Religion and gender-based violence
By: edited by Rose Mary Amenga-Etego, Mercy Amba Oduyoye
Series: Theological and religious studies -- 1; Theological and religious studies (Legon, Ghana) -- 1.
Publisher: Legon Theological Studies Series in collaboration with Asempa Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Legon, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9789964784454
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Women; Abuse of; Religious aspects; Violence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gender-based violence in religiously pluralistic societies: the West African experience  -- Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Part One. General; title: Violence and peace in a male-dominated world: a contradiction  -- Bolatito A. Lanre-Abass; title: Religious violence and its impact on women in Jos, Nigeria  -- Celestina O. Isiramen; title: The church, sexual harassment and abuse of women in South-East Nigeria  -- Ohia and Uche Nikiru Zaikiwe -- Part two. Masculinity; title: The real man is responsible: the case of the Ghanaian Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements  -- Ernestina Novieto; title: Religions, masculinity and violence against women  -- Kunbi Laboedan; title: Christian ethical response to masculinity and violence against women in Nigeria  -- Roseline Okeke -- Part three. Violence against the girl-child; title: Religio-cultural background of girl-child abuse in Nigeria: the case of Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State  -- Sally Asagwara; title: Girl-child trafficking in Nigeria: the religio-cultural context  -- Olatundun A. Oderinde; title: Girl-child trafficking in Ghana and the role of the Christian community  -- The menace of rape and its implications for the girl-child from the religiouis ethics perspective: Lagos State a case study / -- Dorcas Omolere Olanrewaju -- Part four. Violence against women: Christian perspectives; title: Eradicating gender-based violence against women in West African Christian societies: educational imperatives  -- Ros Uchem; title: Misinterpretation of some Christian teachings and traditions as violence against African women  -- Adesanya Ibiyinka Olusola; title: The plight of the contemporary Yoruba woman within the setting of ekklasia (romanized)  -- Margaret Yemisis Ojo; title: The dynamics of power and violence in the interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:11-15: case studies of some Nigerian married Christian women  -- M.I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere -- Part five. Islamic perspectives; title: Perspectives on the Qur'anic verse on wife beating in the Ghanaian Muslim community  -- Rabiatu Ammah; title: Islam and polygamy in Ghana: a case of violence against women  -- Nasiba Taahir-Swallah; title: Mitigating violence against women in the Ghanaian Muslim community: the role of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Ghana (FOMWAG)  -- Fatimatu N-Eyare Sulemanu -- Part six. African indigenous religious perspectives; title: Widowhood practices among the Yoruba and Igbo of Nigeria as a form of violence against women  -- Ruth Oluwakemi Oke; title: The role of African beliefs/culture in violence against women  -- Elizabeth Apori Obeng; title: When tradition and modernity meet: Nankani women at the crossroad  -- Rose Mary Amenga-Etego -- Postscript; title: Towards a sustainable elimination of violence against women in Ghana -- Gladys Attobrah.