Gender and African Indigenous Religions

ISBN-13: 9781032587288 / Twarda / 2024 / 232 str.

Opis

Focusing on the work of contemporary African women researchers, this volume explores feminist perspectives in relation to African Indigenous Religions (AIR).

Spis treści

Foreword by Nokuzola Mdende

Part I: Introductions

1.          Sankofa 2024: Multi-axial Sankofa Journeys, Dreams, and Dances

Musa W. Dube

2.          Postcolonial Feminist Perspective African Indigenous Religion(s)

Musa W. Dube

Part II: Sankofa Journeys of Founding Members

3.     Mothering Theology of Liberation in the Circle with Mama Mercy Amba Oduyoye Mairo Anthony

4.     Musimbi Kanyoro’s feminist cultural hermeneutics and its role in African Indigenous Religions

Alice K. Shirengo Muse

5.     African Indigenous Religions and Gender in the Work of Elizabeth Amoah

Joyce Boham

Part III: Sankofa Journeys of the First Generation of the Circle

6.     Hannah Kinoti's African Indigenous Ethics for Liberation

Telesia K. Musili

7.     Theologising the depths of African sacredness – Camagu!

Unmasking the authenticity of African spirituality: Profiling Professor Nokuzola Mndende Zamantshali Dlamini

8.     Seratwa Ntloedibe Decolonizing African Indigenous Religious Perspectives

Doreen Sesiro

9.     Diviner Scholar: Musa W. Dube Work with AIR in Biblical Studies

Mantima Thekiso

10.       Mary Getui, African Indigenous Religions, and Society

Florence Iminza

11.       Rose Mary Amenga-Etego’s Liberation Theologies on Women Empowerment in Ghana

Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh

12.       Gender and African Religion in Sana Mmolai’s Work

Sidney K. Berman

Part IV: Sankofa Journeys of the Rising Stars of the Circle

13.       Christianity and Womanhood: The African Woman’s Experience

Yoknyam Dabale

14.       A Liberating Theology for Africana Womanism

Rev. M. Lisa Hardy

O autorze

Musa W. Dube is William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of New Testament in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, USA. She is continental coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and President of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Telesia K. Musili is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is a national coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.

Sylvia Owusu-Ansah is Dean of the School of Theology at Perez University, Ghana. She is Vice-President of the Missiological Society of Ghana based at Trinity Theological Seminary and Head Pastor of Revival Temple, Perez Chapel International La.