Introduction -- Gender-based violence in religiously pluralistic societies: the West African experience / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Part One. General -- Violence and peace in a male-dominated world: a contradiction / Bolatito A. Lanre-Abass -- Religious violence and its impact on women in Jos, Nigeria / Celestina O. Isiramen -- The church, sexual harassment and abuse of women in South-East Nigeria / Ohia and Uche Nikiru Zaikiwe -- Part two. Masculinity -- The real man is responsible: the case of the Ghanaian Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements / Ernestina Novieto -- Religions, masculinity and violence against women / Kunbi Laboedan -- Christian ethical response to masculinity and violence against women in Nigeria / Roseline Okeke -- Part three. Violence against the girl-child -- Religio-cultural background of girl-child abuse in Nigeria: the case of Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State / Sally Asagwara -- Girl-child trafficking in Nigeria: the religio-cultural context / Olatundun A. Oderinde -- Girl-child trafficking in Ghana and the role of the Christian community / The menace of rape and its implications for the girl-child from the religiouis ethics perspective: Lagos State a case study / Dorcas Omolere Olanrewaju -- Part four. Violence against women: Christian perspectives -- Eradicating gender-based violence against women in West African Christian societies: educational imperatives / Ros Uchem -- Misinterpretation of some Christian teachings and traditions as violence against African women / Adesanya Ibiyinka Olusola -- The plight of the contemporary Yoruba woman within the setting of ekklasia (romanized) / Margaret Yemisis Ojo -- The dynamics of power and violence in the interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:11-15: case studies of some Nigerian married Christian women / M.I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere -- Part five. Islamic perspectives -- Perspectives on the Qur'anic verse on wife beating in the Ghanaian Muslim community / Rabiatu Ammah -- Islam and polygamy in Ghana: a case of violence against women / Nasiba Taahir-Swallah -- Mitigating violence against women in the Ghanaian Muslim community: the role of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Ghana (FOMWAG) / Fatimatu N-Eyare Sulemanu -- Part six. African indigenous religious perspectives -- Widowhood practices among the Yoruba and Igbo of Nigeria as a form of violence against women / Ruth Oluwakemi Oke -- The role of African beliefs/culture in violence against women / Elizabeth Apori Obeng -- When tradition and modernity meet: Nankani women at the crossroad / Rose Mary Amenga-Etego -- Postscript -- Towards a sustainable elimination of violence against women in Ghana / Gladys Attobrah. Published in: LEGON, GHANA Physical description: xvii, 545 pages ; 21 cm

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