African women's theologies in the new millennium

abstract This focus is an examination of African women's theologies in Southern Africa. It starts by locating African women's theologies in the discipline of liberation theologies. It traces the development of African women's theologies in Southern Africa since its inception at a continental level in 1989, through the Circle of African Women Theologians, and it analyses the methodologies and the content of this theology from the perspective of African theology. It highlights the urgent need for theological and practical response to the issue of HIV/AIDS from a gendered perspective. It concludes by suggesting issues that women theologians need to grapple with in Southern Africa.