This entry traces the development of the Christian understanding of virginity with specific attention to theology and embodied, ecclesial practice. Often reductively assumed to be the bodily state of one (usually a woman) who has not had sexual intercourse, this entry examines virginity m...
This article provides a broad overview of key issues that have animated theology in Africa. It thinks of theology in Africa as African Christian theology and engages the key issues from a historical and continental perspective. It shows how Christian theology in Africa has engaged key issue...