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A Christian and African Ethic of Women's Political Participation
Living as Risen Beings
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A Christian and African Ethic of Women's Political Participation
Living as Risen Beings
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I: The Scope of Anthropological Poverty in Africa
- Chapter 1: Anthropological Pauperization: History, Causes, and Effects
- Chapter 2: African Women’s Anthropological Poverty
- Part II: African Women’s Empowering Sociopolitical and Cultural Legacy
- Chapter 3: African Proverbs and African Traditional Religions
- Chapter 4: African Myths and Female Power
- Chapter 5: African Women Historical Figures and Political Agents
- Part III: Christian Ethics and the Challenges of Women’s Political Participation
- Chapter 6: Catholic Social Teaching and Women’s Political Participation
- Chapter 7: Christian Discipleship and Women’s Political Participation
- Chapter 8: Women, Solidaristic Anger, and the Preferential Option for the Poor
- Part IV: African Women’s Voices
- Chapter 9: African Women Living as Risen Beings
- The Association of Media Women of South Kivu
- Women’s Solidarity in Protecting Dr. Denis Mukwege
- Women’s Guardianship as the Practice of Hope in Resurrection
- Female Leaders and the Challenge of Biblical Patriarchal Biases.
- Challenges for Catholic Social Teaching: Toward A Solidaristic and Resistant Anger
- Chapter 11: African Women as Loci Theologici: Ethical Implications
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- About the Author