Circle Thinking
Subtitle: African Women Theologians in Dialogue With the West (Studies of Religion in Africa)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789004124417
Subjects: Black studies; Christian theology; Women's studies; Sociology of Religion; History; Black Theology; Women And Religion (General); Social Science; Religion - Theology; Sociology; Africa; Interior Design - General; Christian Theology - General; Women in Christianity; Theology, Doctrinal; Christianity - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Women theologians; 20th century; Africa, Sub-Saharan
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.