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Narrative, Identity and Ethics in Postcolonial Kenya: The Young Women’s Christian Association: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

Autor Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 ian 2023
Can a Christian organization with colonial roots work towards reproductive justice for Kenyan women and resist sexist interpretations of Christianity? How does a women's organization in Africa navigate controversial ethical dilemmas, while dealing with the pressures of imperialism in international development? Based on a case study of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Kenya, this book explores the answers to these questions. It also introduces a theoretical framework drawn from postcolonial feminist critique, narrative identity theory and the work of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: 'everyday Christian ethics'. The book evaluates the theory's implications as a cross-disciplinary theme in feminist studies of religion and theology. Eleanor Tiplady Higgs argues that Kenya YWCA's narratives of its Christian history and constitution sustain a link between its ethical perspective and its identity. The ethical insights that emerge from these practices proclaim the relevance of the value of 'fulfilled lives', as prescribed in the New Testament, for Christian women's experiences of reproductive injustice.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350247956
ISBN-10: 1350247952
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 2 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on two under-studied organisations, and introduces their work to a gender studies audience: the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians ('the Circle') and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

Notă biografică

Eleanor Tiplady Higgs received her PhD from SOAS University of London, UK. She was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a Fellow of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Her research interests lie in the study of gender and Christianity, ethics, feminist theory and narrative.

Cuprins

List of FiguresAckowledgmentsAbreviationsMap of Kenya with locations of YWCA branchesIntroductionPart I.1. Identity and Ethics in NarrativePart II.2. Imperial Maternalism, 1855-19653. From Welfare to Development, 1965-20004. African, Christian, Feminist? 2000-2012Part III.5. Controversial Faith Issues6. 'We are Christians'7. Everyday Christian EthicsPostscriptNotesReferencesIndex

Recenzii

This fascinating text articulates the story of YWCA as one that embodies a Christian feminist ethic for human dignity.
Eleanor Tiplady Higgs immerses readers in an exploration of the transplanted religious organization, the YWCA, in Kenya - a journey from the colonial to present day. There is keen attention to the intersection of race, religion and gender.
In true postcolonial feminist spirit, Eleanor Tiplady Higgs critically foregrounds women's moral agency, elucidating how this is enabled through everyday Christian ethics. Doing so, she develops an innovative approach to gender, religion, ethics and identity.
This sophisticated study explores how the Kenya YWCA negotiates tensions arising among its Christian, feminist and African identities as it seeks to advance women's lives. It sheds light on an underappreciated yet important aspect of how African Christians engage global Christianity and development institutions.