Katie Cannon

**Katie Geneva Cannon** (Janairu 3, 1950 - Agusta 8, 2018) ta kasance mai ilimin tauhidi na Kirista kuma mai ra'ayin ɗabi'a da ke da alaƙa da tauhidin mata da tauhidin baƙar fata .   A shekarar 1974 ta zama mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da aka naɗa a Cocin Presbyterian na United (Amurka) .  

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Cannon a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1950, kuma ta yi yarinta a Kannapolis, North Carolina, wata al'umma mai bambancin launin fata inda ba za ta iya amfani da wurare na gida kamar YMCA, wurin ninkaya ko ɗakin karatu ba.   Ita 'yar marigayiyar Esau Cannon ce da Emanuelette Corine Lytle Cannon, mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a Cannon Mills da ke Kannapolis. Iyayenta duka dattawa ne a Cocin Presbyterian, amma an yi mata rajista a makarantar renon yara a cocin Lutheran, ita ce kawai makarantar yara da ta samu a Kannapolis tun tana yarinya bakar fata.  Cannon tana da 'yan'uwa maza da mata shida. 

## Ilimi da aiki
Cannon ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta George Washington Carver a shekarar 1967 a matsayin mai kula da darasin ajin ta.  Cannon ta kammala karatun digirin farko a fannin kimiyya a fannin ilimi daga Kwalejin Barber-Scotia, sannan ta kammala karatun digirin Master of Divinity daga Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Johnson C. Smith a Cibiyar Tauhidi ta Interdenominational da ke Atlanta, Georgia, da kuma digirin Master da Doctor of Falsafa daga Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Union da ke New York.  

An naɗa Cannon a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1974, a Shelby, North Carolina, ta hannun Majalisar Dokokin Catawba, a taron Majalisar Dokoki ta Catawba. Wannan ya sa ta zama mace ta farko 'yar asalin Afirka da aka naɗa a Cocin United Presbyterian (Amurka) .  Cannon ta yi aiki a Cocin Ascension Presbyterian da ke Gabashin Harlem, New York.

Cannon ta fara koyarwa a Union Presbyterian Seminary da ke Richmond a shekara ta 2001. Ta riƙe muƙamin Farfesa Annie Scales Rogers na Ɗabi'un Zamantakewa na Kirista. Kafin ta shiga jami'a a Union Presbyterian Seminary, Cannon tana cikin kwasa-kwasan Jami'ar Temple, Makarantar Divinity ta Episcopal, da Makarantar Divinity ta Harvard.  Ta kuma kasance Farfesa mai daraja a Lilly a fannin Addini a Kwalejin Davidson da kuma Farfesa mai ziyara a Sterling Brown a fannin Addini da Nazarin Afirka ta Amirka a Kwalejin Williams . 

Baya ga nasarar da ta samu a matsayinta na mace 'yar Afirka a fannin ilimin addini, Cannon ta yi aiki tare da mata 'yan Afirka a fannin ilimin addini, ciki har da Mercy Amba Oduyoye . Cannon tana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan matan Afirka a lokacin taron kafa ƙungiyar Da'irar Matan Afirka Masu Damuwa . &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

A shekarar 2012, Cannon ta fara aiki a matsayin babbar darekta ta Squaring the Womanist Circle Project a Union Presbyterian Seminary.  Bayan sakamakon binciken da aikin ya samar, Cannon ta yi aiki tare da gwamnatin Union Presbyterian Seminary da kuma wasu gidauniya don kafa Cibiyar Jagorancin Mata a Union Presbyterian Seminary.  Cibiyar ita ce ta farko a irinta a kowace cibiyar ilimi ta tauhidi a Amurka. Daga 2004 zuwa 2008, ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar nazarin addinin baƙar fata . 

Cannon ta sami kyautar farfesa mai ban sha'awa daga Kwalejin Spelman, lambar yabo ta Lucy Craft Laney a bikin cika shekaru biyu na Black Presbyterian, kuma ta kasance farfesa-malami a taron koli na Cocin Baƙar fata na Ƙasa a Jami'ar Emory . Ta sami kyautar Beautiful Are The Feet daga taron Samuel DeWitt Proctor.  Kwalejin Addini ta Amurka ta girmama Cannon da lambar yabo ta 2011 a fannin Koyarwa.   A shekarar 2018, an karrama Cannon a Babban Taron Cocin Presbyterian (Amurka), inda ta sami lambar yabo ta Ilimi ta Tauhidi.  

A matsayin wasiyya ta ƙarshe da ta yi rayuwa, Cannon ta kafa kuma ta shirya Cibiyar Jagorancin Mata a Makarantar Union Presbyterian a watan Afrilun 2018, wadda daga baya aka ba ta suna Cibiyar Jagorancin Mata ta Katie Geneva Cannon.  Cannon ta mutu a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 2018, sakamakon cutar sankarar jini .  

## Tasiri kan tauhidin mata da ɗabi'unsu
Ana ɗaukar Cannon a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa tauhidin mata da ɗabi'unsu. Yayin da take tunani game da gadonta, wata ƙwararriya Traci C. West ta lura da yadda Cannon ta fi mai da hankali kan amfani da ilimin mata baƙaƙe a matsayin tushen tunani mai kyau:A cikin tsarin nazarinta, mutum yana samun fahimta mai zurfi game da ƙarfi da raunin mata baƙaƙe musamman a lokacin karonsu da fifikon fararen fata. Karatun Katie Cannon ya bayyana munin wariyar launin fata ta fararen fata da kuma yadda take cin zarafin raunin mata baƙaƙen fata. Bayyana munin yana buƙatar ƙarfin hali domin yana da matuƙar zafi. Tsarin tunani na gano tasirin yanayin wariyar launin fata, da kuma jajircewar ci gaba da mai da hankali a kansu da kuma gayyatar wasu su yi hakan, yana buƙatar ƙarfin ilimi da na ruhaniya. Aikin Katie Cannon ya ba mu misalai na ƙarfin ilimin mata baƙaƙen fata na tarihi. Ta kwatanta ilimin mata baƙaƙen mata a matsayin ƙarfin ƙirƙira. Ta dage cewa aikin mai ra'ayin ɗabi'a na mata shine gano shi da kuma fahimtarsa. Littafin Cannon na farko mai cikakken bayani, *Ƙa'idodin Baƙar Fata na Mata*, wanda aka buga a shekarar 1988, ya kasance littafi mai ban mamaki, kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wanda ya ƙaddamar da fannin ɗabi'un mata. 

## Littattafai

* *Murmushi Mai Tsanani na Allah: Tasirin Mace ga Ilimin Tauhidi.* Pilgrim Press, 1985 
* *Gadon Lambunan Uwayenmu: Tauhidin Mata a Ra'ayin Duniya na Uku* . Letty M. Russell, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Kwok Pui-lan, da Katie Geneva Cannon, editoci. Westminster John Knox Press, 1988.  .
* *Littafin Katie: Mace da Ruhin Al'ummar Baƙar fata* . Ci gaba, 1998. ISBN&nbsp; .
** An buga a shekarar 1998 ta Continuum International Publishing Group,  Cannon ya yi jayayya kan muhimmancin mace-mace daga mahangar addini, adabi da siyasa. Ta hanyar jerin kasidu, Cannon ya ci gaba da yin bita kan rawar da jinsi, kabila da aji suka taka wajen samar da fahimtar mata bakar fata. Ta hanyar duban mahangar da ke tsakanin rayuwar mata 'yan Afirka ta Amurka na zalunci da imani, Cannon ya bayyana yadda matan 'yan Afirka ta Amurka suka sami kansu a matsayin jagororin ɗabi'a ba kawai a cikin al'adar 'yan Afirka ta Amurka ba, har ma da Amurka. 
* *Ɗabi'un Baƙar fata na Mace*, Oxford University Press, 1988 
* *Wa'azin Koyarwa: Isaac Rufus Clark da Baƙar Magana Mai Tsarki* . Ci gaba, 2007. ISBN&nbsp; .
* *Ɗabi'un Tauhidin Mata: Mai Karatu* . Katie Geneva Cannon, Emilie M. Townes, da Angela D. Sims, editoci. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. ISBN&nbsp; .
* *Littafin Jagora na Tauhidin Baƙar fata na Amurka na Oxford,* Oxford University Press, 2014 
* *Littafin Katie: Mace da Ruhin Al'ummar Baƙar fata, Buga na Shekaru 25 da Aka Yi Wasiyya da Faɗaɗa* . Fortress, 2021. ISBN&nbsp; .

## Mutuwa
Cannon ya mutu sakamakon cutar sankarar jini mai tsanani a Richmond, Virginia a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 2018. Tana da shekaru 68. 

## Manazarta