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Religion Gender and Wellbeing in Africa
Author | : Chammah J. Kaunda |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781793618030 |
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Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa argues that, in many African societies, ideas and practices of wellbeing and gender relations continue to be informed and shaped by religious epistemologies. The contributors affirm that for many Africans, it is through religio-spiritual frameworks that daily experiences, interactions, and gender relations are understood and interpreted. However, for many African women, religions have functioned as a double-edged-sword. Although they have contributed to the struggle against issues such as colonialism, gender justice, climate justice, and human rights, they have also endorsed and perpetuated sexism, heterosexism, homophobia, and the denial of human rights for a wide variety of people on the margins. The chapters within this collection demonstrate that most religions and religious formations in Africa have not yet positioned themselves as forces for wellbeing, gender justice, and security for African women and children. The contributors challenge simplistic and superficial readings and interpretations of religio-spirituality in Africa and call for deeper engagements of the interplay between Africa’s religio-spiritual realities and the wellbeing of women, particularly around issues of gender justice, reproductive health, and human rights.
Religion Women s Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe Volume 1
Author | : Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2022-08-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783030999223 |
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This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women’s sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women’s SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.
Women and Religion in Zimbabwe
Author | : Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma,Kudzai Biri |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2022-07-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781666903324 |
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The chapters in this volume foreground the ambivalent role of religion and culture when it comes to African women’s health and well-being. Reflecting on the three major religions in Africa, i.e. African Indigenous Religions, Christianity, and Islam, the authors illustrate how religious beliefs and practices can either enhance or hinder women’s holistic progress and development. With a specific focus on Zimbabwean women’s experiences of religion and culture, the volume discusses how African Indigenous Religions, Christianity, and Islam tend to privilege men and understate the value of women in Africa. Adopting diverse theological, ideological, and political positions, contributors to this volume restate the fact that the key teachings of different religions, often suppressed due to patriarchal influences, are a potent resource in the quest for gender justice. In sync with the goals for gender justice and women empowerment envisioned in the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and Africa Agenda 2063, the contributors advocate for gender-inclusive and life-enhancing interpretations of religious and cultural traditions in Africa.
Religion and health care in East Africa
Author | : Lloyd, Robert,Haussman, Melissa |
Publsiher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2019-03-13 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781447337874 |
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What social factors contribute to the tragic state of health care in Africa? Focussing on East African societies, this book is the first to investigate what role religion plays in health care in African cultures. Taking in to account the geopolitical and economic environments of the region, the authors examine the roles played by individual and group beliefs, government policies, and pressure from the Millennium Development Goals in affecting health outcomes. Informed by existing related studies, and on-the-ground interviews with individuals and organisations in Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia this interdisciplinary book will form an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to better understand the links between society, multi-level state instruments, and health care in East Africa.
African Women Religion and Health
Author | : Isabel Apawo Phiri,Sarojini Nadar |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2012-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781620320921 |
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Mercy Amba Oduyoye, from Ghana, founded the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and is the first African woman from south of the Sahara to have served as deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches. The essays in this volume describe the key contributions she has made to African theology in our time, and then apply her insights to issues of scripture, health and poverty, and women as peacemakers. Contributors: Denise M. Ackermann (South Africa), Dorcas Olubanke Akintunde (Nigeria), Dorothy B. E. A. Akoto (Ghana), Elizabeth Amoah (Ghana), Sophia Chirongoma (Zimbabwe), Musa W. Dube (Botswana), Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro (Kenya), Ogbu U. Kalu (Nigeria), M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya (Congo), Fulata Lusungo Moyo (Malawi), Nyambura J. Njoroge (Kenya), Susan Rakoczy (USA), and Letty M. Russell (USA).
Religion Women s Health Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe Volume 2
Author | : Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2022-08-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783031114281 |
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This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women’s sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women’s SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.
Introducing African Women s Theology
Author | : Mercy Oduyoye |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2001-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567622501 |
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This volume describes the context and methodology of Christian theology by Africans in the past two decades and provides brief descriptions of sample treatments of theological issues, such as creation, Christology, ecclesiology and eschatology. The aim of the book is to lead interested persons to the sources of African women's Christian theology. Throughout an effort has been made to illustrate how African culture and the multi-religious context has influenced Christian women's selection of theological issues. The importance of daily life to theology and the attempt to probe the spirituality of African Christian women is also evident in this introduction to African women's theology.
Living with Dignity
Author | : Elna Mouton,Gertrude Kapuma,Len Hansen,Thomas Togom |
Publsiher | : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781920689131 |
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By addressing gender equality as a fundamental expression of human dignity and justice on our continent, this collage of ? essays [by 14 women and 6 men], is meant to serve as a concrete alternative to aspects of gender inequality ? Its format is particularly devised for use in the classroom, and for critical-constructive group engagement. It is our sincere prayer that it will also be used in imaginative ways by clergy and in congregations as a necessary part of adult learning programmes.