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050 _aBT695.5
_b.M67 2021
245 _aMother Earth, postcolonial and liberation theologies /
_cedited by Sophia Chirongoma and Esther Mombo ; foreword by Denise Ackermann.
260 _aLanham :
_bLexington Books/Fortress Academic,
_c©2021
300 _a
500 _a 300 xv, 176 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
505 _a504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aTables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Denise Ackerman -- Introduction: Mother Earth, postcolonial and liberation theologies / Sophia Chirongoma and Esther Mombo -- Part I: Introductory mapping: Thirty years of African women's liberation theology / Esther Mombo and Sophia Chirongoma -- Part II: Envisioning Mother Africa's liberation through textual exploration: Sisters of the soil...surviving collective cultural traumatization: intertextualities between Hagar, the Ethiopian virgin girls in the book of Esther, and Mother Africa / Ericka Dunbar -- A Kenyan postcolonial feminist rereading of the fourth gospel: toward a christology for eco- and gender justice / Lydia Chemei -- Part III: Earth-friendly and ecofeminist hermeneutics: "On earth as it is in heaven": conversations between Musa Dube's earth-friendly hermeneutics and Sallie McFague's ecological theology / Megan Bedford-Strohm -- The cry of the earth is the cry of women: ecofeminisms in critical dialogue with laudato si' / Nontando Hadebe -- Part IV: Mother Africa and postcolonial musings on eco-justice: African women as environmental freedom fighters / Yoknyam Dabale -- The discourse of drought: ongoing gendered inequality of water access in Cape Town, and the implications for public theology / Alease Brown -- "Redeeming the land...": Pentecostalism, neocolonialism, and reimagining Africa /Kudzai Biri -- Voices from the margins: religio-cultural perspectives of women, children, and the elderly amid the Tokwe-Mukosi Dam displacements in Zimbabwe / Sophia Chirongoma -- Index -- About the contributors.
520 _b"Mother Earth, Postcolonial and Liberation Theologies adds another contribution to the ongoing interrogation of an imminent universal crisis, global warming. Examining the environmental crisis from liberation, postcolonial, and theological lenses in Africa, the continent whose people stand to bear the brunt of ecological catastrophe, the contributors provide fresh perspectives that place this book at the forefront of new research being done across the African continent. The volume serves as a compendium for the intersection of African spirituality, cultural expression, and the earth"--page 4 of cover.
520 _a"Anchored on postcolonial and liberation theology, this book examines the global ecological crisis within gender justice discourse. Utilizing textual analysis and empirical studies, the book chapters foreground how the African continent, particularly African women, bear the burden of the ecological catastrophe"--Provided by publisher.
650 _aEcotheology
_zAfrica.
650 _aHuman ecology
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
_zAfrica.
650 _aWomen in Christianity
_zAfrica.
650 _aTheology
_zAfrica.
650 _aPostcolonial theology
_zAfrica.
650 _aLiberation theology
_zAfrica.
700 _aChirongoma, Sophia,
_eeditor,
_econtributor.
700 _aMombo, Esther,
_econtributor.
700 _aAckermann, Denise,
_ewriter of foreword.
700 _aBedford-Strohm, Megan,
_econtributor.
700 _aBiri, Kudzai,
_econtributor.
700 _aBrown, Alease,
_econtributor.
700 _aChemei, Lydia,
_econtributor.
700 _aDabale, Yoknyam,
_econtributor.
700 _aDunbar, Ericka Shawndricka,
_econtributor.
700 _aHadebe, Nontando,
_econtributor.
760 _bNew Hamma book titles (November, 2021)
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_cBK
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