978-1-57075-635-1 African Women, Religion, and Health Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye
by
Isabel Apawo Phiri, Sarojini Nadar, editors
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Book Description This celebration of Africa's best known woman theologian explores issues of greatest importance for African women, and of interest to women everywhere.
Mercy Amba Odyoye, from Ghana, founded the Circle of Concerned African Women. She served as Deputy General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the first African woman from south of the Sahara to hold such a high position in the WCC.
The book begins by first describing the particular contributions Mercy Oduyoye has made to African theology. The second part deals with issues of women’s health and scripture. Part IV deals with health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS, and women as peace-makers. In Part V, the only essay by a male theologian, examines women’s theology in Africa.
Isabel Apawo Phiri, a Malawian, is the general coordinator of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and a professor of African theology at the University of KwaZuku-Natal in South Africa. Sarojini Nadar of South Africa is a lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and coordinator of the International Network in Advanced Theological Education.
