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The Will to arise : women, tradition, and the church in Africa / edited by Mercy Amba Oduyoye and Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro.
- Title
- The Will to arise : women, tradition, and the church in Africa / edited by Mercy Amba Oduyoye and Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro.
- Publication
- Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Request in advance | BV 639.W7 W53 1992 | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Request in advance | BV639.W7 W53 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 230 p.; 21 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Church history
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Women and ritual in Africa / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Christianity and African women's rituals / Rosemary N. Edet -- Christianity and the African rituals of birth and naming / Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike -- The Christian widow in African culture / Daisy N. Nwachuku -- Paradise lies at the feet of Muslim women / Rabiatu Ammah -- Interpreting Old Testament polygamy through African eyes / Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro -- Polygamy : a feminist critique / Anne nasimiyu-Wasike -- Social changes and women's attitudes toward marriage in East Africa / Judith Mbula Bahemuka -- Sexuality and women in African culture / Lloyda Fanusie -- Human sexuality, marriage, and prostitution / Bernadette Mbuy Beya -- Jesus Christ and the liberation of women in Africa / Teresa M. Hinga -- Sexuality and religion in a matriarchal society / Anne Nachisale Musopole -- The priesthood of church women in the Nigerian context / R. Modupe Owanikin -- Epilogue : the will to arise : reflections on Luke 8:40-56 / Teresa Okure.
- ISBN
- 0883447827 :
- LCCN
- ^^^91045847^
- OCLC
- 25025084
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library