The Will to Arise

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-04-01
Publisher(s): Orbis Books
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introductionp. 1
Women in African Culture
Women and Ritual in Africap. 9
Christianity and African Women's Ritualsp. 25
Christianity and the African Rituals of Birth and Namingp. 40
The Christian Widow in African Culturep. 54
Paradise Lies at the Feet of Muslim Womenp. 74
African Women and Sexual Practices
Interpreting Old Testament Polygamy through African Eyesp. 87
Polygamy: A Feminist Critiquep. 101
Social Changes and Women's Attitudes toward Marriage in East Africap. 119
Sexuality and Women in African Culturep. 135
Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Prostitutionp. 155
African Women and the Christian Church
Jesus Christ and the Liberation of Women in Africap. 183
Sexuality and Religion in a Matriarchal Societyp. 195
The Priesthood of Church Women in the Nigerian Contextp. 206
Epilogue: The Will To Arise: Reflections on Luke 8:40-56p. 221
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