Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe

Co-operation and Resistance
Herausgeber: Chitando, Ezra; Tarusarira, Joram; Togarasei, Lovemore

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistance across diverse religious institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781032365183
• ISBN-10: 1032365188
• Artikelnr.: 72110418

Autorenporträt

Ezra Chitando is a Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe. His recent co-edited publications include "African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change" (Routledge 2022) and "Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Africa" (Routledge 2022). Lovemore Togarasei is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. Joram Tarusarira is Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe: Co-operation and
Resistance   Chapter One: "The March is Not Ended!" ZCBC's Pastoral Letter,
God and the Crises of Politics in Zimbabwe   Chapter Two: The Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) and the Politics of Zimbabwe: Silence
and Critical Solidarity   Chapter Three: Depoliticising the Pastoral Role
of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe in the Second Republic   Chapter Four:
'Prisoners of Hope?' Pentecostalism, Politics and the Quest for a New
Dispensation in Zimbabwe   Chapter Five: Who is Doomed, Prophets or
Politicians? Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe's New Dispensation   Chapter
Six: A Change for No Change: The Ambivalence of Religion in the Second
Republic in Zimbabwe   Chapter Seven: Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe's
Second Republic in Zimbabwe: Goodwill Partners?   Chapter Eight: Islam and
Politics in Zimbabwe's Second Republic   Chapter Nine: The Appropriation of
the Bible in the Zimbabwean Narrative by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops
Conference: Lessons for the Second Republic   Chapter Ten: Interrogating
Responses to the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations' Call for a
National Political Sabbath for Trust Building and Confidence Building  
Chapter Eleven: Religion, Politics and Veteran Masculinities in Post-Mugabe
Zimbabwe   Chapter Twelve: The Role of Theology in Contemporary Zimbabwe:
Insights From the Rise of the Monarchy in the Hebrew Bible   Chapter
Thirteen: Contested Interpretations: The Case of Zimbabweans in the
Diaspora in the United Kingdom Responding to the New Dispensation