Research Catalog

Title

Christianity and controversies over homosexuality in contemporary Africa / edited by Ezra Chitando and Adriaan van Klinken.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chitando, Ezra
• Van Klinken, A. S.

Description

ix, 202 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Religion in modern Africa

Subject

• Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Homosexuality > Africa
• Homophobia > Africa > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Pentecostal churches > Social aspects > Africa
• Homosexuality
• Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Pentecostalism as a public religion -- 1. Sexual bodies, sacred vessels: Pentecostal discourses on homosexuality in Nigeria / Asonzeh Ukah -- 2. Scandal makers: competition in the religious market among Pentecostal-Charismatic churches in Uganda / Caroline Valois -- 3. homophobic trinity: Pentecostal end-time, prosperity and healing gospels as contributors to homophobia in Cameroon / Frida Lyonga -- 4. Kenyan queer prophet: Binyavanga Wainaina's public contestation of Pentecostalism and homophobia / Adriaan van Klinken -- pt. II Broader Christian case studies and perspectives -- 5. Christianity, homosexuality and public politics in Zambia / Derrick M. Muwina -- 6. anti-homosexuality narrative in the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe: political diatribe or religious conservatism? / Lovemore Ndlovu -- 7. Queer fragility and Christian social ethics: a political interpolation of the Catholic Church in Cameroon / S.N. Nyeck -- 8. Is ̀being right' more important than ̀being together'? Intercultural Bible reading and life-giving dialogue on homosexuality in the Dutch Reformed Church, South Africa / Charlene van der Walt -- pt. III Christian subversions and transformations -- 9. Enduring and subverting homophobia: religious experiences of same-sex-loving people in Zimbabwe / Nelson Muparamoto -- 10. ̀Born this way': the imago Dei in men who love other men in Lusaka, Zambia / Lilly Phiri -- 11. Unlikely allies? Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists and church leaders in Africa / Tapiwa P. Mapuranga -- 12. Reconfiguring a biblical story (Genesis 19) in the context of South African discussions about homosexuality / Gerald O. West.

Call Number

Sc E 16-1100

ISBN

• 9781472444745
• 1472444744

LCCN

2015043214

OCLC

934937665

Title

Christianity and controversies over homosexuality in contemporary Africa / edited by Ezra Chitando and Adriaan van Klinken.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Religion in modern Africa

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Chitando, Ezra, editor.

Van Klinken, A. S., editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-1100