Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World Religions and Environmental Imagination

Sophia Chirongoma, Ven. Scholar Wayua Kiilu

African Sun Media, Jun 15, 2022 - Religion - 272 pages

This volume, Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World Religions and Environmental Imagination, explores the interface of religio-cultural traditions and ecological conservation practices in different African contexts. The authors also reflect on the entwinement between the violation of women’s rights and the degradation of the Earth which is usually described using feminine terms, hence the designation, “Mother Earth.” The three major religious traditions in Africa – Christianity, Islam and African Traditional Religions (ATR) – are the lenses through which the authors discuss the interconnections between religion, culture and ecological traditions. Peering through African eco-feminist, gender justice and gender inclusive lenses, the authors foreground the importance of tapping into Africa’s rich religio-cultural resources as vital tools that can be utilised to address the ravaging ecological crisis.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Religion gender and environmental sustainability in Africa: 14
• Gender religion and access to land ownership in Africa: 154
• Mother Africa and religious imagination Gender discourse: 182
• CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: 253

About the author

Sophia Chirongoma is a Senior Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also an Academic Associate/Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion in the College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa. Her research interests and publications focus on the interface between culture, ecology, religion, health and gender justice. Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-7365 

Ven Scholar Wayua Kiilu is an ordained Anglican Priest from Machakos Diocese, Kenya. She is currently a PhD candidate and a Lecturer in the Faculty of Theology, Department of Religious studies and Practical Theology at St. Paul’s University, Kenya, with special interest in inter-religious dialogue, mission and practical theology. She is also currently coordinating CCMRE (Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations Eastleigh) and Centre for Christian and Islamic Studies in Africa (CCISA) in the University. Her research interests focus on Christian-Muslim Relations, interfaith and interreligious dialogue. Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-3973

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mother Earth, Mother Africa: World Religions and Environmental Imagination; Volume 3 of Mother Earth, Mother Africa
• Editors: Sophia Chirongoma, Ven. Scholar Wayua Kiilu
• Publisher: African Sun Media, 2022
• ISBN: 1998951138, 9781998951130
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Religion / General; Social Science / Sociology of Religion