The Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) is a network of theologians coming primarily from Africa, Asia, and Latin America and interested in creating theology that is relevant for their contexts. The group tended to critique traditional Christian theology as being too European and underscored the need for theology that addressed the challenges of poverty and oppression.[1]
In 1976, the first official meeting of EATWOT would be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with Joshua Russell Chandran as its first president until 1981. From this early start, the organization would produce a bi-annually published theological journal entitled Voices from the Third World.[1][3]
In the beginning, the organization would not allow women to be members. It would only be at the New Delhi meeting in 1981 that women were beginning to be allowed to have a voice in EATWOT.[4] Female figures such as Virginia Fabella and Mercy Amba Oduyoye, the latter who eventually became EATWOT's first female president (1997–2001), would continually challenge the absence of female leadership in the global church and in EATWOT.[5] These efforts would result in the formation of the Women's Commission of EATWOT.[6]
^ ab"Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT) records, 1975-2001". clio.columbia.edu. Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^Joseph, M. P. (2015). Theologies of the Non-Person: The Formative Years of EATWOT. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1–3. ISBN978-1-137-55054-5.
^"EATWOT's Theological Journal VOICES". eatwot.net. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^Smith, Yolanda. "Mercy Amba Oduyoye". www.talbot.edu. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^Fabella, Virginia; Oduyoye, Mercy (4 January 2006). With Passion and Compassion: Third World Women Doing Theology: Reflections from the Women's Commission of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. pp. ix–x. ISBN978-1-59752-500-8.
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