Research Catalog

Title

Religion-regime relations in Zimbabwe : co-operation and resistance / edited by Ezra Chitando, Lovemore Togarasei and Joram Tarusarira.

Publication

New York City : Routledge, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chitando, Ezra
• Togarasei, Lovemore
• Tarusarira, Joram

Description

ix, 220 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book explores religion-regime relations in contemporary Zimbabwe to identify patterns of co-operation and resistance across diverse religious institutions. Using co-operation and resistance as an analytical framework, the book shows how different religious organisations have interacted with Emmerson Mnangagwa's "Second Republic", following Robert Mugabe's departure from the political scene. In particular, through case studies on the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference and Pentecostals, African Traditional Religions, Islam, and others, the book explores how different religious institutions have responded to Mnangagwa's new regime. Chapters highlight the complexities characterising the religion-regime interface, showing how the same religious organisation might co-operate and resist at the same time. Furthermore, the book compares how religious institutions co-operated or resisted Mugabe's earlier regime to identify patterns of continuity and change. Overall, the book highlights the challenges of deploying simplistic frames in efforts to understand the interface between politics and religion. A significant contribution to global scholarship on religion-regime interfaces, this book will appeal to academics and students in the field of Religious Studies, Political Science, History and African Studies"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 11

Uniform Title

Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 11.

Subject

• Since 1980
• Church and state > Zimbabwe
• Religion and state > Zimbabwe
• Church and state
• Politics and government
• Religion and state
• Zimbabwe > Politics and government > 1980-
• Zimbabwe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe: Co-operation and Resistance / Ezra Chitando, Lovemore Togarasei and Joram Tarusarira -- "The March is Not Ended!" ZCBC's Pastoral Letter, God and the Crises of Politics in Zimbabwe / Masiiwa Ragies Gunda -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) and the Politics of Zimbabwe: Silence and Critical Solidarity / Herbert Moyo -- Depoliticising the Pastoral Role of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe in the Second Republic / Martin Mujinga -- 'Prisoners of Hope?' Pentecostalism, Politics and the Quest for a New Dispensation in Zimbabwe / Kudzai Biri -- Who is Doomed, Prophets or Politicians? Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe's New Dispensation / Mediel Hove, Chido Mercillina Muswerakuenda and Washington Mazorodze -- A Change for No Change: The Ambivalence of Religion in the Second Republic in Zimbabwe / Bekhitemba Dube -- Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe's Second Republic in Zimbabwe: Goodwill Partners? / Tenson Muyambo -- Islam and Politics in Zimbabwe's Second Republic / Silindiwe Zvingowanisei -- The Appropriation of the Bible in the Zimbabwean Narrative by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference: Lessons for the Second Republic / Ishanesu Sextus Gusha -- Interrogating Responses to the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations' Call for a National Political Sabbath for Trust Building and Confidence Building / Noah Pashapa -- Religion, Politics and Veteran Masculinities in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe / Obert Bernard Mlambo -- The Role of Theology in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Insights From the Rise of the Monarchy in the Hebrew Bible / Xolani Maseko -- Contested Interpretations: The Case of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora in the United Kingdom Responding to the New Dispensation / Nomatter Sande.

Call Number

ReCAP 23-8280

ISBN

• 9781032365121
• 1032365129

LCCN

2023005708

OCLC

1368328509

Title

Religion-regime relations in Zimbabwe : co-operation and resistance / edited by Ezra Chitando, Lovemore Togarasei and Joram Tarusarira.

Publisher

New York City : Routledge, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 11

Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 11.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1980

Added Author

Chitando, Ezra, editor, author.

Togarasei, Lovemore, editor, author.

Tarusarira, Joram, editor, author.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781000916058

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-8280