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Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana: The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion

by Norway) David Stiles-ocran (university Of Oslo

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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This 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.
Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana: The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion and Living in the Gaze of God
Living in the Gaze of GodRitual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana: The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion
  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    October 2022

  • Weight

    468g

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781032203492

  • ISBN-10

    1032203498

  • Eden Code

    5683051

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