“Third-Wave Feminism and the Task of Critical Learning: A Theological Critique of Feminism from a Nigerian Perspective”
(2019) Asian Journal of Theology — Vol. 33, n° 1, p. 47-64 (2019)
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- There is so much going on in the area of feminist theology. Often the range of issues, approaches, methodologies and goals are quite complex that one finds it difficult to point out the main problems that are at stake in feminist theology. This paper aims at re-examining the problem of patriarchy, which is often considered a central issue of feminist theology. By so doing, it questions the insufficiency of a critical theological attention to the feminist concern, for example in the Nigerian context. Drawing upon the various approaches to the problem as presented in both Western and Nigerian feminist discourse, the paper seeks in both versions of feminism, a renewed hermeneutical resource for addressing the same problem. It argues for a focus on upturning all systems of domination beyond gender and class, through a cultural critique of both the past and present, without disrupting the communal setting of African society in particular. In this way, the article calls for bridging the gap between the Western and non-Western feminism in what is today categorized as third-wave feminism.
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Okpaleke, I. P. (2019). “Third-Wave Feminism and the Task of Critical Learning: A Theological Critique of Feminism from a Nigerian Perspective”. Asian Journal of Theology, 33(1), 47-64. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/245961 (Original work published 2019)