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African women, religion, and health : essays in honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye / Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar, editors.

Contributor(s): Phiri, Isabel Apawo | Nadar, SarojiniMaterial type: TextTextReference number:1262402Language: English Series: Women from the margins seriesPublication details: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006. Description: xxii, 280 p. : portISBN: 9781570756351 (pbk.); 157075635X (pbk.)Subject(s): Oduyoye, Mercy Amba | Women's Health | Feminism | Women's Rights | Christianity | AfricaGenre/Form: FestschriftNLM classification: 2006 F-353 | WA 309
Contents:
Beads and strands: threading more beads in the story of the circle / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye: wise woman bearing gifts / Letty M. Russell -- Let's celebrate the power of naming / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- "Texts of terror": the conspiracy of rape in the Bible, church, and society: the case of Esther 2:1-18 / Sarojini Nadar -- Women and health in Ghana and the Trokosi practice: an issue of women's and children's rights in 2 Kings 4:1-7 / Dorothy B.E.A. Akoto -- Dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse: a gender-based analysis of the testimonies of female traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal / Isabel Apawo Phiri -- Adinkra! four hearts joined together: on becoming healer-teachers of African indigenous religion/s in HIV & AIDS prevention / Musa W. Dube --
Women as healers: the Nigerian (Yoruba) example / Dorcas Olubanke Akintunde -- Women, poverty, and HIV in Zimbabwe: an exploration of inequalities in health care / Sophia Chirongoma -- Women and peacemaking: the challenge of a non-violent life / Susan Rakoczy -- Stand up and walk, daughter of my people: consecrated sisters of the circle / Sr. M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya -- From mere existence to tenacious endurance: stigma, HIV/AIDS, and a feminist theology of praxis / Denise M. Ackermann -- Navigating experiences of healing: a narrative theology of eschatological hope as healing / Fulata Lusungu Moyo -- Daughters of Ethiopia: constructing a feminist discourse in ebony strokes / Ogbu U. Kalu.
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Beads and strands: threading more beads in the story of the circle / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye: wise woman bearing gifts / Letty M. Russell -- Let's celebrate the power of naming / Nyambura J. Njoroge -- "Texts of terror": the conspiracy of rape in the Bible, church, and society: the case of Esther 2:1-18 / Sarojini Nadar -- Women and health in Ghana and the Trokosi practice: an issue of women's and children's rights in 2 Kings 4:1-7 / Dorothy B.E.A. Akoto -- Dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse: a gender-based analysis of the testimonies of female traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal / Isabel Apawo Phiri -- Adinkra! four hearts joined together: on becoming healer-teachers of African indigenous religion/s in HIV & AIDS prevention / Musa W. Dube --

Women as healers: the Nigerian (Yoruba) example / Dorcas Olubanke Akintunde -- Women, poverty, and HIV in Zimbabwe: an exploration of inequalities in health care / Sophia Chirongoma -- Women and peacemaking: the challenge of a non-violent life / Susan Rakoczy -- Stand up and walk, daughter of my people: consecrated sisters of the circle / Sr. M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya -- From mere existence to tenacious endurance: stigma, HIV/AIDS, and a feminist theology of praxis / Denise M. Ackermann -- Navigating experiences of healing: a narrative theology of eschatological hope as healing / Fulata Lusungu Moyo -- Daughters of Ethiopia: constructing a feminist discourse in ebony strokes / Ogbu U. Kalu.

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