African, Christian, feminist : the enduring search for what matters

African, Christian, feminist : the enduring search for what matters / Teresia Mbari Hinga.

"For two decades Teresia Hinga has been a leading voice in the fields of African Christianity, women in African theology, and gender and ethics in the African context. Now, African, Christian, Feminist brings together Hinga's own selections from her extensive body of work, a number of them...

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Main Author: Hinga, Teresia M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Christianity > Africa.
Theology > Africa.
Feminist theology > Africa.
Women and religion > Africa.
Women in Christianity > Africa.
Africa > Religion.
Holy Cross Note:Speakers & Fellows Collection
Rehm copy is signed by the author.
Uniform Title:Essays.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Kimpa Vita, (proto)feminism, and the quest for African Christianity, theology, and ethics
  • Between colonialism and inculturation: feminist theologies in Africa
  • Feminist theologies, the global village, and the imperative of solidarity across borders: the case of the circle of concerned African women theologians
  • The dialogical imperative: listening to concerned and engaged African women
  • The biblical mandate for social transformation: a feminist perspective
  • Reading with: an exploration of the interface between critical reading and ordinary readings of the Bible: a response
  • Inculturation and the otherness of Africans: some reflections
  • Christology and various African contexts
  • Jesus Christ and the liberation of women in Africa
  • Becoming better Samaritans: the quest for new models of doing social justice in Africa
  • Of empty granaries, stolen harvests, and the weapon of grain: applied ethics in search of sustainable food security
  • The food-energy-water nexus in the age of climate change: (Afro)faith responses to the ethical challenges and imperatives
  • AIDS, religion, and women in Africa: theo-ethical challenges and imperatives
  • Africa's transformative responses to the gendered global HIV and AIDS syndemic
  • Violence against women: a challenge to the church
  • The Gikuyu theology of land and environmental justice
  • Teaching to transform: theological education, global consciousness, and the making of global citizens
  • Becoming a teacher of religion and theology in a globalizing context: my journey from Africa to the Silicon Valley.

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