Gender and Sexual Desire Justice in African Christianity

This article explores the nexus of themes of sexual desire, gender and prayer in the Bemba mythology of creation. Approached from Sarah Coakley’s theology of participation in the divine desire, the article utilizes email technique to collect data from African scholars both women and men with an inte...

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Authors: Kaunda, Chammah J. 1982- (Author) ; Kaunda, Mutale M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-36
IxTheo Classification:BB Indigenous religions
CB Christian life; spirituality
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBD Doctrine of Creation
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B email qualitative method
B Bemba mythology
B African Christianity
B Sarah Coakley
B Sexual Desire
B gendered prayer
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Summary:This article explores the nexus of themes of sexual desire, gender and prayer in the Bemba mythology of creation. Approached from Sarah Coakley’s theology of participation in the divine desire, the article utilizes email technique to collect data from African scholars both women and men with an intention to find out their perspectives on the nexus of the entangled themes above as embodied within the widespread Bemba mythology. The second objective was to understand the ways in which these three themes are intersected in the mythology and demonstrate how the contemporary African Christian search for gender and sexual desire justice might be linked to a gendered prayer. The findings show that gendered prayer could be a place of sexual desire and gender healing and justice for women.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09667350211030874