Narrative, Identity and Ethics in Postcolonial Kenya: The Young Women’s Christian Association

Higgs, Eleanor Tiplady ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-2924 (2021) Narrative, Identity and Ethics in Postcolonial Kenya: The Young Women’s Christian Association. Other. Bloomsbury.

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Abstract

Can a Christian organization with colonial roots work towards reproductive justice for Kenyan women and resist sexist interpretations of Christianity? How does a women's organization in Africa navigate controversial ethical dilemmas, while dealing with the pressures of imperialism in international development? Based on a case study of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Kenya, this book explores the answers to these questions. It also introduces a theoretical framework drawn from postcolonial feminist critique, narrative identity theory and the work of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: 'everyday Christian ethics'. The book evaluates the theory's implications as a cross-disciplinary theme in feminist studies of religion and theology. Eleanor Tiplady Higgs argues that Kenya YWCA's narratives of its Christian history and constitution sustain a link between its ethical perspective and its identity. The ethical insights that emerge from these practices proclaim the relevance of the value of 'fulfilled lives', as prescribed in the New Testament, for Christian women's experiences of reproductive injustice.

Item Type:	Monograph (Other)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D880 Developing Countries D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > HQ75 Homosexuality H Social Sciences > HS Societies secret benevolent etc H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Depositing User:	Eleanor Higgs
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2026 11:24
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2026 11:39
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16544

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