Expanding Ecumenical ‘Circles’: Religious Pluralism and Feminist Theology in the Study of Religion and Theology

Prof Isabel Phiri in April 2018 led a roundtable discussion on the topic Expanding Ecumenical ‘Circles’: Religious Pluralism and Feminist Theology in the Study of Religion and Theology. Dr Teddy Sakupapa, Lecturer in Ecumenical Studies and Social Ethics, was a key respondent who engaged with Prof Phiri on the following key topics:

• The World Council of Churches and its role in social justice
• Understanding Ecumenicity in the context of religious diversity
• The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians
• The epistemological privileging of women in the study of feminist theology in Africa
• The future of “African Theology”