigms? What original ethical and philosophical ideas have they generated? How have their ethical frameworks influenced the theologies and interpretations they have developed? What purposes do their ethical and philosophical paradigms serve? How do these renderings intersect with various social categories, including gender, race, class, sexuality, capitalism, and colonialism? What liberating frameworks do they propose?

The volume further explores the dialogue between distinct African contexts and universal experiences and values. It explores how universal themes such as humanity, human dignity, rights, justice, motherhood, and more can coexist with communal African concepts and themes. It contemplates how embracing African approaches engages these themes more globally, bringing together particular African contexts of women and the universal ethical, philosophical, and theological theories, models, and frameworks to advance the cause of justice and liberation for African women and women worldwide into the future.

Beatrice Okyere-Manu is a Professor of Applied Ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Léocadie Lushombo is Assistant Professor in Theological Ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of the Congo.