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Sr Rosemary Edet Nkoyo : Shifting New Theological Paradigms for Women in the African Society and African Church
Sogbou, Estelle M. (2023): Sr Rosemary Edet Nkoyo : Shifting New Theological Paradigms for Women in the African Society and African Church, in: Seyram Amenyedzi, Yosi Apollos Maton, Marceline L. Yele, u. a. (Hrsg.), SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1), Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 245–256, doi: 10.20378/irb-93234.
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SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1)
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Amenyedzi, Seyram
Maton, Yosi Apollos
Yele, Marceline L.
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2023
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978-3-86309-963-3
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English
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The Catholic co-founder of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Sr. Rosemary Edet HHJC could be seen as one of the first African Catholic Feminist Nuns. As a biblical theologian she articulates African tradition(s) and biblical interpretations. Edet has developed a theology of inculturation which tries to give back women’s place to them, especially African women, within Christianity and the traditional Nigerian culture(s). Her two main concerns were: how can African women regain a new understanding of their role, dignity and place in the Church and Society after colonization; and the first evangelization in most West African countries. This is because these two events have reenforced the patriarchal pattern that already shaped some or most African traditional societies. Edet’s perspectives and responses based on a constructive dialogue between the Bible and the Nigerian (traditional and modern) cultures, elaborate a new standard for women through an interpretation of the concept of community which gives a new insight of the domestic ritual and daily women’s life as a locus theologicus. She advocates for a positive and authentic place of the women in the traditional settings, which could help to define the place and the role of women in the Church. She thus opens a path for other women in African feminist liberation theology. Using her publications as a basis, this chapter will present her theological journey about the liberation of the Nigerian women by shifting this liberation theology and its reception and how these echoes by her contemporaneous colleague Elisabeth Moltmann.
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Nigeria
Katholische Kirche
Nonne
Feminismus
Feministische Theologie
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
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February 5, 2024
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