Women And Religion In Zimbabwe

Author : Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma,Kudzai Biri
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666903324

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Women and Religion in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma,Kudzai Biri Pdf

The chapters in this volume foreground the ambivalent role of religion and culture when it comes to African women’s health and well-being. Reflecting on the three major religions in Africa, i.e. African Indigenous Religions, Christianity, and Islam, the authors illustrate how religious beliefs and practices can either enhance or hinder women’s holistic progress and development. With a specific focus on Zimbabwean women’s experiences of religion and culture, the volume discusses how African Indigenous Religions, Christianity, and Islam tend to privilege men and understate the value of women in Africa. Adopting diverse theological, ideological, and political positions, contributors to this volume restate the fact that the key teachings of different religions, often suppressed due to patriarchal influences, are a potent resource in the quest for gender justice. In sync with the goals for gender justice and women empowerment envisioned in the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and Africa Agenda 2063, the contributors advocate for gender-inclusive and life-enhancing interpretations of religious and cultural traditions in Africa.

Author : Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031247361

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Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2 by Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma Pdf

Zimbabwe has invested in women’s emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women’s leadership in Africa. It is also characterised by radical religious pluralism, thereby facilitating an appreciation of the impact of religion on women’s leadership in Africa more generally. This volume reflects on the role of Zimbabwean women in religio-cultural leadership, with a specific focus on roles within religious organizations. It begins by examining Zimbabwean church women’s leadership roles in long established faith communities. The chapters then hone in on the emergence of churches or ministries founded by women in Zimbabwe, starting from the pre-colonial era and advancing through the last forty years of independence. Hence, the book offers a comprehensive assessment of the challenges and opportunities women in leadership face in religious institutions in the country, before exploring the impact of the pandemic on the ability of women to lead. It will make a major contribution to the advancement of scholarship of gender and leadership in emerging markets.

Author : Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030999223

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Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe: Volume 1 by Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando Pdf

This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women’s sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women’s SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000730289

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Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise Pdf

This book explores the intersections of gender, religion and migration within the context of post-independent Zimbabwe, with a specific focus on how gender disparities impact economic development. By demonstrating how these interconnections impact women’s and girls’ lived realities, the book addresses the need for gender equity, gender inclusion and gender mainstreaming in both religious and societal institutions. This book assesses the gender and migration nexus in Zimbabwe and examines the impact of religio-cultural ideologies on the status of women. In doing so, it assesses the transition of Zimbabwean women across spaces and provides insights into the practical strategies that can be utilised to improve their status both “at home” and “on the move.” Furthermore, chapters show how space continues to be genderised in ways that perpetuate structural inequality to challenge the exclusion of women from key social processes. Contributing to ongoing scholarly debates on gender in Africa, this book will be of interest to academics and students of Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, African Studies, Development Studies as well as advocators of human rights and gender activists.

Author : Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031114281

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Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe: Volume 2 by Sophia Chirongoma,Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando Pdf

This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women’s sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe. It emphasizes that empowering African women is a pivotal pillar for attaining sustainable development. Contributors discuss the need for implementing structural changes as a prerequisite for social progress and development to occur in Southern Africa. They interrogate the extent to which religious beliefs and practices either promote or impede women’s SRHR. The contributors also proffer several ways in which addressing the themes of health for all and equality for all women and girls can make a meaningful contribution towards the fulfillment of the goals set for Agenda 2030.

Author : Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031245794

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Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 1 by Molly Manyonganise,Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma Pdf

Zimbabwe has invested in women’s emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women’s leadership in Africa. It is also characterised by radical religious pluralism, thereby facilitating an appreciation of the impact of religion on women’s leadership in Africa more generally. This volume reflects on the role of Zimbabwean women in religio-cultural leadership. It opens with an expansive literature review on leadership, with a specific focus on African women’s leadership in the context of global studies on leadership. The chapters then discuss the unique Zimbabwean women’s leadership roles in ecological conservation. Topics include disaster management, the SDGs, and ecological stewardship. The book closes with examining women’s leadership among adherents of African Indigenous Spirituality, such as among the Shona and Ndau ethnic groups. It will appeal to scholars across management, women’s studies, religion, and cultural studies contemplating on African women’s leadership in religion as well as other areas of life.

Author : John Chitakure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498293051

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Shona Women in Zimbabwe--A Purchased People? by John Chitakure Pdf

The position and treatment of women in every religion, culture, and society have been subjects of concern for a long time. In every society, women fight for their emancipation from exploitive and oppressive patriarchal structures. The most contentious issues include domestic violence, gender discrimination and inequality in the areas of employment, leadership, and marriage. Domestic violence tops the list and is the worst enemy of any progressive and democratic society. It dehumanizes, disfigures, and demeans its victims and survivors. Shona Women in Zimbabwe--a Purchased People explores the causes of domestic violence--the cultural practice of bridewealth, in particular--and assesses the extent to which it contributes to the proliferation of domestic violence among the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It then explores the Christian traditions, particularly, the Roman Catholic Church, in search of resources that can be used to emancipate Shona women from patriarchal subjugation. Finally, the book offers a pastoral response that is informed by the experiences of the Shona women, their cultural resources, and the Roman Catholic religious tradition.

Author : Togarasei, Lovemore,Bishau, David,Chitando, Ezra
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863097455

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Religion and Social Marginalization in Zimbabwe by Togarasei, Lovemore,Bishau, David,Chitando, Ezra Pdf

"Marginalization means being disregarded, ostracized, harassed, disliked, persecuted, or generally looked down upon. Marginalized people often include women and children, the poor, the disabled, sexual, religious, or ethnic minorities, refugees. The marginalized are those who are socially, politically, culturally, or economically excluded from main-stream society. In history, the Church in Zimbabwe has played a role in improving the lives of the marginalized, but what is religion, especially Christianity, doing for the marginalized now? Although religion is also implicated in marginalisation, the contributions in this volume did not address this angle as they focused on the role that religion can and should play to fight marginalization. The chapters come from two conferences (2012, 2014) that were held under the flag of ATISCA. The contributions have been updated to include later developments and publications"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004446670

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Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism by Anonim Pdf

In Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism, the contributors reflect on how Pentecostalism contributes to the empowerment of marginalised societies, empowers women through the matarenda practices, and contributes to the development of wider society.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Francis Machingura
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666903294

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Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando,Francis Machingura Pdf

Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe highlights the complex interplay between religion and sexuality in Zimbabwe. It shows how religion both facilitates and complicates the expression of sexuality in Zimbabwe. Approaching religion from a broader perspective, this volume reviews the impact of African Indigenous Religions and Christianity in its varied forms on the construction and expression of sexuality in Zimbabwe. These contributors examine the role of indigenous beliefs, as well as interpretations of sacred texts, in the understanding of sexuality in Zimbabwe. They also address themes relating to sexual diversity and sexual and gender-based violence. Overall, this book sheds light on the ongoing relevance and strategic role of religion to contemporary discourses on human sexuality.

Author : Sophia Chirongoma,Ezra Chitando,Molly Manyonganise
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Reproductive rights
ISBN : OCLC:1328012040

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Religion, Women's Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe by Sophia Chirongoma,Ezra Chitando,Molly Manyonganise Pdf

Author : Biri, Kudzai
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863097707

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“The wounded Beast?” by Biri, Kudzai Pdf

"This volume captures the experiences of single women in Zimbabwe. It brings out the indigenous cultural socialisations that negatively impact on them. The vibrancy of Pentecostalism did not save them from stigma and negative perceptions but rather fuels their challenges and misery. The over-glorification of marriage over and above singlehood and in extreme cases denunciation of singlehood, has implications for single women, especially for those who have divorced. The attitudes and perceptions towards single women in the families, society and Church are largely adversarial and do not attach dignity and value, in a nation where marriage and motherhood remain important and cherished statuses. Therefore, the author adopts a multi-dimensional approach in analysing and critiquing the pitfalls of Shona indigenous cultures, limitations of Pentecostal gender ideology and proffers avenues that can create safe spaces for single women." --

Author : Tumani Mutasa Nyajeka
Publisher : Africa Univ Incorporated
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0978634306

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The Unwritten Text by Tumani Mutasa Nyajeka Pdf

Author : Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030416034

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The Zimbabwe Council of Churches and Development in Zimbabwe by Ezra Chitando Pdf

There is a growing realization that religion plays a major role in development, particularly in the Global South. Whereas theories of secularization assumed that religion would disappear, the reality is that religion has demonstrated its tenacity. In the specific case of Zimbabwe, religion has remained a positive social force and has made a significant contribution to development, particularly through the Zimbabwe Council of Churches. This has been through political activism, contribution to health, education, women’s emancipation, and ethical reconstruction. This volume analyzes the contribution of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches to development in the country.

Author : Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781920689001

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Justice Not Silence by Ezra Chitando,Sophia Chirongoma Pdf

The editors of this volume highlight the fact that although the Church often stands up for other public issues such as human rights, democratic political rights, economic justice, etc., sexual and gender-based violence do not receive the attention they deserve. There are no theological or cultural arguments that can justify such a position. Sexual and gender-based violence are a scourge that defies our Christian understanding of human dignity ? and challenges the Church in all its formations to respond. ÿAlthough most of the case studies are from Zimbabwe, they challenge us regardless of which country we are living in ? or the tradition of our specific denomination.ÿ In the context of Southern Africa, where the HIV and AIDS burden is among the highest in the world, sexual and gender-based violence are a major contributor to the spread of the disease. This will only change if the Church challenges this practice as part of its educational and public work ? in theological institutions, in congregations, but also in its pastoral work within families.ÿ