Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa

Chammah J. Kaunda

doi:10.5771/9781793618030

Summary

Religion, Gender, and Wellbeing in Africa argues that, in many African societies, ideas and practices of wellbeing and gender relations continue to be informed and shaped by religious epistemologies. The contributors affirm that for many Africans, it is through religio-spiritual frameworks that daily experiences, interactions, and gender relations are understood and interpreted. However, for many African women, religions have functioned as a double-edged-sword. Although they have contributed to the struggle against issues such as colonialism, gender justice, climate justice, and human rights, they have also endorsed and perpetuated sexism, heterosexism, homophobia, and the denial of human rights for a wide variety of people on the margins. The chapters within this collection demonstrate that most religions and religious formations in Africa have not yet positioned themselves as forces for wellbeing, gender justice, and security for African women and children. The contributors challenge simplistic and superficial readings and interpretations of religio-spirituality in Africa and call for deeper engagements of the interplay between Africa’s religio-spiritual realities and the wellbeing of women, particularly around issues of gender justice, reproductive health, and human rights.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1802-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1803-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 226
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. 1. References No access
4. 1. References No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
1. Religion and Gender in Africa No access
2. Transformative Encounters with Professor Isabel Apowa Phiri No access
3. Chapters in this Volume No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. 1. Theologies of Isabel Apawo Phiri No access
  2. Transferability of Phiri’s Theologies No access
  3. Utilization of Approaches in Malawi No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
2. 1. Research Methodology and Methods No access
  2. Convoy Model of Social Relations Theory No access
  3. “Shepherding a Woman’s Heart” No access
  4. Awareness, its Role in Pastoral Care No access
  5. Social Integration Theory No access
  6. Elderly Orphans: A Brief Background No access
  7. Findings and Discussions No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. References No access
3. 1. Covid-19 Pandemic in Zambia No access
  2. The Effects of Covid-19 in Zambia: Responses on Gender-Based Violence No access
  3. Methodology No access
  4. Data Presentation No access
  5. Toward a Gender-Sensitive Cultural Hermeneutics: An Analysis No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Note No access
  8. References No access
4. 1. Background of ICPD No access
  2. Religion and SRHR-Violations of Human Rights No access
  3. Engagement of Religion in the Implementation of the ICPD PoA No access
  4. Religion, Human Rights, SRHR, and the Value of Shared Spaces No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
5. 1. Religion and Covid-19 Pandemic No access
  2. Covid-19 Pandemic and GBV No access
  3. Covid-19 and Teenage Pregnancy No access
  4. Covid-19 and the Crisis of Youth Unemployment No access
  5. Religion: Source of Comfort or Chaos? No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
6. 1. Gender and Masculinity in the Context of a Pandemic No access
  2. Covid-19, Masculinity, and Gender in South Africa No access
  3. Concluding Remarks No access
  4. References No access
1. 1. A Theology of Peace No access
  2. Understanding the Biblical Story No access
  3. Abigail’s Endeavor to Bring Peace No access
  4. Abigail’s Strategy No access
  5. PARALLELS BETWEEN THE STORY OF ABIGAIL AND THE SITUATION IN THE DRC No access
  6. How this Story Could Empower Women in the DRC No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. References No access
2. 1. Religion in Africa’s Conflicts No access
  2. Narratives and Identity No access
  3. Masculinity No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Note No access
  6. References No access
3. 1. The Silence Approach and the Silencing of Women No access
  2. Methodological Considerations—Contextual Bible Study No access
  3. Results and Discussion No access
  4. Silence of Endurance No access
  5. Silence of Respect Turned to Fear No access
  6. Silence as a Language No access
  7. Discussion: The Consequence of Silence is Death No access
  8. Conclusion: Implications of Silence to Pastoral Care No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. References No access
4. 1. Critical Feminism No access
  2. Methodological Considerations No access
  3. Inside-Outside View into my Misguided Spirituality No access
  4. Delayed or No Vigilant Response to Abuse No access
  5. Muslim Wife’s Plight and Religious Script Misinterpretation No access
  6. Importance of Respecting and Honoring a Mother No access
  7. The Curse of the Angels No access
  8. God Loves Those Who Persevere No access
  9. Liberating Muslim Wives No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. References No access
5. 1. Brief Background of Single Women among the Shona No access
  2. Contesting the Traditional Label “Mvana” No access
  3. Pentecostalism and Single Ladies: Wounding the Wounded? No access
  4. Copying Strategies: Protest, Re-Defining and Re-Naming Themselves No access
  5. Analysis No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
6. 1. Pubic or Public Hair? Imelda’s Story No access
  2. Approaching Imelda’s Story: The Narrativity of Violence against Women No access
  3. I will Shave You as Long as We Both Shall Live: Ukubeyana Amaso No access
  4. Ritual and Violence against Women: A Critical Analysis No access
  5. Conclusion: Alternatives for Spousal Shaving in Modern Zambia No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
7. 1. Sociohistorical Context of Theological Education for BACOMA Women No access
  2. BTSM Students’ Wives’ Curriculum No access
  3. The “Marginalized of the Marginalized” No access
  4. The Respondents’ Perceptions on Theological Education for Spouses No access
  5. Conclusion: Toward a Gender-Sensitive Theological Education for Pastors’ Wives in Malawi No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
1. What is African Women’s Theology? No access
2. AWT as an Academic Discourse No access
3. Ecumenicity Analysis No access
4. Theo-Narrativity and Wellbeing No access
5. Women Wellbeing is Human Wellbeing No access
6. Women’s Wellbeing and African Culture No access
7. Wellbeing and Socioreligious Inclusivity No access
8. Wellbeing and Diversity No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
11. References No access
Index No access Pages 219 - 222
About the Contributors No access Pages 223 - 226