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Author Stiles-Ocran, David

Title Ritual Servitudes and Christian Social Practices in Ghana The Hidden Spaces of Otherness in Religion
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (219 p.)
Series Religion, Resistance, Hospitalities Ser
Religion, Resistance, Hospitalities Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- 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
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000770025
1000770028