Maton, Yosi ApollosYosi ApollosMaton2024-02-052024-02-052023978-3-86309-963-3https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/93246The issue of leadership and ordained ministry has been a predominantly male affair in both patriarchal and religious societies. Rosemary Edet argued that Mary Magdalene ought to be accorded the title of an Apostle against the exclusively male authority presented by the church, given the criteria that, she had been with Jesus throughout his ministry, was the first to witness Christ’s resurrection and the first to proclaim his resurrection. In her stand on the inclusion of women in the ministry, she says, “ministry is everyone’s baptismal right, and full-time professional ministry should be about calling people to exercise that right” (Edet, 1989:88) regardless of gender. Thus, she states that exclusive male leadership “structure supports and reinforces the traditional gender based societal roles ignoring the religious leadership of African Women in the same traditional culture” (Edet,1989:96) as well as “overlooking the Christlike understanding of authority and ministry” (Edet, 1989:96) It is within this framework that Rosemary Edet argued for an inclusive theology and the liberation of women. This work thus seeks to investigate and analyse her contribution to feminist and liberation theology in West Africa and seeks to answer questions as: What was the context of Edet’s writings? What are her sources of theology? What was her purpose for writing? What are the specific and unique features of her theology? What are the issues she addressed in her theology? How had she conversed with male and western theologians? What are the strengths and contributions of Rosemary Edet’s works to knowledge and liberation theology and also the weaknesses of her works? What possible application does her work have for the future? These and other questions would be dealt with in the cause of unearthing Rosemary Edet’s contributions to feminist and liberation theology.engRosemary EdetfeminismtheologyWest Africa230bookpart