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African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye

African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye Book Reviews / Mission Studies 25 (2008) 115–152 117 African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye. Edited by Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis Books 2006. Pp. xiii + 280. $25.00. Ghanaian feminist theologian Mercy Oduyoye deserves honor for her pioneering work on behalf of African women and women everywhere. Th is volume in the series “Women from the Margins” is ably edited by Phiri, who teaches African Th eology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Nadar, lecturer in the Hebrew Bible at the same uni- versity. Th e two editors helpfully bring together African women theologians and others to honor Oduyoye. Th e authors are members of the Circle of Concerned African Women Th eologians, founded by Oduyoye in 1989 so that African women could research and publish theologi- cal literature that would focus on religion and culture. Th e Circle provides a space for African women theologians, initially Christian, but now also including women from Muslim, Jewish, and African Indigenous Religions communities, to actively engage with culture, religion, oral and written traditions that define the place and role of women across Africa. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye

Smith, Susan
Mission Studies , Volume 25 (1): 117 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews / Mission Studies 25 (2008) 115–152 117 African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye. Edited by Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. Maryknoll, New York, US, Orbis Books 2006. Pp. xiii + 280. $25.00. Ghanaian feminist theologian Mercy Oduyoye deserves honor for her pioneering work on behalf of African women and women everywhere. Th is volume in the series “Women from the Margins” is ably edited by Phiri, who teaches African Th eology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Nadar, lecturer in the Hebrew Bible at the same uni- versity. Th e two editors helpfully bring together African women theologians and others to honor Oduyoye. Th e authors are members of the Circle of Concerned African Women Th eologians, founded by Oduyoye in 1989 so that African women could research and publish theologi- cal literature that would focus on religion and culture. Th e Circle provides a space for African women theologians, initially Christian, but now also including women from Muslim, Jewish, and African Indigenous Religions communities, to actively engage with culture, religion, oral and written traditions that define the place and role of women across Africa.

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