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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.
Table of Contents
Ezra Chitando, Sophia Chirongoma, and Kudzai Biri
Chapter One
Harnessing Ndau Religious and Socio-Cultural Beliefs and Practices for Celebrating Women Power in Zimbabwe
Macloud Sipeyiye &Elias G. Konyana
Chapter Two
Rural Women Utilizing African Indigenous Religion(s) in Environmental Conservation: A Case of Mutasa Area in Mutare
Tracey Chirara
Chapter Three
Reconfiguring Lost African Religious Tradition: A Feminist Inquiry into Pre-colonial Gender Construction and Its Impact on Shona Society in Post-colonial Zimbabwe
Dudzirai Chimeri
Chapter Four
African Traditional Religious Women and Reproductive Health: The Case of Mutasa Rural in Mutare
Tracey Chirara & Tabona Shoko
Chapter Five
Woman thou art Cursed? The Case of SARE in Shona Culture
Mavis Muguti & Tawanda Mbewe
Chapter Six
Imagining a Church with Equal Opportunities among the Clergy: A Theological and Cultural Dilemma in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
Mart
Product details
| Published | 07 Jul 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 308 |
| ISBN | 9781666903317 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 1 b/w photos; 3 tables; |
| Dimensions | 226 x 162 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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