David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

• List of Figures The Preamble Introduction PART IFramework, Religion, and Theology 1 The Construction 2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context 3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context PART 2Methods and Empirical Data 4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience 5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes PART 3Theories and Interpretations 6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces7 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

David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

• List of Figures The Preamble Introduction PART IFramework, Religion, and Theology 1 The Construction 2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context 3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context PART 2Methods and Empirical Data 4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience 5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes PART 3Theories and Interpretations 6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces7 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

David Stiles-Ocran is an affiliated researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

• List of Figures The Preamble Introduction PART IFramework, Religion, and Theology 1 The Construction 2 Religion, Space, and Slavery in Context 3 History and Theology of Christian Social Ministry in Context PART 2Methods and Empirical Data 4 Diaconal Methodology: Entry and In-Field Research Experience 5 Narratives by Liberators, Gatekeepers, and Survivors of Ritual Servitudes PART 3Theories and Interpretations 6 The Theory of Heterotopia and the Trokosi Shrines as Sacred Spaces7 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