Mother earth, mother Africa : world religions and environmental imagination / / Sophia Chirongoma and Ven Scholar Wayua, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795997403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stellenbosch, South Africa : , : Sun Media, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 1-998951-13-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 pages)
• Collana: Mother Earth, Mother Africa ; ; 3
• Disciplina: 201.77
• Soggetti: Environmentalism - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Situating Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World religions and environmental imagination -- Section A: Religion, gender and environmental sustainability in Africa -- Section B: Gender, religion and access to land ownership in Africa -- Section C: Mother Africa and religious imagination: Gender discourse -- Conclusion -- References -- Section A: Religion, gender and environmental sustainability in Africa -- Mother -- 1 - 'Your house is left to you desolate': On Christian grief and faith for Africa and earth in the climate crisis -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Mother Africa's riches and risks -- Climate crisis as an intersectional issue: Three dimensions -- Theological introspection in light of the climate crisis -- Grief as a spiritual discipline -- Re-awakening the sacred -- Hope-filled praxis -- Faith: Re-reading -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 - The Christic Okavango Delta of Botswana -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Setting the context -- Christic environmental liberation paradigm -- Okavango Delta -- Anthropocentric threats to the Okavango Delta -- The significance of the Christic Okavango Delta liberation paradigm -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 - African Islam and environmental sustainability: A case study of theVaremba Muslim womenin Zimbabwe -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The land as perceived by the Varemba Muslims in Mberengwa -- Varemba Muslim women and access to land ownership -- Cooking, washing and ; cleaning -- Fetching water -- Fetching firewood -- Taking care of children -- Cultivation of crops and tending gardens -- Preservation of animals -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 - Mother Earth, our life support system: Perspectives from a Catholic nun -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Theresa.; The alternative or new story -- From dominion over nature to custodians of nature -- Environmental conservation in traditional Shona society: Patriarchy andenvironment -- The Catholic Church and caring for Mother Earth -- Ecological examen: Ignatian reflection on care for creation -- Theresa's prayer -- Pastoral care as ecological care -- Path of life (POL) metaphor -- Conclusion -- 92References -- 5 - The Mother Earth Centre: A narrative of the Comboni Missionary Sisters' contributions to environmental sustainability in western Zambia -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- A brief history of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Zambia -- Conceptualising environmental sustainability -- Theoretical framework -- Comboni Missionary Sisters and environmental sustainability -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 - African Cosmological View: The role of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the preservation of Mount Kenya Forest -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- African cosmological view -- African views of the created universe -- The created universe -- The nature of the universe -- Harmonious relationship between nature and human beings -- Order and power in the universe -- Mount Kenya Forest and its importance to the community -- Destruction of Mount Kenya Forest: Raging fires eating away Mount Kenya Forest -- Drying rivers and women -- Government preservation efforts -- Indigenous methods of preserving Mount Kenya Forest -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 - Karanga women's utilisation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zimbabwe: Towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13) -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS): A definition -- Varying dimensions of IKS -- Zimbabwe climate policy: April 2016.; African women, IKS and climate change -- Shona women -- Karanga women -- Discussion of key findings and implications for SDG 13 -- Conclusion -- References -- Section B: Gender, religion and access to land ownership in Africa -- Goliath -- 8 - Access to land ownership and gender in the light of African Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe amongst the Shona in Chiredzi district, Masvingo province, Zimbabwe -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Women and land use -- Women as moral teachers on land-related issues -- Gender and land inheritance -- Government efforts towards equitable distribution of land and gender implications -- Method -- Findings -- Land ownership and registration -- Challenges -- Land transfer through inheritance -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 - Gender, religion and access to land ownership in Kenya: Focus on Islam and Christianity -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Background -- The position of women during the Jahiliyya period (pre-Islamic Arabia) -- Positive teachings about women in Islam -- Negative teachings and sayings about women in Islam -- Women's access to land in Islam -- Prophet Mohammad and women -- Women's status in the Old Testament -- Positive views on the status of women in the New Testament -- Negative views on women's status -- Women in church history -- Women and access to land in the Bible -- Conclusion -- 181 References -- Section C: Mother Africa and religious imagination: Gender discourse -- HIV and AIDS -- 10 - The methodological approach of African women addressing gender bias in Christianity -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Methods of doing theology -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 - The ; Afrocentric-Womanist Paradigm -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- The value and gap in Afrocentric research -- The value and gap in Womanist method -- The Afrocentric-Womanist Paradigm.; Employing the Afrocentric-Womanist Paradigm for environmental research -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 - Gender and Holy Prayer Mountains in Zimbabwe: A case study of the Prayer Mountain Retreat Center in Borrowdale, Harare -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework of the study -- Prayer Mountain Retreat Center -- Women and the Prayer Mountains in Zimbabwe -- Our ancestors prayed on this mountain -- The woman, the prayer and the mountain: Learning from the scriptures -- Does help come from the mountains? -- What then is the significance of the Prayer Mountain? -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 - Speaking the unspeakable: The power of biographies of people living with HIV and AIDS -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- Once upon a time! -- Analytical framework: Licking broken wounds -- The personal is political: Speaking the unspeakable -- Gideon Byamugisha: Breaking the silence -- Annie Mwamba: Speaking the unspeakable -- Religion shaping response -- African Pentecostalism as HIV and AIDS biographies? -- Speaking the unspeakable: Towards HIV and AIDS competent faith communities -- References -- Africa -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS.
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