David Stiles-Ocran

Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana

The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude in Africa, and the spatial diaconia of parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in offering survivors a lived space as they seek restoration and integration into wider society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781032203492
• ISBN-10: 1032203498
• Artikelnr.: 64360252

Autorenporträt

David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
The Preamble
Introduction
PART I
Framework, Religion, and Theology
1 The Construction
2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context
3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context
PART 2
Methods and Empirical Data
4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience
5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes
PART 3
Theories and Interpretations
6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces
7 Trokosi Women's Body-Spaces as Heterotopia: Spatial Deconstruction and
Reconstruction
8 Liberating Heterotopic Diakonia: A Contextual Approach to Christian
Social Practice
9 Free Indeed! Ritual Servitude and Christian Social Practice as Religion
and Development Praxis
Index