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This book explores the kinds of Christian service or diaconia that
develop in non-institutionalized practices for supporting survivors
of indigenous ritual servitude or Trokosi in Africa. Drawing on
empirical research from Ghana, it examines the possibilities of
freedom, equality, and dignity for liberated Trokosi and the manner
in which these women's experiences constitute a repudiation of
dominant patriarchal family systems. With close attention to the
work of indigenous parachurches - which function outside of
institutionalized churches - in challenging the contemporary
practice of ritual slavery and offering its survivors a lived space
in which they need not remain "hidden" as they seek restoration and
integration into wider society, Ritual Servitudes and Christian
Social Practices in Ghana will appeal to scholars of sociology,
theology, and religion with interests in gender, contemporary
ministries and African religion.
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