Gender, Christianity and African culture
Subtitle: reclaiming the values of indigenous marriage and female initiation rites
By: Jonathan Kangwa
Publisher: Saint Paul Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Dallas, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781545288191
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies; Women; Initiation rites; Christianity; Puberty rites; Marriage customs and rites; Bemba (African people); Christianity and culture
Description: "More and more Christian theologians and gender activists have focused on patriarchy in African culture over the last few decades. Consequently, studies on gender and African culture from a Christian perspective have been increasing. Yet these studies do not seem to come to grips with how the good values of indigenous African culture could be integrated into Christian teachings in order to respond to gender-related problems in Africa. In this book the Author examines how the good values of indigenous African marriage and female initiation rites could be used to challenge patriarchy and cervical cancer. By proposing an inculturation of indigenous African marriage and female initiation rites that is gender-sensitive, the book goes beyond a technical or mechanical perspective."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217)
Table of contents: title: General introduction; title: Sociology, anthropology, culture, and gender : concepts and theories; title: Feminism : origins and development; title: Ritual, power, and ideologies; title: Function, form, and practices of Chisungu initiation rites; title: Function, form, and practices of Bemba marriage rites; title: Gendered cultural values of marriage and Chisungu initiation rites; title: Retrieving gendered cultural values of marriage and Chisungu initiation rites; title: Inculturation of indigenous marriage and female Chisungu initiation rites; title: Gender, masculinity, and patriarchy : continuities and discontinuities; title: General conclusion.