The Legacy, Leadership, and Hope of Pan-African Women of Faith in Building Sustainable Just Communities as a Missional Focus

Conceiving mission in relation to discipleship entails learning from the margins. This article analyzes the experience and self-understanding of pan-African women of faith. Especially in relation to and utilizing the methodology of the ongoing emphasis on an ecumenical “pilgrimage of justice and pea...

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Main Author: Walker-Smith, Angelique (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: International review of mission
Year: 2016, Volume: 105, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-242
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDJ Ecumenism
NCC Social ethics
RJ Mission; missiology
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Summary:Conceiving mission in relation to discipleship entails learning from the margins. This article analyzes the experience and self-understanding of pan-African women of faith. Especially in relation to and utilizing the methodology of the ongoing emphasis on an ecumenical “pilgrimage of justice and peace,” their vision of hope is examined under the headings of via positiva, via negativa, and via transformativa. The article concludes by detailing recent and future work of PAWEEN-the Pan African Womens Ecumenical Empowerment Network-in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
ISSN:1758-6631
Contains:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12146