African Women S Liberating Philosophies Theologies And Ethics

Author : Beatrice Okyere-Manu,Léocadie Lushombo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3031391322

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African Women’s Liberating Philosophies, Theologies, and Ethics by Beatrice Okyere-Manu,Léocadie Lushombo Pdf

This volume explores the ethical and philosophical paradigms presented by most of the influential Matriarchs of the Circle of African Women Theologians. It critically evaluates the effectiveness of their ethical and philosophical theories, models, and frameworks in pursuing justice and liberation for women in Africa and globally. The authors address critical questions: How have African women theologians reimagined existing ethical paradigms? What original ethical and philosophical ideas have they generated? How have their ethical frameworks influenced the theologies and interpretations they have developed? What purposes do their ethical and philosophical paradigms serve? How do these renderings intersect with various social categories, including gender, race, class, sexuality, capitalism, and colonialism? What liberating frameworks do they propose? The volume further explores the dialogue between distinct African contexts and universal experiences and values. It explores how universal themes such as humanity, human dignity, rights, justice, motherhood, and more can coexist with communal African concepts and themes. It contemplates how embracing African approaches engages these themes more globally, bringing together particular African contexts of women and the universal ethical, philosophical, and theological theories, models, and frameworks to advance the cause of justice and liberation for African women and women worldwide into the future.

Author : Beatrice Okyere-Manu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031391330

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African Women’s Liberating Philosophies, Theologies, and Ethics by Beatrice Okyere-Manu Pdf

Author : Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781003854852

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Gender and African Indigenous Religions by Musa W. Dube,Telesia K. Musili,Sylvia Owusu-Ansah Pdf

Focusing on the work of contemporary African women researchers, this volume explores feminist perspectives in relation to African Indigenous Religions (AIR). It evaluates what the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ research has achieved and proposed since its launch in 1989, their contribution to the world of knowledge and liberation, and the potential application to nurturing a justice-oriented world. The book considers the methodologies used amongst the Circle to study African Indigenous Religions, the AIR sources of knowledge that are drawn on, and the way in which women are characterized. It reflects on how ideas drawn from African Indigenous Religions might address issues of patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, racism, tribalism, and sexual and disability-based discrimination. The chapters examine theologies of specific figures. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion, gender studies, Indigenous studies, and African studies.

Author : Léocadie W. Lushombo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781793647757

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A Christian and African Ethic of Women's Political Participation by Léocadie W. Lushombo Pdf

This book surveys a broad panorama of Christian and African traditions to discover and assess the components that will illuminate and motivate a Christian and African ethic of women’s political participation. The author’s primary lens for diagnosing the problems faced by women in Africa is Engelbert Mveng’s concept of “anthropological poverty” that results from slavery and colonialism. It affects women in unique ways and is exacerbated by the religious and cultural histories of women’s oppression. The author advocates an interplay between the sacredness of every individual’s life, a salient principle of Christian ethics, and the collective consciousness of solidarity distinctive to African cultures. This interplay can, in turn, foster a more enlightened approach to African masculinity. Using a “sophialogical” hermeneutic, this in-depth study undertakes a moral imagination through narrative criticism. It argues that the existential reality of African women must be addressed as an essential element in the development of Christian socio-political ethic. The righteous, solidaristic, and resistant anger of women can transform patriarchy and inform Catholic social teaching. The author draws on The Circle of concerned African women theologians, postcolonial theorists, inculturation theology, African males, and Jon Sobrino's liberation theology to present an innovative Christian ethic that will radically affect the lives of African women and inform feminist theology.

Author : Justin Sands,Anné Hendrik Verhoef
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9783038971511

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Transforming Encounters and Critical Reflection: African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology in Dialogue by Justin Sands,Anné Hendrik Verhoef Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Transforming Encounters and Critical Reflection: African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology in Dialogue" that was published in Religions

Author : Demaine Solomons,Eugene Baron
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781991260444

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Liberating Black Theology by Demaine Solomons,Eugene Baron Pdf

Current debates on decolonisation call for academic disciplines, including the practitioners of Black theology, to reflect on its content and curriculum. This edited volume actively engages in these ongoing dialogues, specifically addressing the pertinence of a Black theology of liberation within the postapartheid landscape. It not only delves into the historical underpinnings of this theological framework but also endeavours to establish a conceptual framework for assessing its significance within the current discourse on decolonising theological disciplines. In addition to shedding light on the historical importance of Black theology, the late Vuyani Vellem poses a crucial question: “What lessons has Black theology yet to learn?” This inquiry by emerging South African scholars serves as a guide for navigating the path forward in developing this theological perspective. Beyond emphasising the historical context, the volume aims to contribute to broader discussions about social cohesion in South Africa, where conflicting socio-political narratives persist. This work adds to the theoretical development by grappling with the history of Black theological thought and influences contemporary engagements with theology. Its impact spans various levels, encompassing the reconsideration of Black theology’s influence on race, gender, politics, community development, and more. Ultimately, this volume serves as a catalyst for understanding and reshaping the discourse on Black theology, offering valuable insights for navigating the complexities of theological thought in today’s diverse and evolving landscape.

Author : Maseno, Loreen ,Mombo, Esther,Muke, Nagaju ,Kahindo, Veronica
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783863099763

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Queen of Sheba by Maseno, Loreen ,Mombo, Esther,Muke, Nagaju ,Kahindo, Veronica Pdf

Author : James F. Keenan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441161307

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A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century by James F. Keenan Pdf

This is an historical survey of 20th Century Roman Catholic Theological Ethics (also known as moral theology). The thesis is that only through historical investigation can we really understand how the most conservative and negative field in Catholic theology at the beginning of the 20th could become by the end of the 20th century the most innovative one. The 20th century begins with moral manuals being translated into the vernacular. After examining the manuals of Thomas Slater and Henry Davis, Keenan then turns to three works and a crowning synthesis of innovation all developed before, during and soon after the Second World War. The first by Odon Lottin asks whether moral theology is adequately historical; Fritz Tillmann asks whether it's adequately biblical; and Gerard Gilleman, whether it's adequately spiritual. Bernard Haering integrates these contributions into his Law of Christ. Of course, people like Gerald Kelly and John Ford in the US are like a few moralists elsewhere, classical gate keepers, censoring innovation. But with Humanae vitae, and successive encyclicals, bishops and popes reject the direction of moral theologians. At the same time, moral theologians, like Josef Fuchs, ask whether the locus of moral truth is in continuous, universal teachings of the magisterium or in the moral judgment of the informed conscience. In their move toward a deeper appreciation of their field as forming consciences, they turn more deeply to local experience where they continue their work of innovation. Each continent subsequently gives rise to their own respondents: In Europe they speak of autonomy and personalism; in Latin America, liberation theology; in North America, Feminism and Black Catholic theology; and, in Asia and Africa a deep post-colonial interculturatism. At the end I assert that in its nature, theological ethics is historical and innovative, seeking moral truth for the conscience by looking to speak crossculturally.

Author : Elias Kifon Bongmba
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351607445

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The Routledge Handbook of African Theology by Elias Kifon Bongmba Pdf

Theology has a rich tradition across the African continent, and has taken myriad directions since Christianity first arrived on its shores. This handbook charts both historical developments and contemporary issues in the formation and application of theologies across the member countries of the African Union. Written by a panel of expert international contributors, chapters firstly cover the various methodologies needed to carry out such a survey. Various theological movements and themes are then discussed, as well as biblical and doctrinal issues pertinent to African theology. Subjects addressed include: • Orality and theology • Indigenous religions and theology • Patristics • Pentecostalism • Liberation theology • Black theology • Social justice • Sexuality and theology • Environmental theology • Christology • Eschatology • The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament The Routledge Handbook of African Theology is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the theological landscape of Africa. As such, it will be a hugely useful volume to any scholar interested in African religious dynamics, as well as academics of Theology or Biblical Studies in an African context.

Author : Hinga, Teresia
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337149

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African, Christian , Feminist by Hinga, Teresia Pdf

Author : Celucien L. Joseph
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532699955

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Theologizing in Black by Celucien L. Joseph Pdf

Theologizing in Black is a creative and rigorous comparative study on black theological musings and liberative intellectual contemplations engaging the theological ethics and anthropology of both continental African theologians (Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and black theologians in the African Diaspora (Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, United States). Using the pluralist approach to religion promoted by the philosopher of religion and theologian John Hick, the book is also an attempt to bridge an important gap in the comparative study of religion, Africana Studies, and Liberation theology, both in Africa and its diaspora. The book provides an analytical framework and intellectual critique of white Christian theologians who deliberately disengage with and exclude black and Africana theologians in their theological writings and conversations. From this vantage point, Africana critical theology is said to be a theology of contestation as it seeks to deconstruct white supremacy in the theological enterprise. This book not only articulates a rhetoric of protest about the misrepresentation and underrepresentation of the humanity of African and black people in white theological imagination; it also enunciates a positive image of black humanity and congruently promulgates a constructive representation of blackness. The paramount goal of Africana theological anthropology and ethics is the preservation of life and promotion of human dignity and the sheer acknowledgement that the African people and people of African descent are bearers of the image of God.

Author : Mari-Anna Pöntinen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004245952

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African Theology as Liberating Wisdom by Mari-Anna Pöntinen Pdf

In African Theology as Liberating Wisdom; Celebrating Life and Harmony in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana, Mari-Anna Pöntinen analyses contextual interpretations of the Christian faith in this church. These interpretations draw from the Tswana tradition and liberation in Christ.

Author : Alain Mayama
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 143310654X

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Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology by Alain Mayama Pdf

Emmanuel Levinas' Conceptual Affinities with Liberation Theology analyzes Levinas' work in relation to two important liberation theologians, Gustavo Gutiérrez and Jon Sobrino, whose scholarship, like his, needs to be brought into greater contemporary debate about the subject's encounter with the other. More specifically, this book argues that for Levinas, Gutiérrez, and Sobrino, commitment to the neighbor is the necessary context for «understanding» God. They posit the human other as the possibility of the subject's subjectivity. To be human is to act with love toward one's neighbor. Thus, the author articulates the possibility of reading Levinas' philosophy as a revalidation of one of the truths of Christianity: the concern for the humanity of every human person as expressed in Christian theology in general and liberation theology in particular. In order to show the relevance of Levinas' philosophy for Christian theology in general, the author discusses three Christian scholars, Enrique Dussel, Jean-Luc Marion, and Michael Purcell. Although they challenge some aspects of Levinas' philosophy, they nevertheless see its significance for Christian theological anthropology. The discussion concludes by proposing Levinas' philosophy and liberation theology's turn to the neighbor as significant for addressing contemporary socio-political and ethnic conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : N. Amanze
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789966040251

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Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy by N. Amanze Pdf

This book introduces the study of Biblical studies, theology, religion and philosophy from an African perspective. The book comprises twenty six chapters divided into four sections. The first section deals with Biblical studies, the second with theology, the third with religion and the fourth with philosophy. The contributions are from 20 eminent scholars from African and Caribbean universities.

Author : Frederick L. Ware
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556357367

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Methodologies of Black Theology by Frederick L. Ware Pdf

Frederick L. Ware provides a classification and criticism of methodological perspectives in the academic study, interpretation, and construction of black theology in the U.S. from 1969 to the present, and establishes and recognizes three different schools of academic black theology: The Black Hermeneutical School The Black Philosophical School The Human Sciences School Similarities and differences are delineated in the identification of each school's representative thinkers and their views on the tasks, content, sources, norm, method, and goals of black theology.