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Images of Pain, Images of Hope: African Films as Narrative Theologies of Gender and Sexuality.
- Source :
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Exchange . 2023, Vol. 52 Issue 1/2, p34-53. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Cinema is one of the great media of storytelling that, with its images and sounds, draws viewers into a different world and addresses their bodies, minds, and hearts. In this contribution, I will develop an argument for African cinema as a source of narrative theology that is contextual and liberative in its critical and constructive functions. In conversation with African women's and queer theologies, I will then reconstruct the narrative theologies emerging from films produced in Africa that address women's issues and diverse sexualities. I argue that they develop, through images of the pain of sexism and homophobia, a theology of hope of flourishing life. Thus, they contribute to the life of a church that is able to overcome prejudice, recognizes the gifts of its diverse communities, and is a space for all to flourish in love. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *AFRICAN films
*HOMOPHOBIA
*THEOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01662740
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Exchange
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171372434
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-bja10030