Circle Thinking

African Women Theologians in Dialogue with the West
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12441-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Studies of Religion in Africa

This volume traces the origins of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, a group of African women theologians established in the 1980s. It is a movement which has been dedicated to research, publication and support of African women. The book traces a struggle against excluding and alienating practices from Western missionary tradition and African cultural transpositions in contemporary Church and society. The theology of advocacy which has emerged encourages African women to develop theologies of empowerment from their histories and struggles, and addresses the multiple crises which the continent faces. The problems of culture, ethics and post-colonialism are explored in the issues surrounding ubiquitous violence against women on the continent and the continuation of clitoridectomy as an enduring strategy for making gender and clan for some African peoples.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pemberton, Carrie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Über Autor(innen)

Carrie Pemberton, Ph.D. (1998) in Theology, the University of Cambridge, is an Anglican Priest and practical theologian. She was Director of the Women's development school at the ISTHA in Bunia DR Congo, before returning to England to pursue her doctorate. She has written extensively in connection with her work in contextual and gender theology.