Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Religion/African-diaspora women in religion

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 * Monica Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware
 * Claudine Michel - Scholar of Voodo
 * Mercy Oduyoye - founder of The Circle

African women theologians:
 * Brigalia Bam
 * Teresia Hinga
 * Fulata Moyo
 * Nyambura Njoroge

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

 * Brigalia Bam
 * Musa Dube
 * Teresia Hinga, African Theologian & Ethicist, Kenya
 * Musimbi Kanyoro
 * Esther Mombo
 * Fulata Moyo
 * Sarojini Nadar
 * Nyambura Njoroge
 * Mercy Oduyoye - founder of The Circle
 * Isabel Apawo Phiri, Deputy General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC),
 * Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, Uganda
 * Rose Akua Ampofo, Ghana
 * Anna Mghwira, Tanzania
 * Lilian Dube, Associate professor and former chair of the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of San Francisco
 * Bridget Nonde Masaiti, African Theologian, Make Way Circle Zambia
 * Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde - African Theologian, ordained minister
 * Mwawi Chilongozi-Nyirenda - African Theologian
 * Mary Getui- African Theologian, Kenya
 * Priscille Kemgne Djomhou, Cameroon
 * Madipoane Masenya, Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of South Africa
 * Bernadette Mbuy-Beya, Benin (No WikiData or VIAF number)
 * Helen A. Labeodan, Nigeria
 * Rose Teteki Abbey, Circle founding member and ordained clergy
 * Elieshi Ayo Mungure, Tanzania
 * Hannah Kinoti, Kenya, founding member of the Circle, African Ethics.
 * Hazel Ayanga, Kenya
 * Damaris Seleina Parsitau
 * Eunice Kamaara a professor of African Christian Ethics, is an ethicist with over-thirty-year experience in holistic development research and practice from socio-anthropological, ethical, gender, and health perspectives with distinguished strengths in interdisciplinary, gender and intersectionality studies, and in translating research findings into practical development through policy influence and community engagement.
 * Esther Acolaste, Ghana, (Wikidata Q113812151)
 * Anne Kubai, Kenya, (Wikidata Q112671682)
 * Rabiatu Ammah, Ghana, (Wikidata Q113807616)
 * Rosemary N. Edet, Nigeria, (Wikidata Q113795368)
 * Eva Chipenda, Kenya, (Wikidata Q113795350? Angola??)
 * Rose Zoe-Obianga, Cameroon, (VIAF # 899159234460403371829)
 * Omega Bula, Zambia, (VIAF # 38483239)

Circle members with Wikidata entries or VIAF numbers lacking or unclear as of 5-18-24

 * Joyce Nki, Kenya
 * Aletta Mandoro, Lesotho
 * Mable Kahweire, Uganda
 * Meg Umeagudosu, Nigeria (multiple VIAF #s)
 * Christine Phiri, Malawi (multiple VIAF #s)
 * Munda Tsh Badibanga, Zaire Congo DRC (multiple VIAF #s)
 * Theresa AD Acolatse, Ghana
 * Patience Dickson, Ghana
 * Margaret Buschner, USA
 * Bernadette Mbuy Mbeya, Zaire DRC
 * Farhi Chibalonza, Zaire DRC
 * Chipo Mtombeni, Zimbabwe
 * Josephine Olagunju, Nigeria
 * Lloyda Fanusie, Sierra Leone
 * Verna Casells, UK
 * Peggy Mulambya-Kabonde, Zambia
 * Juliet S Matembo, Zambia
 * Angelica Latse, Ghana
 * Alima Machema, Lesotho
 * Justine Mbwiti Kahungu, Zaire DRC
 * Ebele Emko, Nigeria
 * Wilhelmina Pingana Shikomba, Namibia
 * Mable Morny, Ghana
 * Martha Mukansara, Zimbabwe
 * Victoria Brew, Ghana
 * Dora Ofori-Owusu Ghana
 * Rhoda Ada James, Nigeria
 * Rebecca Gamsah, Ghana
 * Paulina A Kumadey, Ghana
 * Helena Obu, Ghana
 * Hannah Quansah, Ghana
 * Rachel Etrue Tette, Ghana
 * Gladys Osae Oddo, Ghana (possibly VIAF # 75501299?)
 * Esme Sereboo, Ghana
 * Araba Ata Sam, Ghana (possibly VIAF # 6651166414921302740001?)
 * Sophia Dukar, Ghana
 * Regina Ogbozo, Ghana
 * Ana Eva Makyao, Tanzania
 * Seur Tundu-Kyalu Gertrude, Zaire DRC
 * Daisy Nwachuku, Nigeria (multiple VIAF #s)
 * Pikini Mawika, Zaire DRC
 * Emely Awino Odido, Kenya
 * Joyce Tsibedze, Swaziland
 * Titilayo Mary Fabiyi, Nigeria
 * Nzebia Kalombo, Zaire DRC
 * Auma Mary Owuor-Jalango, Kenya
 * Margaret L Quist, Ghana
 * Angelene Swart, South Africa
 * Rose Materu, Tanzania
 * Agnes Meta-Kapitene, Brazaville Congo
 * Christine Manda, Malawi

Also see here for a working list of other Circle theologians.

Africana or African American Studies

 * Barbara D. Savage - scholar of Africana studies and religion

Buddhism

 * Angel Kyodo Williams - Buddhist author

Candomblé

 * Mãe Carmem - Candomblé spiritual leader, has page in portuguese wikipedia
 * Mãe Menininha do Gantois - Brazilian spiritual leader of Candomblé temple
 * Mãe Menininha - Condomblé priestess

Haitian Vodou

 * Claudine Michel - Scholar of Voodo

Historic and notable figures

 * Vera Mae Green - Quaker, section on religion needs amplification
 * Barbara Harris (bishop) - first black woman ordained Bishop in the Anglican communion
 * Rebecca Cox Jackson - Shaker eldress, activist, and memoirist
 * Leontine T. Kelly - United Methodist Church Bishop
 * Jarena Lee - first woman authorized to preach in AME church
 * M. Hasna Maznavi - founder of the Women's Mosque of America
 * Vashti McKenzie- titular head of the AME Church
 * Sojourner Truth
 * Phillis Wheatley

Islam

 * Dawn-Marie Gibson - scholar on African American Islam
 * Feryal Salem - Muslim Chaplain, associate professor at Hartford Seminary

African American/Womanist theologians or scholars

 * Karen Baker-Fletcher, Professor at Southern Methodist University
 * Katie Cannon, Womanist ethcist
 * Monica Coleman, Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware
 * Shawn Copeland, Womanist Theologian and Systematic Catholic Theologian, Professor Emeritus of Theology at Boston College
 * Stephanie M. Crumpton, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, McCormick Theological Seminary
 * Keri L. Day, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary.
 * Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary;Canon Theologian for the Washington National Cathedral
 * Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Professor of Theology and Women’s Studies at Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, NC
 * Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas
 * Wil Gafney
 * Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
 * Jacquelyn Grant, Fuller E. Callaway Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
 * Diana L. Hayes, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University
 * Tracy Hucks, Provost and Dean Colgate University
 * Nyasha Junior
 * Vanessa Lovelace
 * Debra Mubashir Majeed, Emeritus Professor Philosophy and Religious Studies at Beloit College in Wisconsin
 * Stephanie Mitchem, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina (Columbia) since 2005.
 * Yolanda Norton
 * Evelyn Parker, Susanna Wesley Centennial Professor of Practical Theology, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology
 * Jamie T. Phelps, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition
 * Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Columia Theological Seminary
 * Cheryl J. Sanders, Professor of Christian Ethics, Howard University
 * Mitzi J. Smith, J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA
 * Joanne Marie Terrell, Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics & the Arts at Chicago Theological Seminary
 * Linda Thomas, Professor of Theology and Anthropology, Luthern School of Theology at Chicago
 * Todne Thomas, Assistant Professor of African American Religions, Harvard Divinity School
 * Emilie Townes, Dean and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt School of Divinity
 * Eboni Marshall Turman, Assistant Professor of Theology and African American Religion at Yale University Divinity School
 * Chanequa Walker-Barnes,clinical psychologist, public theologian, and ecumenical minister whose work focuses upon healing the legacies of racial and gender oppression. A professor of practical theology at Mercer University,
 * Renita J. Weems, Womanist Biblical Scholar
 * Traci C. West, scholar and professor, UMC minister and advocate for LGBTWAI+ inclusion
 * Andrea C. White, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Union Theological Seminary, NY, NY
 * Delores S. Williams, Paul Tillich Professor Emerita of Theology and Culture at Union Theological Seminary.
 * Jacquelyn E. Winston, Patristics scholar, Associate Professor in Church History at Azusa Pacific University

African American/Womanist Pages needing info boxes
Scholars:
 * Diana L. Hayes, Womanist Theologian in the Catholic Tradition, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University
 * Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, Columbia Theological Seminary
 * Chanequa Walker-Barnes,clinical psychologist, public theologian, and ecumenical minister whose work focuses upon healing the legacies of racial and gender oppression. A professor of practical theology at Mercer University
 * Traci C. West, scholar and professor, UMC minister and advocate for LGBTWAI+ inclusion