Mercy Amba Oduyoye (1934-) teóloga metodista ganense.
Oduyoye estudou teologia nas universidades de Gana e de Cambridge e lecionou na Universidade de Ibadan, Nigéria, além de passagens por Harvard, Princeton, Yale e no Union Theological Seminary.
Organizou o Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians para corrigir vieses eurocêntricos, patriarcais e coloniais.
Entre suas obras estão Women and Ritual in Africa (1992), Feminist Theology in an African Perspective (1994), Daughters of Anowa: african women in patriarchy (1995), Beads and Strands: Reflections of an African Woman on Christianity (2004) e Introducing african women’s theology (2001).
BIBLIOGRAFIA
Pui-Lan, Kwok. “Mercy Amba Oduyoye and African women’s theology.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 20.1 (2004): 7-22.
Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein. The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice. University of Notre Dame Press, 2023.