RT Book
T1 Ritual servitudes and Christian social practices in Ghana: the hidden spaces of otherness in religion
T2 Religion, resistance and hospitalities
A1 Stiles-Ocran, David
LA English
PP Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY
PB Routledge
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/181173880X
AB "The book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors of indigenous ritual servitude, or Trokosi in Africa. Drawing on empirical research from Ghana, it examines the possibilities of freedom, equality and dignity for liberated Trokosi and the manner in which these women's experiences constitute a repudiation of dominant patriarchal family systems. With close attention to the work of indigenous parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in challenging the contemporary practice of ritual slavery and offering its survivors a lived space in which they need not remain 'hidden' as they seek restoration and integration into wider society, Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana will appeal to scholars of sociology, theology and religion with interests in gender, contemporary ministries and African religion"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR128.A16
SN 9781032203492
SN 9781032208435
K1 Christianity and other religions : African
K1 Church and social problems : Ghana
K1 CHILD slaves : Ghana
K1 Abused children : Ghana
K1 Christianity and culture : Ghana
K1 Ghana : Religion
K1 Ghana : Religious life and customs