Christian and African Ethic of Women's Political Participation
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African masculinities
African myths
African traditional religion
Anthropological poverty
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Catholic social teaching
Cheap death
Engelbert Mveng
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Solidaristic anger
Sophialogical hermeneutic
Western Christianity
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- ISBN 9781793647740
- Weight: 576g
- Dimensions: 159 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2022
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book surveys a broad panorama of Christian and African traditions to discover and assess the components that will illuminate and motivate a Christian and African ethic of women’s political participation. The author’s primary lens for diagnosing the problems faced by women in Africa is Engelbert Mveng’s concept of “anthropological poverty” that results from slavery and colonialism. It affects women in unique ways and is exacerbated by the religious and cultural histories of women’s oppression. The author advocates an interplay between the sacredness of every individual’s life, a salient principle of Christian ethics, and the collective consciousness of solidarity distinctive to African cultures. This interplay can, in turn, foster a more enlightened approach to African masculinity. Using a “sophialogical” hermeneutic, this in-depth study undertakes a moral imagination through narrative criticism. It argues that the existential reality of African women must be addressed as an essential element in the development of Christian socio-political ethic. The righteous, solidaristic, and resistant anger of women can transform patriarchy and inform Catholic social teaching. The author draws on The Circle of concerned African women theologians, postcolonial theorists, inculturation theology, African males, and Jon Sobrino's liberation theology to present an innovative Christian ethic that will radically affect the lives of African women and inform feminist theology.
Léocadie W. Lushombo is a consecrated woman, member of the Teresian Association (Institución Teresiana), assistant professor of theological ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology/Santa Clara University, and a visiting professor at the Catholic University of the Congo.
