A History of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 1989-2007
A History of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 1989-2007

Author: NyaGondwe Fiedler

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9996045234

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When African Theology was first formulated, women played just a small role. In 1989 Mercy Amba Oduyoye set out to change this by creating the Circle of Concerned African Theologians in order to them a voice. The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians is an African Baby, born in an ecumenical surrounding. Though there were other movements addressing the issue of gender inequalities in church and society, circle theologies are distinct from other women's liberation movements in that they are theologies formed in the context of African culture and religion. This book traces the Circle history from 1989 to 2007.

A History of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 1989-2007
A History of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians 1989-2007

Author: Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe

Publisher: Mzuni Press

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9996045226

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When “African Theology” was first formulated, women played just a small role. In 1989 Mercy Amba Oduyoye set out to change this by creating the Circle of Concerned African Theologians in order to give them a voice. The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians is an African Baby, born in an ecumenical surrounding. Though there were other movements addressing the issue of gender inequalities in church and society, circle theologies are distinct from other women's liberation movements in that they are theologies formed in the context of African culture and religion. This book traces the Circle history from 1989 to 2007.

Introducing African Women's Theology
Introducing African Women's Theology

Author: Mercy Oduyoye

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2001-04-01

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781841271439

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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.

Gender Based Violence in Malawi
Gender Based Violence in Malawi

Author: Rachel Fiedler

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-03-26

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 999607613X

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Endemic worldwide and strong in Malawi, Gender Based Violence permeates all structures of society. So lecturers and students of Mzuzu University in Northern Malawi have worked together to find the reality and any attempts to remedy it. The articles represent research in different communities of the three regions of Malawi. One article presents the background study from which the Mzuzu University Gender Policy was developed, another shows the role of a Police Victim Support Unit, and the final article relates Muslim teaching that should reduce the incidence of Gender Based Violence in Muslim communities. The role of religion is addressed with negative and positive examples.

African Feminist Theology and Baptist Pastors' Wives in Malawi
African Feminist Theology and Baptist Pastors' Wives in Malawi

Author: Molly Longwe

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9996066231

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This book presents a story of the experiences of being church of the pastors wives within the Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA). Formed in 1970 out of the missionary endeavours of the North American-based Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), BACOMA is a voluntary national association of Baptist churches. Molly Longwes book presents a concise picture of African Feminist Theology and to relates it to the lived experiences of pastors wives in the Baptist Convention of Malawi.

African Feminist Hermeneutics
African Feminist Hermeneutics

Author: Fiedler, Rachel NyaGondwe

Publisher: Mzuni Press

Published: 2016-12-13

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 999604520X

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This book has six chapters: The first Chapter deals with a brief history on the genesis of African Feminist theologies as an 'irruption within an irruption' of Feminist theological movements in the world including a reflection on its relationship to the secular Feminist Movement, and to similar theologies such as Contextual Theology, Liberation Theology and the Holiness Feminist Movement. The second chapter deals with an introduction to African Feminist Hermeneutics. In this chapter, the three branches of African Feminist Hermeneutics, the general theories, principles and approaches to African Feminist Hermeneutics are highlighted. The third chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the Old Testament. The fourth chapter deals with an Evangelical Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics of the New Testament. The fifth is about how Malawian Christian women interpret culture, Bible and power relations to realise their own liberation and chapter 6 concludes the book.

The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 1924-2024
The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 1924-2024

Author: Kenneth Ross

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-02-29

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9996076369

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"I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in issues of church unity, justice, liberation, biblical transformation, dignity, hope, joy, resilience, peace, prayer and reconciliation. The best Malawian scholars have drawn from their academic expertise and personal experience to give the reader a thick picture of the journey of unity among the Synods of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This publication is a must-have for all who have the unity of the CCAP at heart." Prof Isabel Apawo Phiri, Former Deputy General Secretary, World Council of Churches and Vice Chancellor, University of Blantyre Synod

Chikamoneka!: Gender and Empire in Religion and Public Life
Chikamoneka!: Gender and Empire in Religion and Public Life

Author: Lilian Siwila

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2022-03-21

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9996076032

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This is a pioneering volume that emerges from the voices of women scholars who belong to the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in their response to the subjection of women and children in religion and public life. The book uses the metaphor "Chikamoneka" literally meaning, it shall be seen, to demonstrate resistance to all forms of oppression by empire to humanity, especially those inflicted on women and children. Some of the themes that addressed in this book are drawn from women's lived experiences. This demonstrates the power of narrative theory as a tool for academic discourse. The book makes a vital contribution to academic, religious and secular society in the field of Gender, Religion, Development and Sociology. It is also the first publication by the Zambian Women of Circle.

Nehanda
Nehanda

Author: Mwale, Nelly

Publisher: University of Bamberg Press

Published: 2024-07-01

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 398989000X

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Setting the Record Straight
Setting the Record Straight

Author: Hany Longwe

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 9996066436

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"Kusadziwa Nkufa Komwe"(Lack of Knowledge is as Being Dead) is a Nyanja maxim, African Philosophy that is true the world over. A person who lacks knowledge is as good as dead, inactive and insensitive. A dead person does not contribute to good life. Lack of knowledge leads to destruction, but having knowledge leads to informed decisions and freedom. Setting the Record Straight is about correction wrong understanding and replacing it with liberating knowledge, to the benefit of both church and society.