7 | LIVING STONES, LIVING HOPE
STUDY 1
AFRICAN WOMEN’S THEOLOGY
We start our course with African Women’s Theology, an important strand of what is broadly known as Feminist theology, which encompasses different theological expressions that emerged in response to the struggles of women for justice and equal participation in the life of churches and wider society. Since the word ‘feminist’ was not considered to be
representative of the challenges women face in specific contexts, different theologies of women’s liberation have emerged over the years of which African Women’s Theology is one. Others include the womanist theologies of AfricanAmerican women, the Mujerista theologies of Latina women and the different theologies articulated by Asian and indigenous women.
