African women, religion, and health
Subtitle: essays in honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye
By: Isabel Apawo Phiri & Sarojini Nadar, editors.
Contributors: Oduyoye, Mercy Amba.; Phiri, Isabel Apawo.; Nadar, Sarojini.
Series: Women from the margins series
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781570756351
Subjects: Oduyoye, Mercy Amba.; Feminist theology -- Africa.; Women in Christianity -- Africa.; Women and religion -- Africa.; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Africa.; Women's Health.; Feminism.; Women's Rights.; Christianity.; Africa.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Elizabeth Amoah; title: Treading softly but firmly : African women, religion, and health / Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar; title: Part I: Celebrating Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye; title: Beads and strands : threading more beads in the story of the circle / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro; title: Mercy Amba Oduyoye : wise woman bearing gifts / Letty M. Russell; title: Let's celebrate the power of naming / Nyambura J. Njoroge; title: Part II: African women, the Bible and health; title: Texts of terror,  the conspiracy of rape in the Bible, church and society : the case of Esther 2:1-18 / Sarojini Nadar; title: Women and health and the Trokosi practice in Ghana : an issue of women's and children's rights in 2 Kings 4:1-7 / Dorothy Bea Akoto; title: Part III: Women as traditional healers in Africa; title: Dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse : a gender-based analysis of the testimonies of female traditional healers in Kwazulu-natal / Isabel Apawo Phiri; title: Adinkra! four hearts joined together : on becoming healer-teachers of African indigenous religion/s in HIV and AIDS prevention / Musa W. Dube; title: Women as traditional healers : the Nigerian (Yoruba) example / Dorcas Olubanke Akintunde; title: Part IV: African women's experiences of health and healing, peace-making, and endurance; title: Women, poverty and HIV in Zimbabwe : an exploration of inequalities in health care / Sophia Chirongoma; title: Women and peace-making : the challenge of a non-violent life / Susan Rakoczy; title: Stand up and walk, daughter of my people : consecrated sisters of the circle / Bernadette M. Mbuy Beya; title: From mere existence to tenacious endurance : stigma, HIV/AIDS and a feminist theology of praxis / Denise M. Ackermann; title: Navigating experiences of healing : a narrative theology of eschatological hope as healing / Fulata Lusungu Moyo; title: Part V: Postscript; title: Daughters of Ethiopia : constructing a feminist discourse in ebony strokes  / Ogbu U. Kalu.