Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion articles from March 2004

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion archives from March 2004

Editor's introduction.
March 22, 2004... This issue of JFSR is a very special one. It not only begins the 20th volume of JFSR's publication, but it is also intended as a gift for the 70th birthday of Mercy Amba Oduyoye, the foremost African feminist theologian and outstanding leader...

Mercy Amba Oduyoye and African women's theology.
March 22, 2004... By virtue of Mercy Amba Oduyoye's birth in 1934 and childhood in Ghana under British rule, her career has coincided with the tumultuous period of modern African history: the struggle against colonial domination, political instability after...

Cultural hermeneutics: a postcolonial look at mission.
March 22, 2004... By the time our class had visited the Elmina Slave Castle in Ghana to witness the sites of degradation, genocide, and slavery for African women and men, the painful story of colonialism was very much on our hearts. Our international feminist...

Seeing through a woman's eye: Yoruba religious tradition and gender relations.
March 22, 2004... The study of Yoruba religion has enjoyed a significant boost lately, especially since the discovery of the strong influence of this tradition in the Atlantic world. Also, the issue of gender and the dynamism that attends its existence in...

Womanist theology in the Caribbean context: critiquing culture, rethinking doctrine, and expanding boundaries.
March 22, 2004... During the past century, the advent of womanist perspectives in the discipline of theology concurred with a growing awareness of global contextual theologies and religious diversity. Womanist theologians and their feminist counterparts in North...

In A Different Voice.(Poem)
March 22, 2004... Story In the pregnant silence of four a.m. Spirits gather to replenish maat (1) Dawn hovers over sacred moments To infuse new life and hope Into yesterday's horizon Melting slowly into tomorrows Covered with...

Untitled.(Poem)
March 22, 2004... Untitled When I was little Papa's mama said I was too black Short dumpy legs Thought I'd never grow Too black Too mean They said To grow When I was little Words danced Her favorite...

Pie Dough & Crust.(Poem)
March 22, 2004... Pie Dough & Crust I Even today She saves crust for me In fact she makes it separate Bakes it And freezes it 'til I come Re-remembering childhood Each time I take a bite Swallowing laughter ...

Underground.(Poem)
March 22, 2004... Underground Old trees grow in my garden Great-grandmother's mother's mother Shades life with her love branches And spreads carpets of memories With roots routed through yards Other people's gardens Under...

Withdrawal.(West: In a Different Voice)(Poem)
March 22, 2004... Withdrawal I Last night I felt your retreat Behind veils of grief and sadness Longing for wholeness In silence old remorse grew like fetid weeds Untouched Like century-old excrements of life's tragedies ...

The disease of postcolonial new testament studies and the hermeneutics of healing.(ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Anti-Judaism and Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation)(Panel Discussion)
March 22, 2004... The Disease Systemic injustice is part of our ideological makeup, or, better put, what Pierre Bourdieu labels the "habitus," and thus it invariably threatens to co-opt those who oppose it. For example, even as the Gospel of Matthew and the...

Partnership in hope: gender, faith, and responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa.
March 22, 2004... Over the past three years I have experienced a new journey, one that is both marvelous and terrible. It is marvelous because of the companionship, the partnerships, along the way. It is terrible because it is a journey into the heart of the...