African women's theologies, spirituality, and healing : theological perspectives from the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians / Mercy Amba Oduyoye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oduyoye, Mercy Amba, author.

Contributor:

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, contributor.

Series:

Madeleva lecture in spirituality.

2018 Madeleva lecture in spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theology--Africa.

Feminist theology.

Women in Christianity--Africa.

Women in Christianity.

Women and religion--Africa.

Women and religion.

Women--Health and hygiene--Africa.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (64 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, [2019]

Summary:

African women come from a long tradition as practitioners of healing. Drawing on this tradition and on her own pastoral and theological work, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, a distinguished Methodist theologian from Ghana, discusses the spirituality that undergirds Christian healing practices in Africa, with a special focus on diseases that predominantly affect women.Table of Contents1. Background to the Focus on Women2. Key Words3. Main Sources4. Health and Healing5. Spirituality6. Diagnosing the Sources of Diseases: Issues that Destroy Women's Health7. The Trauma of Trokosi8. A Focus on Deliverance9. The Circle and HIV/AIDS10. Women as Healers and Care Givers11. Summary and Reflections+

Contents:

Background to the focus on women

Key words

Main sources

Health and healing

Spirituality

Diagnosing the sources of diseases: issues that destroy women's health

The trauma of Trokosi

A focus on deliverance

The circle and HIV/AIDS

Women as healers and care givers

Summary and reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58768-820-4

OCLC:

1090711933