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Kyriarchy and the Ever-Consuming Proverbial “Kraal of the Heart”? Casting a Bosadi Gaze on South Africa, Post-Independence 阶级制度和永恒的谚语“心灵之战”?南非独立后，博萨迪式的目光

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc3.1.2022.100.12

Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele)

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To Give a Good Account and Witness of Stewardship 做好管理工作的陈述和见证

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc3.1.2022.100.14

John A. Pobee

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Woman Wisdom, the Feminine Consort of the Divine and the African Theosophical Worldview 女人的智慧，神的女性配偶和非洲通神论世界观

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc3.1.2022.100.16

Dorothy BEA Akoto

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“Give and It Shall Be Given unto You”: A Reflection on the Giving Life of Mercy Amba Oduyoye “施予，也必予予”:对安巴·奥杜约耶施予慈悲生活的反思

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc3.1.2022.100.11

Ruth Oluwakemi Oke

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Empowering Women through African Pentecostal Corporate Social Responsibility 通过非洲五旬节派的企业社会责任赋予妇女权力

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc3.1.2022.100.15

Helen Adekunbi Labeodan

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Melanie L. Harris, Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017). 162. ISBN 978-1626982017 梅勒妮·哈里斯，《生态女性主义:非裔美国妇女和尊重地球的信仰》(纽约玛利诺:奥比斯出版社，2017年)。162. ISBN 978 - 1626982017

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc2.2.2021.100.10

Nicole Hoskins

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The Ghanaian PCG Tent Women Clergy as Revolutionaries 加纳PCG帐篷女神职人员作为革命者

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc2.1.2021.100.06

G. Adasi

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Rituals of Restorative Resistance: Healing Cultural Trauma and Cultural Amnesia through Cultural Anamnesis and Collective Memory 恢复性抵抗的仪式:通过文化记忆和集体记忆来治愈文化创伤和文化失忆

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.53407//bwrc2.1.2021.100.07

Jean Derricotte-Murphy

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“Have You Eaten?” Portrayals of Deviant Women in Nollywood “你吃过了吗?”诺莱坞的越轨女性形象

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc1.1.2020.100.04

Debbie Frempong

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Pelas mãos das mulheres negras: construindo uma Justiça com equidade 黑人妇女之手:建立公平的正义

Black Women and Religious Cultures Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI: 10.53407/bwrc1.1.2020.100.02

L. S. Vaz

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