Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Religion/African-diaspora women in religion

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Pages that have tags

• Monica Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware
• Claudine Michel - Scholar of Voodo

African women theologians:

• Brigalia Bam
• Teresia Hinga
• Fulata Moyo
• Nyambura Njoroge

Lists of names

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

• Brigalia Bam
• Musa Dube
• Teresia Hinga, African Theologian & Ethicist, Kenya
• Musimbi Kanyoro
• Esther Mombo
• Fulata Moyo
• Sarojini Nadar
• Nyambura Njoroge
• Mercy Oduyoye - founder of The Circle
• Isabel Apawo Phiri, Deputy General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC),
• Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, Uganda
• Rose Akua Ampofo, Ghana
• Anna Mghwira, Tanzania
• Lilian Dube, Associate professor and former chair of the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco
• Bridget Nonde Masaiti, African Theologian, Make Way Circle Zambia
• Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde - African Theologian, ordained minister
• Mwawi Chilongozi-Nyirenda - African Theologian
• Mary Getui- African Theologian, Kenya
• Priscille Kemgne Djomhou, Cameroon
• Madipoane Masenya, Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of South Africa
• Bernadette Mbuy-Beya, Benin (No WikiData or VIAF number)
• Helen A. Labeodan, Nigeria
• Rose Teteki Abbey, Circle founding member and ordained clergy
• Elieshi Ayo Mungure, Tanzania
• Hannah Wangeci Kinoti, Kenya, founding member of the Circle, African Ethics.
• Hazel Ong'ayo Ayanga, Kenya
• Damaris Seleina Parsitau [1]
• Eunice Kamaara a professor of African Christian Ethics, is an ethicist with over-thirty-year experience in holistic development research and practice from socio-anthropological, ethical, gender, and health perspectives with distinguished strengths in interdisciplinary, gender and intersectionality studies, and in translating research findings into practical development through policy influence and community engagement.
• Esther Acolaste, Ghana, (Wikidata Q113812151)
• Anne Kubai, Kenya, (Wikidata Q112671682)
• Rabiatu Ammah, Ghana, (Wikidata Q113807616)
• Rosemary N. Edet, Nigeria, (Wikidata Q113795368)
• Eva Chipenda, Kenya, (Wikidata Q113795350? Angola??)
• Rose Zoe-Obianga, Cameroon, (VIAF # 899159234460403371829)
• Omega Bula, Zambia, (VIAF # 38483239)

Circle members with Wikidata entries or VIAF numbers lacking or unclear as of 5-18-24

• Joyce Nki, Kenya
• Aletta Mandoro, Lesotho
• Mable Kahweire, Uganda
• Meg Umeagudosu, Nigeria (multiple VIAF #s)
• Christine Phiri, Malawi (multiple VIAF #s)
• Munda Tsh Badibanga, Zaire Congo DRC (multiple VIAF #s)
• Theresa AD Acolatse, Ghana
• Patience Dickson, Ghana
• Margaret Buschner, USA
• Bernadette Mbuy Mbeya, Zaire DRC
• Farhi Chibalonza, Zaire DRC
• Chipo Mtombeni, Zimbabwe
• Josephine Olagunju, Nigeria
• Lloyda Fanusie, Sierra Leone
• Verna Casells, UK
• Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde, Zambia
• Juliet S Matembo, Zambia
• Angelica Latse, Ghana
• Alima Machema, Lesotho
• Justine Mbwiti Kahungu, Zaire DRC
• Ebele Emko, Nigeria
• Wilhelmina Pingana Shikomba, Namibia
• Mable Morny, Ghana
• Martha Mukansara, Zimbabwe
• Victoria Brew, Ghana
• Dora Ofori-Owusu Ghana
• Rhoda Ada James, Nigeria
• Rebecca Gamsah, Ghana
• Paulina A Kumadey, Ghana
• Helena Obu, Ghana
• Hannah Quansah, Ghana
• Rachel Etrue Tette, Ghana
• Gladys Osae Oddo, Ghana (possibly VIAF # 75501299?)
• Esme Sereboo, Ghana
• Araba Ata Sam, Ghana (possibly VIAF # 6651166414921302740001?)
• Sophia Dukar, Ghana
• Regina Ogbozo, Ghana
• Ana Eva Makyao, Tanzania
• Seur Tundu-Kyalu Gertrude, Zaire DRC
• Daisy Nwachuku, Nigeria (multiple VIAF #s)
• Pikini Mawika, Zaire DRC
• Emely Awino Odido, Kenya
• Joyce Tsibedze, Swaziland
• Titilayo Mary Fabiyi, Nigeria
• Nzebia Kalombo, Zaire DRC
• Auma Mary Owuor-Jalango, Kenya
• Margaret L Quist, Ghana
• Angelene Swart, South Africa
• Rose Materu, Tanzania
• Agnes Meta-Kapitene, Brazaville Congo
• Christine Manda, Malawi

Also see here for a working list of other Circle theologians.

Africana or African American Studies

• Barbara D. Savage - scholar of Africana studies and religion

Buddhism

• Angel Kyodo Williams - Buddhist author

Candomblé

• Mãe Carmem - Candomblé spiritual leader, has page in portuguese wikipedia [2]
• Mãe Menininha do Gantois - Brazilian spiritual leader of Candomblé temple
• Mãe Menininha - Condomblé priestess [3]

Haitian Vodou

• Claudine Michel - Scholar of Voodo

Historic and notable figures

• Vera Mae Green - Quaker, section on religion needs amplification
• Barbara Harris (bishop) - first black woman ordained Bishop in the Anglican communion
• Rebecca Cox Jackson - Shaker eldress, activist, and memoirist
• Leontine T. Kelly - United Methodist Church Bishop
• Jarena Lee - first woman authorized to preach in AME church
• M. Hasna Maznavi - founder of the Women's Mosque of America
• Vashti McKenzie- titular head of the AME Church
• Sojourner Truth
• Phillis Wheatley

Islam

• Dawn-Marie Gibson - scholar on African American Islam [4]
• Feryal Salem - Muslim Chaplain, associate professor at Hartford Seminary

African American/Womanist theologians or scholars

• Karen Baker-Fletcher, Professor at Southern Methodist University
• Katie Cannon, Womanist ethcist
• Monica Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware
• Shawn Copeland, Womanist Theologian and Systematic Catholic Theologian, Professor Emeritus of Theology at Boston College
• Stephanie M. Crumpton, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, McCormick Theological Seminary
• Keri L. Day, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary.
• Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary;Canon Theologian for the Washington National Cathedral
• Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Professor of Theology and Women’s Studies at Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, NC
• Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
• Wil Gafney
• Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
• Jacquelyn Grant, Fuller E. Callaway Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
• Diana L. Hayes, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University
• Tracy Hucks, Provost and Dean Colgate University
• Nyasha Junior
• Vanessa Lovelace
• Debra Mubashir Majeed, Emeritus Professor Philosophy and Religious Studies at Beloit College in Wisconsin
• Stephanie Mitchem, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina (Columbia) since 2005.
• Yolanda Norton
• Evelyn Parker, Susanna Wesley Centennial Professor of Practical Theology, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology
• Jamie T. Phelps, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition
• Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Columia Theological Seminary
• Cheryl J. Sanders, Professor of Christian Ethics, Howard University
• Mitzi J. Smith, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA
• Joanne Marie Terrell, Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics & the Arts at Chicago Theological Seminary
• Linda Thomas, Professor of Theology and Anthropology, Luthern School of Theology at Chicago
• Todne Thomas, Assistant Professor of African American Religions, Harvard Divinity School
• Emilie Townes, Dean and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt School of Divinity
• Eboni Marshall Turman, Assistant Professor of Theology and African American Religion at Yale University Divinity School
• Chanequa Walker-Barnes,clinical psychologist, public theologian, and ecumenical minister whose work focuses upon healing the legacies of racial and gender oppression. A professor of practical theology at Mercer University,
• Renita J. Weems, Womanist Biblical Scholar
• Traci C. West, scholar and professor, UMC minister and advocate for LGBTWAI+ inclusion
• Andrea C. White, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, NY, NY
• Delores S. Williams, Paul Tillich Professor Emerita of Theology and Culture at Union Theological Seminary.
• Jacquelyn E. Winston, Patristics scholar, Associate Professor in Church History at Azusa Pacific University

African American/Womanist Pages needing info boxes

Scholars:

• Diana L. Hayes, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University
• Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Columbia Theological Seminary
• Chanequa Walker-Barnes,clinical psychologist, public theologian, and ecumenical minister whose work focuses upon healing the legacies of racial and gender oppression. A professor of practical theology at Mercer University
• Traci C. West, scholar and professor, UMC minister and advocate for LGBTWAI+ inclusion