Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana

The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion

David Stiles-Ocran (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-20843-5 (ISBN)

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Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude in Africa, and the spatial diaconia of parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in offering survivors a lived space as they seek restoration and integration into wider society.

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.

David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

List of Figures

The Preamble

Introduction

PART I

Framework, Religion, and Theology

1 The Construction

2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context

3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context

PART 2

Methods and Empirical Data

4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience

5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes

PART 3

Theories and Interpretations

6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces

7 Trokosi Women’s Body-Spaces as Heterotopia: Spatial Deconstruction and Reconstruction

8 Liberating Heterotopic Diakonia: A Contextual Approach to Christian Social Practice

9 Free Indeed! Ritual Servitude and Christian Social Practice as Religion and Development Praxis

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2022
Reihe/Serie	Religion, Resistance, Hospitalities
Zusatzinfo	2 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-032-20843-0 / 1032208430
ISBN-13	978-1-032-20843-5 / 9781032208435
Zustand	Neuware