Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein is an assistant professor in Black religious traditions, constructive theology, and ethics at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

"Giving voice to African women theologians to reinvent feminism, reinvent Christian theology, and reinvent African culture, three crucial moments or movements, gives birth to the inclusive view of the human created by God. That is why this book must be read by all: women and men, Christian and other religious practitioners, Black, White and other Shades." —Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology"Oredein comprehensively covers the life's work of a woman who is a forerunner of a branch of theology that not only serves African woman but is a gift to the church and religious scholarship around the world. This book provides enduring value to the academy and the church and is highly recommended as a prized reference for theological educators, religious scholars, and students who want to incorporate a fuller understanding of theology in a post-colonial world." —African Journal of Gender and Religion"You have here in your hands an extraordinary treasure—an African womanist theologian telling the remarkable story of one of the most important African womanist theologians of our time, the great Mercy Amba Oduyoye. There is no other book written on Oduyoye that draws as deeply on insider knowledge of the challenges, struggles, and promise of African womanist theology than what this Nigerian American theologian has given us. Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein has given us a book for the ages." —Willie James Jennings, author of The Christian Imagination"This book charts a history of the Circle and Mercy Oduyoye's role in founding it that has not previously been captured, particularly with such detailed attention to the ideas of African women scholars in religion who launched this intellectual revolution in religious studies." —Traci C. West, author of Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality"Of interest to readers at multiple levels, this study demonstrates that robust theological work can come from engaging with an individual's personal experience. Recommended." —Choice"Oredein's articulation of Odoyuye's theological discourses is fascinating. This book is worth reading to understand more significant themes around women, the church, and theology in modern Africa, primarily through the works of early women scholars." —Anglican and Epsicopal History

• Introduction: The Theology We All Need 1. The Life of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye 2. A Feminist Emergence: Ideological Formations 3. Spheres of Influence 4. Doctrine of God 5. Christology 6. Theological Anthropology 7. Ecclesiology 8. What Remains Conclusion: Adjusting Lenses, Correcting Perspective Bibliography