The Will to Arise: Women, Tradition, and the Church in Africa

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Title:	The Will to Arise: Women, Tradition, and the Church in Africa
Editors:	Oduyoye, Mercy Amba Kanyoro, Musimbi R.A.
Chapter(s):	Present
Year:	1992
Pages:	230
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Maryknoll, NY
Publisher:	Orbis Books
ISBN:	0883447827
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	1989 Church women African religions conference papers (form) Cultural Roles Sex Roles Religion and Witchcraft
Abstract:	The papers in this publication represent the input of the first meeting of the Biennial Institutes of African Women in Religion and Culture, a project of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in Accra, Ghana, in September 1989. In this collection of essays, African women theologians deal with the life and dreams, the sorrows and joys of African women in a continent where religion shapes the whole of life. The first two parts of the book describe the role of women in terms of culture, rites of passage, and daily life. Attitudes toward birthing and naming, marriage and widowhood, polygamy, prostitution, and death are all explored. The third part focuses on the church, reviewing biblical attitudes toward women, and showing how African women can and should contribute to the life of the Christian Church. The contributors are: Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro, M. Amba Oduyoye, R.N. Edet, A. Nasimiyu-Wasike, D.N. Nwachuku, Rabiatu Ammah, J. Mbula Bahemuka, L. Fanusie, B. Mbuy Beya, T.M. Hinga, A. Nachisale Musopole, R. Modupe Owanikin, and T. Okure.