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Chrześcijański feminizm w Afryce – kontynentalne dyskursy i lokalne praktyki

Publication date: 2023

Studia Religiologica, 2023, Volume 56 Issue 2, pp. 107 - 126

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.23.008.19230

Authors

Anna Niedźwiedź
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Chrześcijański feminizm w Afryce – kontynentalne dyskursy i lokalne praktyki

Abstract

This paper discusses selected research topics developed by feminist theologians connected with the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. The Circle was established in 1989 and was led for many years by Mercy Amba Oduyoye, a Ghanaian Methodist theologian. Today the Circle attracts women theologians from three generations and various African countries. The paper refers to feminist and postcolonial theories as well as some more African-oriented topics developed in the Circle’s writings. Complex and ambiguous reinterpretations of the so-called African Traditional Religion are framed by references to inculturation and liberation theology. The final part of the paper refers to the concept of “oral theology” and theology in practice. The author’s ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana among Catholic women is mentioned to draw parallels between the theological practical approach and the anthropological concept of lived religion.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2023, Volume 56 Issue 2, pp. 107 - 126

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Chrześcijański feminizm w Afryce – kontynentalne dyskursy i lokalne praktyki

English:

Christian Feminism in Africa: Continental Discourse and Local Practices

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 2023

Article status: Open

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