Mother Earth, Mother Africa World Religions and Environmental Imagination.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chirongoma, Sophia
Otros Autores: Wayua, Ven. Scholar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2022.
Colección:Mother Earth, Mother Africa Ser.
Temas:
Environmentalism > Religious aspects.
Environmentalism > Religious aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Situating Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World religions and environmental imagination
  • Section A: Religion, gender and environmental sustainability in Africa
  • Section B: Gender, religion and access to land ownership in Africa
  • Section C: Mother Africa and religious imagination: Gender discourse
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Section A: Religion, gender and environmental sustainability in Africa
  • Mother
  • 1
  • 'Your house is left to you desolate': On Christian grief and faith for Africa and earth in the climate crisis
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Mother Africa's riches and risks
  • Climate crisis as an intersectional issue: Three dimensions
  • Theological introspection in light of the climate crisis
  • Grief as a spiritual discipline
  • Re-awakening the sacred
  • Hope-filled praxis
  • Faith: Re-reading
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2
  • The Christic Okavango Delta of Botswana
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Setting the context
  • Christic environmental liberation paradigm
  • Okavango Delta
  • Anthropocentric threats to the Okavango Delta
  • The significance of the Christic Okavango Delta liberation paradigm
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3
  • African Islam and environmental sustainability: A case study of theVaremba Muslim womenin Zimbabwe
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • The land as perceived by the Varemba Muslims in Mberengwa
  • Varemba Muslim women and access to land ownership
  • Cooking, washing and cleaning
  • Fetching water
  • Fetching firewood
  • Taking care of children
  • Cultivation of crops and tending gardens
  • Preservation of animals
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4
  • Mother Earth, our life support system: Perspectives from a Catholic nun
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • Theresa
  • The alternative or new story
  • From dominion over nature to custodians of nature
  • Environmental conservation in traditional Shona society: Patriarchy andenvironment
  • The Catholic Church and caring for Mother Earth
  • Ecological examen: Ignatian reflection on care for creation
  • Theresa's prayer
  • Pastoral care as ecological care
  • Path of life (POL) metaphor
  • Conclusion
  • 92References
  • 5
  • The Mother Earth Centre: A narrative of the Comboni Missionary Sisters' contributions to environmental sustainability in western Zambia
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in Zambia
  • Conceptualising environmental sustainability
  • Theoretical framework
  • Comboni Missionary Sisters and environmental sustainability
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6
  • African Cosmological View: The role of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the preservation of Mount Kenya Forest
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction
  • African cosmological view

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