(University of Nairobi, 2020) Mwaura, Philomena Njeri
This paper is based on a presentation by the author at the Yale Divinity School and the
Overseas Ministries Study Centre (OMSC) seminar on Gender and Power in African
Christianity held from 1st to 5th March 2010. It highlights general themes and concepts of
feminism, gender, feminist theology, gender and theology, women in theology and, more
specifically, the role of women in the Church and the society with a focus on gender issues in
African Christianity.