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Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe
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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.
Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………
Sexuality in the Zimbabwean Sphere
Ezra Chitando and Francis Machingura
CHAPTER 1……………………………………………………………………………….……
Shona Religion, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Macloud Sipeyiye
CHAPTER 2………………………………………………………………………………….
The Influence of Indigenous Values on Shangani Male Sexualities
Richard S. Maposa
CHAPTER 3……………………………………………………………………………………..
The Church and the Homosexuality Discourse: The Crisis of Identity and Relevance
Molly Manyonganise and Elijah Mahlangu
CHAPTER 4………………………………………………………………………….……………
Handle the Bible with Care! A Site of Struggle with the Potential to Exclude and Do Violence or to Include and Love
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda
CHAPTER 5……………………………………………………………………………………….
“Biology, Curse or Sin”: The Church and Intersexuality in Zimbabwe
Francis Machingura and Tendayi Dzinoreva
CHAPTER 6…………………………………………………………………………………….…
“The Marital Bed”: A Contested Site for Negotiatin
Product details
| Published | 06 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 212 |
| ISBN | 9781666903294 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 1 tables; |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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