Research Catalog

Title

Religion and sexuality in Zimbabwe / edited by Francis Machingura and Ezra Chitando.

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chitando, Ezra
• Machingura, Francis

Description

vii, 195 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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 and interpretations of sacred texts in the understanding of sexuality in Zimbabwe"--

Subject

• Sex > Zimbabwe > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Sex role > Zimbabwe > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Homosexuality > Zimbabwe > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Homosexuality > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Sex role > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Gender roles
• Role behavior
• Homosexuality
• Monosexuality
• Sexual orientation
• Sex
• Sex role
• Zimbabwe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. Sexuality in the Zimbabwean Sphere / Ezra Chitando and Francis Machingura -- Shona Religion, Sexual and Reproductive Health / Macloud Sipeyiye -- The Influence of Indigenous Values on Shangani Male Sexualities / Richard S. Maposa -- The Church and the Homosexuality Discourse: The Crisis of Identity and Relevance / Molly Manyonganise and Elijah Mahlangu -- 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 -- "Biology, Curse or Sin": The Church and Intersexuality in Zimbabwe / Francis Machingura and Tendayi Dzinoreva -- "The Marital Bed": A Contested Site for Negotiating Safe Sex / Muyambo Tenson -- The Church and the Reproductive Health of Disabled Women in Zimbabwe: A Critique / Kudzai Biri -- The Efficacy of Religious Coping among Women with Reproductive Health Problems in Chitungwiza / Last Mapwika, Samson Mhizha and McDonald Matika -- Johane Masowe Apostolic Beliefs and Practices: A Recipe for Gender-Based Demographic Disasters / Godfrey Museka, Francis Machingura and Molly Manyonganise -- African Indigenous Churches' Engagement with Sexuality: The Case of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) / Vengesai Chimininge -- An Analysis of the Phenomenon of Female Rapists in Zimbabwe Using Petrus' Model on Witchcraft-Related Crimes / Samson Mhizha -- Men as Silent Victims of Rape: The Case of Ritual Rapes in Zimbabwe / Francis Machingura, Molly Manyonganise and Godfrey Museka.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-3165

ISBN

• 9781666903287
• 1666903280

LCCN

2022042033

OCLC

1346544090

Title

Religion and sexuality in Zimbabwe / edited by Francis Machingura and Ezra Chitando.

Publisher

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Chitando, Ezra, editor.

Machingura, Francis, editor.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-3165