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Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude in Africa, and the spatial diaconia of parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in offering survivors a lived space as they seek restoration and integration into wider society.
List of contents
List of Figures
The Preamble
Introduction
PART I
Framework, Religion, and Theology
1 The Construction
2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context
3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context
PART 2
Methods and Empirical Data
4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience
5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes
PART 3
Theories and Interpretations
6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces
7 Trokosi Women’s Body-Spaces as Heterotopia: Spatial Deconstruction and Reconstruction
8 Liberating Heterotopic Diakonia: A Contextual Approach to Christian Social Practice
9 Free Indeed! Ritual Servitude and Christian Social Practice as Religion and Development Praxis
Index
About the author
David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Summary
Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude in Africa, and the spatial diaconia of parachurches - which function outside of institutionalized churches - in offering survivors a lived space as they seek restoration and integration into wider society.
