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African Women's Theologies, Spirituality and Healing: Theological Perspectives from the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

Title:      African Women's Theologies, Spirituality and Healing: Theological Perspectives from the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians
BookID:      14046
Authors:      Mercy Amba Oduyoye
ISBN-10(13):      978-0809154272
Publication date:      2019
Number of pages:      128
Language:      English
Price:      297,50 R
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Description:     

African women come from a long tradition as practitioners of healing. Drawing on this tradition and on her own pastoral and theological work, Oduyoye, a distinguished Methodist theologian from Ghana, discusses the spirituality that undergirds Christian healing practices in Africa, with a special focus on diseases that predominantly affect women.

Table of Contents

1. Background to the Focus on Women
2. Key Words
3. Main Sources
4. Health and Healing
5. Spirituality
6. Diagnosing the Sources of Diseases: Issues that Destroy Women’s Health
7. The Trauma of Trokosi
8. A Focus on Deliverance
9. The Circle and HIV/AIDS
10. Women as Healers and Care Givers
11. Summary and Reflections.

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