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Books on: africa women religion

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The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa

Book by Lucy Creevey, Barbara Callaway; Lynne Rienner, 1994

Subjects:

Islam--Social Aspects--Africa, West, Muslim Women--Nigeria, Muslim Women--Senegal, Women--Africa, West--Social Conditions, Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc. (Islamic Law)--Africa, West

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...OF ISLAM WOMEN, RELIGION, AND POLITICS IN WEST AFRICA BARBARA...heritage of Islam : women, religion, and politics in West Africa / Barbara...lives of West African women. In any country, religion provides a value...
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Women, Religion, and Social Change

Book by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Ellison Banks Findly; State University of New York Press, 1985

Subjects:

Social History, Women And Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...intensive social change or breakdown; students of religion know that such co-existence of a variety of models...churches, and examples of the new, post-missionary African independent churches. Women have been prominent in many of these institutions...
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Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights

Book by Rosetta E. Ross; Fortress Press, 2003

Subjects:

African American Women Civil Rights Workers--Religious Life--History--20th Century, African Americans--Religion, Civil Rights--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History--20th Century, Civil Rights--Religious Aspects--Islam--History--20th Century, Civil Rights--United States--History--20th Century, Womanist Theology--History--20th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...testifying : Black women, religion, and civil rights...0-8006-3603-1 1. African Americans-Religion. 2. African American women civil rights...activism in African American religion. Furthermore...Burroughs, Black women civil rights...
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Women of Fire and Spirit: History, Faith, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya

Book by Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton; Oxford University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Christian Sects--Kenya--Nyanza--Case Studies, Independent Churches--Kenya--Nyanza Province--Case Studies, Luo (African People)--Religion, Musanda Holy Ghost Church Of East Africa, Nyanza Province (Kenya)--Church History, Ruwe Holy Ghost Church Of East Africa, Women In Christianity--Kenya--Nyanza Province--Case Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This is the first extensive study of the African Christian Roho religion, or Holy Spirit movement, in Western Kenya. Hoehler-Fatton uses extensive oral histories and life narratives to provide a counterweight to existing historical literature, and also brings to the fore the role of women in the evolution and expansion of the Church.
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Women in the World of Africa

Book by Joan Esherick; Mason Crest, 2005

Subjects:

Women--Africa--Juvenile Literature

...Trails 55 FIVE Religion and Women in Africa 63 SIX Remarkable...the rise). Many African women, in fact, find religion to be the one place...su- perstition, religion in African is real to the women who practice it. Sometimes...

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Journal Articles on: africa women religion

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"Marsa Never Sot Aunt Rebecca Down": Enslaved Women, Religion, and Social Power in the Antebellum South

Journal article by Brenda E. Stevenson; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 90, 2005

Subjects:

African American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...antebellum slave women clearly enjoyed...with other African Americans...importance of religion in their...generations. African women and men could...ideal that religion was a central...Leadership: Black Women and Organized Religion," SAGE (Fall...Patterns of African-American...
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The Cwezi-Kubandwa Debate: Gender, Hegemony and Pre-Colonial Religion in Bunyoro, Western Uganda

Journal article by Shane Doyle; Africa, Vol. 77, 2007

Subjects:

Cults--Influence, East Africa--History, Exploitation--Case studies, Religion--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the role of women within Cwezi-kubandwa...indigenous religion in Great Lakes Africa has often...Bay (eds), Women in Africa: studies in...1981) Religion and Resistance...Journal of Religion in Africa 32 (2): 136-66...M. (1966) Women in Toro, western...
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Educational Reversals and First-birth Timing in Sub-saharan Africa: a Dynamic Multilevel Approach*

Journal article by Laurie F. Derose, Øystein Kravdal; Demography, Vol. 44, 2007

Subjects:

Education, Multivariate analysis, Parents & parenting, Studies, Sub-Saharan Africa, Women, Young adults

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of the 25-34 age range and women reporting the highest education...determinants of her education. Religion was included at the individual...whole across these subSaharan African countries, just as Lloyd (2005) reported for women (but not men), almost a quarter...
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Family, Religion, and Work among Arab American Women

Journal article by JeN'Nan Ghazal Read; Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 66, 2004

Subjects:

Arab Americans, Behavior, Gender equity, Labor force, Religion & psychology, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...over their public sphere activity, and women who are married (Hertel, 1988) or who...examining the relationships between family, religion, and womens labor force participation...17 Arabic-speaking countries in North Africa and western Asia. They emigrated in two...
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The Emperor Is Still Naked: Why the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa Leaves Women Exposed to More Discrimination

Journal article by Kristin Davis; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 42, 2009

Subjects:

Affirmative action--Laws, regulations and rules, Gender equality--Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003, Sex discrimination against women--Laws, regulations and rules, United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Collections: Entire Library

...customs, and most importantly, perspectives. (233) African women cannot be said to possess monolithic and shared...without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion--remain...

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Magazine Articles on: africa women religion

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The Women of South Africa

Magazine article by Lynn Norment; Ebony, Vol. 49, August 1994

Subjects:

Women's rights--South Africa, Women--South Africa

Collections: Entire Library

...sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture or language...during his campaign, even appealed to South African men to take up more responsibility in...machines so the laundry could be done by both women and men. But women are still cautious...
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African Foundations of World Religions: "It Is to Inner Africa We Must Look in Order to Understand That Which Became Majestic in [Ancient] Egypt" -- Gerald Massey. Welcome to Part 2 of Our Series on Religion

Magazine article by Femi Biko; New African, May 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Ancient civilization--Religious aspects, Civilization, Ancient--Religious aspects, Egypt--History, Egyptian history, Religion--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Great Lakes region. The African faiths consider God both...Egyptian Old Kingdom religion, the cosmology of the...who dost make men and women to be born again, the...religious traditions and religion in the post-Akhenaton...fundamental difference between African and Western religious...
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Why Do Churches Attract Women and Estrange Many Men of Faith

Magazine article by Frederica Mathewes-Green; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, June 21, 1999

Subjects:

Church attendance--Demographic aspects, Men--Religion, Women--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...It is not Christianity that in parts of Africa promotes clitoridectomy as a means to...is not Christianity that inflicts upon women, as in Iran and Afghanistan, hysterical...accurate to say men arent as interested in religion, since they participate strongly in Islam...
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Economic and Social Council Considers Issues Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986

Subjects:

Civil rights--International aspects, Drug abuse--Prevention, Homelessness--Prevention, International organization--Social policy, Southern Africa--Social aspects, United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...southern Africa, and for assistance to women in national liberation movements in the...present explosive situation in southern Africa, the body decided to pay particular attention...Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, by a vote of 30 to 3 (Byelorussian...
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Religion by the Sword: In the Century Following the Death of Muhammad, the Religion of Islam Formed the Basis for the Rapid Conquest of the Christian Lands of Europe, North Africa, and the near East

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 23, September 3, 2007

Subjects:

Franks--Evaluation, French history, to 987, Islam and politics, Islam--Evaluation, Islam--France, Islam--Saudi Arabia, Muhammad--Evaluation, Prophets--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...through the Middle East and North Africa and into Spain. It was an empire...spiritual elements of the new religion of Islam, but on the sword...Sword of the Prophet, "The women were subsequently raped; Muhammad...moved through the rest of North Africa and finally into Spain where...

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Newspaper Articles on: africa women religion

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Notes on Religion Faith and Worship in DuPage County

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 30, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...begins at 9:30 a.m. The group is open to women, men and teens, but baby-sitting is not...Deadline to register is Sept. 15 for Church Women Uniteds Human Rights Day Retreat, Focus...will offer a seven-week Bible study for women, "A New Song ... Planted by Streams of...
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Notes on Religion

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 30, 2008

Subjects:

Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Notes on Religion. To include your church in the free...interest groups meet regularly for men, women, seniors and others. Consult the monthly...mosquito net to help prevent malaria in Africa. The fall Sunday school program is currently...
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Notes on Religion Faith and Worship in DuPage County

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 13, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Notes on Religion Faith and Worship in...Experience: AIDS Step Into Africa" at the church, 550 N...Sept. 15, for Church Women Uniteds Human Rights...week Bible study for women, "A New Song... Planted...National Council of Jewish Women, Tri-county section...
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Notes on Religion Faith and Worship in DuPage County

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 13, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Notes on Religion Faith and Worship in...Experience: AIDS Step Into Africa" at the church, 550 N...Sept. 15, for Church Women Uniteds Human Rights...week Bible study for women, "A New Song ... Planted...National Council of Jewish Women, Tri-county section...
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Meet the Muslim Madonna; Souad Massi Is Happy to Be World Music's Sexiest and Most Outspoken Star - Just Don't Ask Her to Speak for Her Religion

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 15, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Speak for Her Religion. Byline...East and North Africa category) in...for Muslim women," she says...regard Muslim women as subservient...about their religion?" She shrugs...Though the North African country is...forbidden Muslim women to wear headscarves...that I am an African," she says...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: africa women religion

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Islam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...expanding the realm of Islam to trans-Saharan Africa, stabilizing its commercial and cultural...essential to the firm establishment of a world religion. There are disagreements in the hadith...and obligations apply equally to men and women. The actual situation of women is more...
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Baha'I

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...believe in the unity of all religions, in universal education...the equality of men and women. An international language...cent., particularly in Africa. The center of the faith...republic, which regards the religion as an Islamic heresy...P. Smith, The Bahai Religion (1988...
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Uganda

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...which he said had divided the nation by tribe and religion. Opposition leaders, calling Musevenis system...was criticized internationally, including by the African Unions fledgling Pan-African parliament. The campaign was also marred by army...
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Spain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...government and chief of state, provided for direct election of about one quarter of the members of the Cortes, gave married women the vote, made religious freedom a legal right, and ended Falange control of labor unions. The forming of new political parties...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...most able-bodied young men and many young women. The creation of a great number of government...came from the neutral nations of Asia and Africa, partly because of the U.S. association...of decisions supported the efforts of African-American citizens to achieve full civil...

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