Description
Book SynopsisReligion 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 ContentsAcknowledgments……………………………………………………………………………..
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 Negotiating Safe Sex
Muyambo Tenson
CHAPTER 7………………………………………………………………………………………
The Church and the Reproductive Health of Disabled Women in Zimbabwe: A Critique
Kudzai Biri
CHAPTER 8……………………………………………………………………………………….
The Efficacy of Religious Coping among Women with Reproductive Health Problems in Chitungwiza
Last Mapwika, Samson Mhizha and McDonald Matika
CHAPTER 9……………………………………………………………………….………………
Johane Masowe Apostolic Beliefs and Practices: A Recipe for Gender-Based Demographic Disasters
Godfrey Museka, Francis Machingura and Molly Manyonganise
CHAPTER 10…………………………………………………………...…………………………
African Indigenous Churches’ Engagement with Sexuality: The Case of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ)
Vengesai Chimininge
CHAPTER 11…..………………………………………………………………………………….
An Analysis of the Phenomenon of Female Rapists in Zimbabwe Using Petrus’ Model on Witchcraft-Related Crimes
Samson Mhizha
CHAPTER 12…………………………………………………………………..………………….
Men as Silent Victims of Rape: The Case of Ritual Rapes in Zimbabwe
Francis Machingura, Molly Manyonganise and Godfrey Museka
Index
About the Contributors
