Bible in Africa Studies by BiAS Series
BiAS Bible in Africa Studies 42, 2024
Since 2004, Joachim Kügler has intentionally focused on promoting and accompanying Biblical Studi... more Since 2004, Joachim Kügler has intentionally focused on promoting and accompanying Biblical Studies in Africa, beginning with a focus on Zimbabwe’s budding biblical scholars that he mentored. Over the years, the work of Joachim has spread to include Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Botswana, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria. Not only did Joachim do the one mile, he went the extra mile in his embrace and support
of Biblical Studies in Africa. The launch of the Bible in Africa Studies (BiAS) Series in 2009 remains one of his greatest contributions. This volume is a reflection on Bible in Africa Studies and a celebration of the immense contributions of Joachim Kügler to this field. This volume is a festschrift in honour of Joachim as he retires from active academic service with the University of Bamberg in July 2024.
Editors & Contributors
Masiiwa R. Gunda, Switzerland (editor), Kathrin Gies,
Germany (editor), Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwe (editor), Jana
Hock, Germany (editor), Lena Janneck, Germany (editor),
Mark S. Aidoo (Ghana), Stefanie Beck (Germany), Maximilian
Beierlein (Germany), Abraham Boateng (Ghana), Musa W.
Dube (United States of America), Julius Gathogo, (Kenya),
Werner Kahl (Germany), Cecil S. Kalizi (Zimbabwe), Susan M.
Kilonzo (Germany/Kenya), Francis Machingura (Zimbabwe),
Kitche Magak (Germany/Kenya), Dogara I. Manomi (Nigeria),
Molly Manyonganise (Zimbabwe), Tinos Matanga (Germany),
Kenosi Molato (Botswana), Canisius Mwandayi (Zimbabwe),
Blessing Nyahuma (Germany), Johanna Stiebert (United King-
dom), Michael F. Wandusim (Germany), Gerald O. West (South
Africa)
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Bible in Africa Studies, 2024
BiAS 41/ ERA 15 completes the trilogy of volumes celebrating the jubilee of the Circle of Concern... more BiAS 41/ ERA 15 completes the trilogy of volumes celebrating the jubilee of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (CIRCLE). This third part writes the history of theologian matriarchs in Southern Africa. The resistance from Southern-African women through their work in the CIRCLE affirms the spirt of the Zimbabwean medium and freedom fighter Mbuya Nehanda, and demonstrates the tradition of feminist intersectional liberation theology in the region. The authors encourage women and all suppressed ones to take up the spiritual flame of resistance.
The editors & authors
CHIFUNGO, Phoebe (Zambia)/ CHIKA, Eze (South Africa)/ CHILAPULA, Mercy (Malawi)/ CHILONGOZI, Mwawi Nyirenda (Malawi)/ CHIRONGOMA, Sophia (Zimbabwe)/ DIBEELA, Cheryl Natalie (Botswana)/ GABAITSE, Rosinah Mmannana (Botswana)/ HARAWA, Chimwemwe (Malawi)/ HEADLEY, Selena D. (South Africa)/ HLATYWAYO, Anniegrace Mapangisana (Zimbabwe)/ KAUNDA, Mutale Mulenga (South Africa)/ KOBO, Fundiswa (South Africa)/ MASAITI-MUKUKA ,Bridget Nonde (Zambia)/ MATUMBU, Faith (Zimbabwe)/ MOYO, Elitha (Zimbabwe)/ MOKOENA, Lerato (South Africa)/ MUDIMELI, Lufuluvhi M. (South Africa)/ MUPANGWA, Terence (Zimbabwe)/ MWALE, Nelly (Zambia)/ NYAWO, Sonene (Eswatini)/ OLOJEDE, Funlola O. (South Africa)/ OSMAN, Mujahid (South Africa/ USA)/ ROBERTSON, Megan (UK/ South Africa)/ SOKO-DE JONG, Thandi (Malawi/ Netherlands)/ TEMBO, Dorothy M. (Malawi)/
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Bible in Africa Studies 40 / ERA 14, Bamberg: UBP, 2024
BiAS 40, named after a legendary biblical woman, the Queen of Sheba, is celebrating the wisdom of... more BiAS 40, named after a legendary biblical woman, the Queen of Sheba, is celebrating the wisdom of pioneers of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ (CIRCLE). This volume rose within the context of producing biographies of the founding members of the CIRCLE. The three regional volumes are: Sankofa: Liberation Theologies of West African Women, ed. by S. Amenyedi, M. Yele & Y. Maton (BiAS 39); Queen of Sheba: East and Central African Theologies of Liberation, ed. by L. Maseno, E. Mombo, N. Muke & V. K. Kahindo (BiAS 40); Nehanda: Women’s Theologies of Liberation in Southern Africa, ed. by N. Mwale, R. Gabaitse, D. Tembo & F. Kobo (BiAS 41). Thus, this interdenominational collection of essays, being the second part of the CIRCLE jubilee trilogy, focuses on East and Central African women, their lives and struggles and their powerful Queen-of-Sheba-Wisdom in contributing to liberation in theory and practice.
The editors and authors
Loreen MASENO (Lead Editor — Kenya) | Esther MOMBO (Ass. Editor — Kenya) | Nagaju MUKE (Ass. Editor — Rwanda) | Veronica K. KAHINDO (Ass. Editor — DR Congo) | Daniel ASSEFA (Ethiopia) | Tekletsadik BELACHEW (USA/ Ethiopia) | Musa W. DUBE (USA/ Botswana) | Witness ISSA (Tanzania) | Heleen JOZIASSE (Netherlands/ Kenya) | Dorcas JUMA (Kenya) | Joy Isabirye MUKISA (Uganda) | Hope Karangwa MUNEZERO (Rwanda) | Telesia MUSILI (Kenya) | Christine NAKYEYUNE (Uganda) | Françoise NIYONSABA (Rwanda) | Joyce Damian NGANDANGO (Tanzania) | Pauline NJIRU (Kenya) | Monica OSUKA (Kenya) | Joachim Kügler (Germany)
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Bible in Africa Studies 39/ Exploring Religion in Africa 13, 2023
BiAS 39 is an essay collection on women’s Liberation Theology in West Africa, issued as one of th... more BiAS 39 is an essay collection on women’s Liberation Theology in West Africa, issued as one of three regional volumes commissioned in preparation of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ (CIRCLE) return to Ghana, its place of birth, after 35 years. The volumes rose within the context of preparing the meeting in July 2024 by remembering the founding members of the CIRCLE. The three regional volumes focus on exploring South (BiAS 41), East/Central (BiAS 40) and West African (BiAS 39) womanist/feminist Liberation Theology generated since the launch of the CIRCLE in 1989. The contributions on the lives and works of groundbreaking African women in the Theology of Liberation constitute an international, interreligious, and interdisciplinary compendium for redemptive theological research.
The editors and contributors are:
Seyram AMENYEDZI (Lead Editor), Ghana | Yosi Apollos MATON (Editor), Nigeria | Marceline L. YELE (Editor), Cameroon | Agnes Ifeyinwa ACHA, Nigeria | Mark S. AIDOO, Ghana | Lydia Bosede AKANDE, Nigeria | Daniel Nii Aboagye ARYEH, Ghana | Bolaji E. ADERONKE, Nigeria | Georgina Kwanima BOATENG, Ghana | Joyce Ewura Adwoa BOHAM, Ghana | Musa W. DUBE, USA/ Botswana | Esther Ojone JOSEPH, Nigeria | Oluwatoyin Adebola GBADAMOSI, Nigeria | Blessing Okojie JEFFREY-EBHOMENMEN, Nigeria | Helen Namondo LINONGE-FONTEBO, Cameroon | Caroline MBONU, Nigeria | Sarah Korang SANSA, Netherlands/ Ghana | Estelle M. SOGBOU, France/ Cameroon | Agnes Ini SOLOMON, Nigeria | Fatimatu N-eyare SULEMANU, Ghana | Gertrude TOKAM, Cameroon | Gesila Nneka UZUKWU, Nigeria |
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Bible in Africa Studies 38, 2023
The book's central argument is that the best way to interpret the Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6 i... more The book's central argument is that the best way to interpret the Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6 is to read it as a Greco-Roman panegyric, whose function was the integration of new members and the inculcation of commonly held values. The Sermon's makarisms and woes and their juxtaposition of poverty and richness, and exhortation are Luke's attempt to construct a new socio-economic identity of Christ-followers by supplanting the values of the dominant culture with a new set of values adopted from the status of destitution for both the rich and the poor. This results in their common dependence on the Lord for their daily provisions. Such reliance on the Lord allows for the koinonia between the rich and the poor among the first-century Christ-followers. This socio-economic motif is replicated throughout the Third Gospel and typifies Luke's concept of salvation as a holistic one.
The Author
Louis Ndekha is a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Malawi. He has a PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Gloucestershire in England. He is an Alexander von Humboldt's Georg Forster Fellow at the University of Bamberg, Germany (2022-2024). He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria and an ordained minister in the Africa Evangelical Church in Malawi.
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BiAS 37 / ERA 12 (Bamberg:UBP), 2023
This volume of the BiAS/ ERA series chooses a multi-religious
approach to the religio-cultural as... more This volume of the BiAS/ ERA series chooses a multi-religious
approach to the religio-cultural aspects of the COVID-19 pande-
mic and the attempts to overcome it by vaccination. The book
includes contributions focusing on African Traditional Religion,
several branches of Christianity in Africa, and Islamic denomi-
nations. In contrast to other volumes, BiAS 37/ ERA 12 is not
limited to a specific country – not even to the African continent.
It gathers papers from the international and multi-religious
workshop “COVID-19 and Religion” (November 2021, Universi-
ty of Bamberg) and some additional articles. The contributions
to BiAS 37 focus on the vaccination debate. “Why should God,
Scripture, and Church be against vaccination?” is the main ques-
tion, and there are some indications that social and political fac-
tors that regulate the cultural application of religion might be
more important for vaccinophobia than faith itself.
Editors & authors
KÜGLER, Joachim | GIES, Kathrin | CHABATA, Lovejoy | CHI-
BANGO, Show | EKOU, Assoumuo Gilbert | ISIWU, Ifeanyi-
chukwu Abednego | KALIZI, Cecil Samuel | MACHINGURA,
Francis | MANYONGANISE, Molly | NDEKHA, Louis | NOUR-
BAKHSH, Younes | SAHRAGARD, Kobra | TARINGA, Beatrice |
UWAEGBUTE, Kingsley Ikechukwu
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Bible in Afrika Studies 36 / Exploring Religion in Africa 11, 2023
BIAS 36 explores the intersection of religion and health in a COVID-19 context specifically focus... more BIAS 36 explores the intersection of religion and health in a COVID-19 context specifically focusing on Zimbabwe. With the menace of COVID-19 across cultures, this volume places its focus on this pandemic and how it has reshaped the discourse on the way, religion interfaces with health. The book further examines the ambivalence of religion in shaping attitudes towards health-seeking behaviour as well as influencing responses to pandemics. This book, therefore, makes a valuable contribution to the body of knowledge by offering an incisive analysis of how the pandemic has shaped the way religion has contributed both positively and negatively to the discourse on health in Zimbabwe. Such an analysis is crucial in informing policy on the future relationship between science and religion in public health both during this pandemic as well as in the post-pandemic era and the crises ahead.
The authors
Molly MANYONGANISE (ed.) / Vengesai CHIMININGE / Enna Sukutai GUDHLANGA / Bernard Pindukai HUMBE / Angeline Mavis MADONGONDA / Clemence MAKAMURE / Gift MASENGWE / Peter MASVOTORE / Tawanda MATUTU / Tenson MUYAMBO / Bednicho NYONI / Nomatter SANDE / Jane TENDERE / Lovemore TOGARASEI / Lindah TSARA / Silindiwe ZVINGOWANISEI
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Bible in Africa 35, 2023
Dominant religio-cultural discourses on political participation have deployed biblical texts in w... more Dominant religio-cultural discourses on political participation have deployed biblical texts in ways that have shaped Zimbabwe’s political terrain to be gendered space. BiAS 35 argues that the challenges women face in their endeavor to participate fully in politics in Zimbabwe are not only embedded in culture, but have also been reinforced by the way biblical interpretation pertaining to women’s public roles has been done. The study shows the influence of the Bible in shaping gender relations, even in ‘non-religious’ areas. This volume, therefore, seeks to open up more political space for women by examining how the everyday is suffused with politics, that is, politics as affecting interactions between individuals and groups thereby facilitating women’s participation in politics at all levels.
Molly Manyonganise holds a PhD in Biblical and Religious Studies from the University of Pretoria. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is a research associate of the Department of Religion Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, granted her a Georg Forster Research Fellowship.
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Bamberg : University of Bamberg Press, 2022 (Bible in Africa Studies ; 34), 2022
BiAS 34 is a study of material possessions in the Gospel according to Luke, relating their implic... more BiAS 34 is a study of material possessions in the Gospel according to Luke, relating their implications for Christians in Nigeria whose excessive quest for material wealth has become a problem. Adopting the Historical-Critical Method of exegesis and complementing it with the Social- Scientific Criticism, the book focuses on the parable of the Rich Fool in Lk 12:13-21 and the related teaching in Lk 12:22-30. It is argued that a thorough understanding of material possession in Luke’s gospel should take into account the background of severe social tensions among Christians in Luke’s community. The hermeneutics of the study shows that contemporary Christianity in Nigeria is marred by an excessive materialism which is against the teachings of the Lukan pericopes – especially, if prosperity is not shared with the poor.
Kingsley Ikechukwu Uwaegbute holds a doctorate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he also teaches New Testament Studies at the Department of Religion and Cultural Studies. He has published articles in reputable international journals. His research interest covers contextual and social-scientific interpretations of the New Testament, Christianity’s interaction with Igbo culture, and the intersection of religion and society.
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Bible in Africa Studies 33 (UBP), 2022
2002-2012, the Anglican Diocese of Harare went through a decade of turmoil caused by Bishop Kunon... more 2002-2012, the Anglican Diocese of Harare went through a decade of turmoil caused by Bishop Kunonga’s break-off from the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA). The ‘doctrinal’ reason for forming his own province called the Anglican Province of Zimbabwe (APZ) was CPCA’s condoning homosexuality, which drew the ire of the state. Although Kunonga justified his actions in an anti-Western pattern, as an Anglican “quest for belonging”, the fierce fighting between the two provinces (with the state forces supporting APZ) was more about property and politics. In 2012, Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court brought the matter to its finality when it declared that Bishop Kunonga had no right to claim CPCA properties.
The Author:
Farai Mutamiri is the current Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare (elected 2018) in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. He graduated from the National Anglican Theological College (Bishop Gaul College), the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Pretoria from where he attained a PhD Degree.
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Bible in Africa Studies 32, Bamberg: UBP, 2022
The tension between the Ndebele and Shona people dates back
to the pre-colonial era and this has ... more The tension between the Ndebele and Shona people dates back
to the pre-colonial era and this has been one of the major threats
to Zimbabwe’s peace. The book proposes Paul’s ethics of
reconciliation in the Corinthian correspondence as an inspiration
for social cohesion between the Ndebele and Shona tribes.
The volume deploys Pauline key symbols (Christ, the Cross of
Christ, Ambassador, New Creation, and Baptism) as epistemological
lenses in promoting identity tags that go beyond ethnicity.
For these symbols to be eff ective, the author proposes setting up
of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), refraining
from using ethnic off ensive language, introduction of Ndebele
and Shona languages in schools, substituting ethnic provincial
names with neutral ones, substituting ethnic registration system
of people with a neutral one, and the devolution of power.
THE AUTHOR:
Ishanesu Sextus Gusha holds a PhD in New
Testament from University of Pretoria, South
Africa. Formerly a Senior Lecturer from University
of Zimbabwe, he is now serving as
Chaplain at Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in the
Anglican Diocese in Europe. His research interests
are in Biblical Theology, Interfaith Dialogue,
Peace Building and Environmental Issues. Gusha is a
fellow of Communities Engaging with Diff erence and Religion
(CEDAR); The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre
for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID); and
Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI).
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Bible in Africa Studies / Exploring Religion in Africa, 2021
COVID-19 has, like other crises, thrown into relief social injustices and gendered inequalities. ... more COVID-19 has, like other crises, thrown into relief social injustices and gendered inequalities. BiAS 31/ ERA 8 offers theological responses to and reflections on the COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic. All are by African scholars and authors; some are academic, some experiential, and others creative or impressionistic in tone. Reflecting the ethos and commitment of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (“The Circle”) to nurture and promote the publications by and about African women and men committed to social justice and positive change, this issue contains the writings of some established but, predominantly, of emerging theologians. For some contributors, this is their first publication in an international series.
Contributors:
Labeodan, Helen A.; Amenga-Etego, Rosemary; Stiebert, Johanna; Aidoo, Mark S.; Olufemi, Olusola A.; Ayantayo, Jacob Kehinde; Dwemoh, Maame Akoto; Igboin, Benson Ohihon; Adedoyin, Opeyemi Wemimo; Yele L., Marceline; Yetunde, Balogun Ruth; Isiramen, Celestina Omoso; Alamu, Samuel Sunday; Jibromah, Oghenekevwe Kate; Onah, Nkechi G.; Aryeh, Daniel Nii Aboagye; Lanre-Abass, Bolatito A.; Okeke, Roseline Uchenna; Sogbou, Estelle M.; Benoni-Wang, Jennet Tabe; Teno, Asenek Cynthia I.; Gyamfi, Stella; Boateng, Georgina Kwanima
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Bible in Africa 30, 2021
This volume of BiAS/ ERA is a Festschrift honouring Nyambura J. Njoroge. She is an outstanding wo... more This volume of BiAS/ ERA is a Festschrift honouring Nyambura J. Njoroge. She is an outstanding woman theologian whose work straddles diverse fields and disciplines. Inspired by her rich and impressive œuvre, in this volume friends and colleagues of her (among them celebrities like Musa Dube, Gerald West, Fulata Moyo, Ezra Chitando, and others) explore how religion and theology in diverse contexts can become more life giving. Contributors from many countries and different continents explore themes such as African women’s leadership, theological education, HIV/ AIDS, lament, the Bible and liberation, adolescents and young women, sexual diversity and others. Collectively, the volume expresses Nyambura’s consistent commitment to the full liberation of all human beings, in fulfilment of the gospel’s promise that all may have life and have it to the full (John 10:10)
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Bible in Africa Studies, 2021
Climate change and its global impact on all people, especially the marginalized communities, is w... more Climate change and its global impact on all people, especially the marginalized communities, is widely recognized as the biggest crisis of our time. It is a context that invites all subjects and disciplines to bring their resources in diagnosing the problem and seeking the healing of the Earth. The African continent, especially its women, constitute the subalterns of global climate crisis. Can they speak? If they speak, can they be heard? Both the Earth and the Africa have been identified with the adjective “Mother.” This gender identity tells tales in patriarchal and imperial worlds that use the female gender to signal legitimation of oppression and exploitation. In this volume, African women theologians and their female-identifying colleagues, struggle with reading and interpreting religious texts in the context of environmental crisis that are threatening life on Earth. The chapters interrogate how biblical texts and African cultural resources imagine the Earth and our relationship with the Earth: Do these texts offer readers windows of hope for re-imagining liberating relationship with the Earth? How do they intersect with gender, race, empire, ethnicity, sexuality among others? Beginning with Genesis, journeying through Exodus, Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Gospel of John, the authors seek to read in solidarity with the Earth, for the healing of the whole Earth community.
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BiAS 28/ ERA 6, 2021
This volume BiAS 28/ ERA 6 captures the experiences of single women in Zimbabwe. It brings out th... more This volume BiAS 28/ ERA 6 captures the experiences of single women in Zimbabwe. It brings out the indigenous cultural socialisations that negatively impact on them. The vibrancy of Pentecostalism did not save them from stigma and negative perceptions but rather fuels their challenges and misery. The over-glorification of marriage over and above singlehood and in extreme cases denunciation of singlehood, has implications for single women, especially for those who have divorced. The attitudes and perceptions towards single women in the families, society and Church are largely adversarial and do not attach dignity and value, in a nation where marriage and motherhood remain important and cherished statuses. Therefore, the author adopts a multi-dimensional approach in analysing and critiquing the pitfalls of Shona indigenous cultures, limitations of Pentecostal gender ideology and proffers avenues that can create safe spaces for single women.
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Bamberg : University of Bamberg Press, 2020 (Bible in Africa Studies; 27), 2020
After the death of their husbands African women, who are living in patriarchal societies, experie... more After the death of their husbands African women, who are living in patriarchal societies, experience cruel mourning and purification rituals, which they have to undergo and they are often stigmatized and accused of being witches. In this fatal situation, God is often their only anchor, God, who already appears in the Bible as
the protector and father of widows and orphans.
In the Old Testament, two book are named after widows, the Book of Rut and Judit, and in the New Testament there are numerous widow stories, primarily in Luke, which are all characterized by a special relationship with God.
However, the reality in the ancient world was as follows: there was a large number of widows, working in the churches, which displeased the officials of the communities. They didn't only takeover charitable activities, but they missionized and were even paid for it. 1Tim 5:3–16, which categorizes widows, was read and interpreted by widows in Tanzania. It is demonstrated how they deal with a text, which was written for them as widows. They didn't allow themselves to be influenced by restrictions, in fact they drew out positive results. It is also highlighted how the widows interpret 1Tim on their cultural background, how they position themselves and see themselves as brides of Christ.
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BiAS 26 ERA 5, 2020
THE CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS
BIRI, Kudzai (PhD)
BISHAU, David (PhD)
CHIKAFU, Philemon Tichafa... more THE CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS
BIRI, Kudzai (PhD)
BISHAU, David (PhD)
CHIKAFU, Philemon Tichafara (PhD) (late)
CHIMERI, Dudzai (PhD)
CHIMININGE, Vengesai (PhD)
CHITANDO, Ezra (PhD)
GWARA, Joyline (PhD)
HUMBE, Bernard Pindukai (MA)
KONYANA, Elias G. (PhD)
KONYANA, Shoorai (MEd)
MACHINGURA, Francis (PhD)
MADZOKERE, Nyasha (MA)
MAKAMURE, Clemence (PhD)
MAPOSA, Richard (PhD) (late)
MUSASIWA, Roy (PhD)
MWANDAYI, Canisius (PhD)
MUYAMBO, Tenson (PhD)
NDLOVU, Lovemore (PhD)
SIPEYIYE, Macloud (PhD)
TOGARASEI, Lovemore (PhD)
ZIMUNYA, Clive Tendai (PhD)
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Bible in Africa Studies 25 ERA 4, 2020
What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another commun... more What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another community/ country is "under-developed"? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to development or underdevelopment in Africa? These and related questions elicit quite charged reactions in African studies, development studies, political science and related fields. Africa's own history, including the memory of marginalisation, slavery and exploitation by global powers ensures that virtually every discussion on development is characterised by a lot of emotions and conflicting views. In this volume scholars from various African countries and many different religions and denominations contribute to this debate.
The editors and authors :
E. CHITANDO (Zimbabwe), M. R. GUNDA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), L. TOGARASEI (Botswana), J. KÜGLER (Germany), A. O. ATIEMO (Ghana), S. AWUAH-NYAMEKYE (Ghana), S. K. BERMAN (Botswana), T. A. CHIMUKA (Lesotho), C. J. CHITA (Zambia), M. W. DUBE (Botswana), J. GATHOGO (Kenya), I. S. GUSHA (Zimbabwe), M. HARON (Botswana/ South Africa), S. F. JOHN (South Africa), C. J. KAUNDA (Zambia), M. M. KAUNDA (South Africa), S. M. KILONZO (Kenya), U. M. KIRIAGHE (Uganda), F. MACHINGURA (Zimbabwe), L. P. MASEKO (South Africa), L. MASENO (Kenya), P. MUNHENZVA (Zimbabwe), E. P. MOTSWAPONG (Botswana), N. MWALE (Zambia), C. MWANDAYI (Zimbabwe), H. J. NDZOVU (Kenya), B. NYAHUMA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), S. NYAWO (Swaziland), A. D. OMONA (Uganda), L. C. SIWILA (South Africa), B. TARINGA (Zimbabwe), N. T. TARINGA (Zimbabwe).
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Bible in Africa Studies: Exploring Religion in Africa, May 27, 2020
This volume, based on a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Zimbabwe, investigates the resi... more This volume, based on a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Zimbabwe, investigates the resilience of Shona religion and culture among ZAOGA Pentecostal Christians. Whereas the Pentecostal ideology suggests that ‘old things’ have passed away, it appears that ‘old things’ continue to have high significance for the ‘new’. The book demonstrates how belief in avenging spirits, witches and witchcraft, value of words spoken prior to death, the role, status and significance of women, belief in unnatural events, liturgy and salvation have remained relevant to the lives of ZAOGA Shona converts. The patterns of continuity, discontinuity, extension, collaboration, contradiction, re-interpretation and rejection between Shona traditional religion and culture and ZAOGA are explored, challenging the framing of African Pentecostalism as a mere imitation and parroting of US theology. The conclusion is that while ZAOGA self-consciously presents itself as a sophisticated, trans-national and progressive Pentecostal movement, members continue to wrestle with Shona indigenous beliefs and practices. An African womanist framework is adapted to challenge ZAOGA to promote the well-being of women.
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BiAS, 2019
In Africa, religion shows no sign of disappearing or diminishing as development theorists have ge... more In Africa, religion shows no sign of disappearing or diminishing as development theorists have generally supposed. Africans have certain religious values which are sources of inspiration and strength. If incorporated, they can greatly contribute to development initiatives in their planning, implementation and monitoring stages. The book shows that Euro-Western development practitioners excluded consideration of the religious dimension in formulating development policies towards Africa resulted in failure of their development strategies. Furthermore, the book emphasized that once indigenous African religion is rehabilitated as an important concept and variable in the understanding and implementation of social change and progress, development strategies will be assured to be successful. Therefore, the incorporation of religion(s) of the indigenous peoples should be given the desired attention. Moreover, to buttress the importance of religion(s) of the indigenous peoples of Africa, the book presents African Shona Religion’s voice in this discourse by using the indigenous Shona peoples, who live in Harare Province, in Seke Communal Area of Zimbabwe, as a case study for the sake of accuracy and critical analysis on the topic. Hence, despite its suffering from stereotyping, Shona religion continues to play a critical role in the life of the Zimbabweans.
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of Biblical Studies in Africa. The launch of the Bible in Africa Studies (BiAS) Series in 2009 remains one of his greatest contributions. This volume is a reflection on Bible in Africa Studies and a celebration of the immense contributions of Joachim Kügler to this field. This volume is a festschrift in honour of Joachim as he retires from active academic service with the University of Bamberg in July 2024.
Editors & Contributors
Masiiwa R. Gunda, Switzerland (editor), Kathrin Gies,
Germany (editor), Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwe (editor), Jana
Hock, Germany (editor), Lena Janneck, Germany (editor),
Mark S. Aidoo (Ghana), Stefanie Beck (Germany), Maximilian
Beierlein (Germany), Abraham Boateng (Ghana), Musa W.
Dube (United States of America), Julius Gathogo, (Kenya),
Werner Kahl (Germany), Cecil S. Kalizi (Zimbabwe), Susan M.
Kilonzo (Germany/Kenya), Francis Machingura (Zimbabwe),
Kitche Magak (Germany/Kenya), Dogara I. Manomi (Nigeria),
Molly Manyonganise (Zimbabwe), Tinos Matanga (Germany),
Kenosi Molato (Botswana), Canisius Mwandayi (Zimbabwe),
Blessing Nyahuma (Germany), Johanna Stiebert (United King-
dom), Michael F. Wandusim (Germany), Gerald O. West (South
Africa)
The editors & authors
CHIFUNGO, Phoebe (Zambia)/ CHIKA, Eze (South Africa)/ CHILAPULA, Mercy (Malawi)/ CHILONGOZI, Mwawi Nyirenda (Malawi)/ CHIRONGOMA, Sophia (Zimbabwe)/ DIBEELA, Cheryl Natalie (Botswana)/ GABAITSE, Rosinah Mmannana (Botswana)/ HARAWA, Chimwemwe (Malawi)/ HEADLEY, Selena D. (South Africa)/ HLATYWAYO, Anniegrace Mapangisana (Zimbabwe)/ KAUNDA, Mutale Mulenga (South Africa)/ KOBO, Fundiswa (South Africa)/ MASAITI-MUKUKA ,Bridget Nonde (Zambia)/ MATUMBU, Faith (Zimbabwe)/ MOYO, Elitha (Zimbabwe)/ MOKOENA, Lerato (South Africa)/ MUDIMELI, Lufuluvhi M. (South Africa)/ MUPANGWA, Terence (Zimbabwe)/ MWALE, Nelly (Zambia)/ NYAWO, Sonene (Eswatini)/ OLOJEDE, Funlola O. (South Africa)/ OSMAN, Mujahid (South Africa/ USA)/ ROBERTSON, Megan (UK/ South Africa)/ SOKO-DE JONG, Thandi (Malawi/ Netherlands)/ TEMBO, Dorothy M. (Malawi)/
The editors and authors
Loreen MASENO (Lead Editor — Kenya) | Esther MOMBO (Ass. Editor — Kenya) | Nagaju MUKE (Ass. Editor — Rwanda) | Veronica K. KAHINDO (Ass. Editor — DR Congo) | Daniel ASSEFA (Ethiopia) | Tekletsadik BELACHEW (USA/ Ethiopia) | Musa W. DUBE (USA/ Botswana) | Witness ISSA (Tanzania) | Heleen JOZIASSE (Netherlands/ Kenya) | Dorcas JUMA (Kenya) | Joy Isabirye MUKISA (Uganda) | Hope Karangwa MUNEZERO (Rwanda) | Telesia MUSILI (Kenya) | Christine NAKYEYUNE (Uganda) | Françoise NIYONSABA (Rwanda) | Joyce Damian NGANDANGO (Tanzania) | Pauline NJIRU (Kenya) | Monica OSUKA (Kenya) | Joachim Kügler (Germany)
The editors and contributors are:
Seyram AMENYEDZI (Lead Editor), Ghana | Yosi Apollos MATON (Editor), Nigeria | Marceline L. YELE (Editor), Cameroon | Agnes Ifeyinwa ACHA, Nigeria | Mark S. AIDOO, Ghana | Lydia Bosede AKANDE, Nigeria | Daniel Nii Aboagye ARYEH, Ghana | Bolaji E. ADERONKE, Nigeria | Georgina Kwanima BOATENG, Ghana | Joyce Ewura Adwoa BOHAM, Ghana | Musa W. DUBE, USA/ Botswana | Esther Ojone JOSEPH, Nigeria | Oluwatoyin Adebola GBADAMOSI, Nigeria | Blessing Okojie JEFFREY-EBHOMENMEN, Nigeria | Helen Namondo LINONGE-FONTEBO, Cameroon | Caroline MBONU, Nigeria | Sarah Korang SANSA, Netherlands/ Ghana | Estelle M. SOGBOU, France/ Cameroon | Agnes Ini SOLOMON, Nigeria | Fatimatu N-eyare SULEMANU, Ghana | Gertrude TOKAM, Cameroon | Gesila Nneka UZUKWU, Nigeria |
Cover-picture: Joaquín Saúl Morán Macas
Inside-Graphics: Joachim Kügler
Text-Formatting: Irene Loch, Joachim Kügler
© University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg 2023
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/ubp/
ISSN: 2190-4944 (Print) eISSN: 2750-0179 (Online)
ISBN: 978-3-86309-963-3 (Print) eISBN: 978-3-86309-964-0 (Online)
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-914005
The Author
Louis Ndekha is a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Malawi. He has a PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Gloucestershire in England. He is an Alexander von Humboldt's Georg Forster Fellow at the University of Bamberg, Germany (2022-2024). He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria and an ordained minister in the Africa Evangelical Church in Malawi.
approach to the religio-cultural aspects of the COVID-19 pande-
mic and the attempts to overcome it by vaccination. The book
includes contributions focusing on African Traditional Religion,
several branches of Christianity in Africa, and Islamic denomi-
nations. In contrast to other volumes, BiAS 37/ ERA 12 is not
limited to a specific country – not even to the African continent.
It gathers papers from the international and multi-religious
workshop “COVID-19 and Religion” (November 2021, Universi-
ty of Bamberg) and some additional articles. The contributions
to BiAS 37 focus on the vaccination debate. “Why should God,
Scripture, and Church be against vaccination?” is the main ques-
tion, and there are some indications that social and political fac-
tors that regulate the cultural application of religion might be
more important for vaccinophobia than faith itself.
Editors & authors
KÜGLER, Joachim | GIES, Kathrin | CHABATA, Lovejoy | CHI-
BANGO, Show | EKOU, Assoumuo Gilbert | ISIWU, Ifeanyi-
chukwu Abednego | KALIZI, Cecil Samuel | MACHINGURA,
Francis | MANYONGANISE, Molly | NDEKHA, Louis | NOUR-
BAKHSH, Younes | SAHRAGARD, Kobra | TARINGA, Beatrice |
UWAEGBUTE, Kingsley Ikechukwu
The authors
Molly MANYONGANISE (ed.) / Vengesai CHIMININGE / Enna Sukutai GUDHLANGA / Bernard Pindukai HUMBE / Angeline Mavis MADONGONDA / Clemence MAKAMURE / Gift MASENGWE / Peter MASVOTORE / Tawanda MATUTU / Tenson MUYAMBO / Bednicho NYONI / Nomatter SANDE / Jane TENDERE / Lovemore TOGARASEI / Lindah TSARA / Silindiwe ZVINGOWANISEI
Molly Manyonganise holds a PhD in Biblical and Religious Studies from the University of Pretoria. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is a research associate of the Department of Religion Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, granted her a Georg Forster Research Fellowship.
Kingsley Ikechukwu Uwaegbute holds a doctorate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he also teaches New Testament Studies at the Department of Religion and Cultural Studies. He has published articles in reputable international journals. His research interest covers contextual and social-scientific interpretations of the New Testament, Christianity’s interaction with Igbo culture, and the intersection of religion and society.
The Author:
Farai Mutamiri is the current Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare (elected 2018) in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. He graduated from the National Anglican Theological College (Bishop Gaul College), the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Pretoria from where he attained a PhD Degree.
to the pre-colonial era and this has been one of the major threats
to Zimbabwe’s peace. The book proposes Paul’s ethics of
reconciliation in the Corinthian correspondence as an inspiration
for social cohesion between the Ndebele and Shona tribes.
The volume deploys Pauline key symbols (Christ, the Cross of
Christ, Ambassador, New Creation, and Baptism) as epistemological
lenses in promoting identity tags that go beyond ethnicity.
For these symbols to be eff ective, the author proposes setting up
of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), refraining
from using ethnic off ensive language, introduction of Ndebele
and Shona languages in schools, substituting ethnic provincial
names with neutral ones, substituting ethnic registration system
of people with a neutral one, and the devolution of power.
THE AUTHOR:
Ishanesu Sextus Gusha holds a PhD in New
Testament from University of Pretoria, South
Africa. Formerly a Senior Lecturer from University
of Zimbabwe, he is now serving as
Chaplain at Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in the
Anglican Diocese in Europe. His research interests
are in Biblical Theology, Interfaith Dialogue,
Peace Building and Environmental Issues. Gusha is a
fellow of Communities Engaging with Diff erence and Religion
(CEDAR); The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre
for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID); and
Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI).
Contributors:
Labeodan, Helen A.; Amenga-Etego, Rosemary; Stiebert, Johanna; Aidoo, Mark S.; Olufemi, Olusola A.; Ayantayo, Jacob Kehinde; Dwemoh, Maame Akoto; Igboin, Benson Ohihon; Adedoyin, Opeyemi Wemimo; Yele L., Marceline; Yetunde, Balogun Ruth; Isiramen, Celestina Omoso; Alamu, Samuel Sunday; Jibromah, Oghenekevwe Kate; Onah, Nkechi G.; Aryeh, Daniel Nii Aboagye; Lanre-Abass, Bolatito A.; Okeke, Roseline Uchenna; Sogbou, Estelle M.; Benoni-Wang, Jennet Tabe; Teno, Asenek Cynthia I.; Gyamfi, Stella; Boateng, Georgina Kwanima
the protector and father of widows and orphans.
In the Old Testament, two book are named after widows, the Book of Rut and Judit, and in the New Testament there are numerous widow stories, primarily in Luke, which are all characterized by a special relationship with God.
However, the reality in the ancient world was as follows: there was a large number of widows, working in the churches, which displeased the officials of the communities. They didn't only takeover charitable activities, but they missionized and were even paid for it. 1Tim 5:3–16, which categorizes widows, was read and interpreted by widows in Tanzania. It is demonstrated how they deal with a text, which was written for them as widows. They didn't allow themselves to be influenced by restrictions, in fact they drew out positive results. It is also highlighted how the widows interpret 1Tim on their cultural background, how they position themselves and see themselves as brides of Christ.
BIRI, Kudzai (PhD)
BISHAU, David (PhD)
CHIKAFU, Philemon Tichafara (PhD) (late)
CHIMERI, Dudzai (PhD)
CHIMININGE, Vengesai (PhD)
CHITANDO, Ezra (PhD)
GWARA, Joyline (PhD)
HUMBE, Bernard Pindukai (MA)
KONYANA, Elias G. (PhD)
KONYANA, Shoorai (MEd)
MACHINGURA, Francis (PhD)
MADZOKERE, Nyasha (MA)
MAKAMURE, Clemence (PhD)
MAPOSA, Richard (PhD) (late)
MUSASIWA, Roy (PhD)
MWANDAYI, Canisius (PhD)
MUYAMBO, Tenson (PhD)
NDLOVU, Lovemore (PhD)
SIPEYIYE, Macloud (PhD)
TOGARASEI, Lovemore (PhD)
ZIMUNYA, Clive Tendai (PhD)
The editors and authors :
E. CHITANDO (Zimbabwe), M. R. GUNDA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), L. TOGARASEI (Botswana), J. KÜGLER (Germany), A. O. ATIEMO (Ghana), S. AWUAH-NYAMEKYE (Ghana), S. K. BERMAN (Botswana), T. A. CHIMUKA (Lesotho), C. J. CHITA (Zambia), M. W. DUBE (Botswana), J. GATHOGO (Kenya), I. S. GUSHA (Zimbabwe), M. HARON (Botswana/ South Africa), S. F. JOHN (South Africa), C. J. KAUNDA (Zambia), M. M. KAUNDA (South Africa), S. M. KILONZO (Kenya), U. M. KIRIAGHE (Uganda), F. MACHINGURA (Zimbabwe), L. P. MASEKO (South Africa), L. MASENO (Kenya), P. MUNHENZVA (Zimbabwe), E. P. MOTSWAPONG (Botswana), N. MWALE (Zambia), C. MWANDAYI (Zimbabwe), H. J. NDZOVU (Kenya), B. NYAHUMA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), S. NYAWO (Swaziland), A. D. OMONA (Uganda), L. C. SIWILA (South Africa), B. TARINGA (Zimbabwe), N. T. TARINGA (Zimbabwe).
of Biblical Studies in Africa. The launch of the Bible in Africa Studies (BiAS) Series in 2009 remains one of his greatest contributions. This volume is a reflection on Bible in Africa Studies and a celebration of the immense contributions of Joachim Kügler to this field. This volume is a festschrift in honour of Joachim as he retires from active academic service with the University of Bamberg in July 2024.
Editors & Contributors
Masiiwa R. Gunda, Switzerland (editor), Kathrin Gies,
Germany (editor), Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwe (editor), Jana
Hock, Germany (editor), Lena Janneck, Germany (editor),
Mark S. Aidoo (Ghana), Stefanie Beck (Germany), Maximilian
Beierlein (Germany), Abraham Boateng (Ghana), Musa W.
Dube (United States of America), Julius Gathogo, (Kenya),
Werner Kahl (Germany), Cecil S. Kalizi (Zimbabwe), Susan M.
Kilonzo (Germany/Kenya), Francis Machingura (Zimbabwe),
Kitche Magak (Germany/Kenya), Dogara I. Manomi (Nigeria),
Molly Manyonganise (Zimbabwe), Tinos Matanga (Germany),
Kenosi Molato (Botswana), Canisius Mwandayi (Zimbabwe),
Blessing Nyahuma (Germany), Johanna Stiebert (United King-
dom), Michael F. Wandusim (Germany), Gerald O. West (South
Africa)
The editors & authors
CHIFUNGO, Phoebe (Zambia)/ CHIKA, Eze (South Africa)/ CHILAPULA, Mercy (Malawi)/ CHILONGOZI, Mwawi Nyirenda (Malawi)/ CHIRONGOMA, Sophia (Zimbabwe)/ DIBEELA, Cheryl Natalie (Botswana)/ GABAITSE, Rosinah Mmannana (Botswana)/ HARAWA, Chimwemwe (Malawi)/ HEADLEY, Selena D. (South Africa)/ HLATYWAYO, Anniegrace Mapangisana (Zimbabwe)/ KAUNDA, Mutale Mulenga (South Africa)/ KOBO, Fundiswa (South Africa)/ MASAITI-MUKUKA ,Bridget Nonde (Zambia)/ MATUMBU, Faith (Zimbabwe)/ MOYO, Elitha (Zimbabwe)/ MOKOENA, Lerato (South Africa)/ MUDIMELI, Lufuluvhi M. (South Africa)/ MUPANGWA, Terence (Zimbabwe)/ MWALE, Nelly (Zambia)/ NYAWO, Sonene (Eswatini)/ OLOJEDE, Funlola O. (South Africa)/ OSMAN, Mujahid (South Africa/ USA)/ ROBERTSON, Megan (UK/ South Africa)/ SOKO-DE JONG, Thandi (Malawi/ Netherlands)/ TEMBO, Dorothy M. (Malawi)/
The editors and authors
Loreen MASENO (Lead Editor — Kenya) | Esther MOMBO (Ass. Editor — Kenya) | Nagaju MUKE (Ass. Editor — Rwanda) | Veronica K. KAHINDO (Ass. Editor — DR Congo) | Daniel ASSEFA (Ethiopia) | Tekletsadik BELACHEW (USA/ Ethiopia) | Musa W. DUBE (USA/ Botswana) | Witness ISSA (Tanzania) | Heleen JOZIASSE (Netherlands/ Kenya) | Dorcas JUMA (Kenya) | Joy Isabirye MUKISA (Uganda) | Hope Karangwa MUNEZERO (Rwanda) | Telesia MUSILI (Kenya) | Christine NAKYEYUNE (Uganda) | Françoise NIYONSABA (Rwanda) | Joyce Damian NGANDANGO (Tanzania) | Pauline NJIRU (Kenya) | Monica OSUKA (Kenya) | Joachim Kügler (Germany)
The editors and contributors are:
Seyram AMENYEDZI (Lead Editor), Ghana | Yosi Apollos MATON (Editor), Nigeria | Marceline L. YELE (Editor), Cameroon | Agnes Ifeyinwa ACHA, Nigeria | Mark S. AIDOO, Ghana | Lydia Bosede AKANDE, Nigeria | Daniel Nii Aboagye ARYEH, Ghana | Bolaji E. ADERONKE, Nigeria | Georgina Kwanima BOATENG, Ghana | Joyce Ewura Adwoa BOHAM, Ghana | Musa W. DUBE, USA/ Botswana | Esther Ojone JOSEPH, Nigeria | Oluwatoyin Adebola GBADAMOSI, Nigeria | Blessing Okojie JEFFREY-EBHOMENMEN, Nigeria | Helen Namondo LINONGE-FONTEBO, Cameroon | Caroline MBONU, Nigeria | Sarah Korang SANSA, Netherlands/ Ghana | Estelle M. SOGBOU, France/ Cameroon | Agnes Ini SOLOMON, Nigeria | Fatimatu N-eyare SULEMANU, Ghana | Gertrude TOKAM, Cameroon | Gesila Nneka UZUKWU, Nigeria |
Cover-picture: Joaquín Saúl Morán Macas
Inside-Graphics: Joachim Kügler
Text-Formatting: Irene Loch, Joachim Kügler
© University of Bamberg Press, Bamberg 2023
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/ubp/
ISSN: 2190-4944 (Print) eISSN: 2750-0179 (Online)
ISBN: 978-3-86309-963-3 (Print) eISBN: 978-3-86309-964-0 (Online)
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-914005
The Author
Louis Ndekha is a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Malawi. He has a PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Gloucestershire in England. He is an Alexander von Humboldt's Georg Forster Fellow at the University of Bamberg, Germany (2022-2024). He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria and an ordained minister in the Africa Evangelical Church in Malawi.
approach to the religio-cultural aspects of the COVID-19 pande-
mic and the attempts to overcome it by vaccination. The book
includes contributions focusing on African Traditional Religion,
several branches of Christianity in Africa, and Islamic denomi-
nations. In contrast to other volumes, BiAS 37/ ERA 12 is not
limited to a specific country – not even to the African continent.
It gathers papers from the international and multi-religious
workshop “COVID-19 and Religion” (November 2021, Universi-
ty of Bamberg) and some additional articles. The contributions
to BiAS 37 focus on the vaccination debate. “Why should God,
Scripture, and Church be against vaccination?” is the main ques-
tion, and there are some indications that social and political fac-
tors that regulate the cultural application of religion might be
more important for vaccinophobia than faith itself.
Editors & authors
KÜGLER, Joachim | GIES, Kathrin | CHABATA, Lovejoy | CHI-
BANGO, Show | EKOU, Assoumuo Gilbert | ISIWU, Ifeanyi-
chukwu Abednego | KALIZI, Cecil Samuel | MACHINGURA,
Francis | MANYONGANISE, Molly | NDEKHA, Louis | NOUR-
BAKHSH, Younes | SAHRAGARD, Kobra | TARINGA, Beatrice |
UWAEGBUTE, Kingsley Ikechukwu
The authors
Molly MANYONGANISE (ed.) / Vengesai CHIMININGE / Enna Sukutai GUDHLANGA / Bernard Pindukai HUMBE / Angeline Mavis MADONGONDA / Clemence MAKAMURE / Gift MASENGWE / Peter MASVOTORE / Tawanda MATUTU / Tenson MUYAMBO / Bednicho NYONI / Nomatter SANDE / Jane TENDERE / Lovemore TOGARASEI / Lindah TSARA / Silindiwe ZVINGOWANISEI
Molly Manyonganise holds a PhD in Biblical and Religious Studies from the University of Pretoria. She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. She is a research associate of the Department of Religion Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Pretoria. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, granted her a Georg Forster Research Fellowship.
Kingsley Ikechukwu Uwaegbute holds a doctorate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he also teaches New Testament Studies at the Department of Religion and Cultural Studies. He has published articles in reputable international journals. His research interest covers contextual and social-scientific interpretations of the New Testament, Christianity’s interaction with Igbo culture, and the intersection of religion and society.
The Author:
Farai Mutamiri is the current Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare (elected 2018) in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. He graduated from the National Anglican Theological College (Bishop Gaul College), the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Pretoria from where he attained a PhD Degree.
to the pre-colonial era and this has been one of the major threats
to Zimbabwe’s peace. The book proposes Paul’s ethics of
reconciliation in the Corinthian correspondence as an inspiration
for social cohesion between the Ndebele and Shona tribes.
The volume deploys Pauline key symbols (Christ, the Cross of
Christ, Ambassador, New Creation, and Baptism) as epistemological
lenses in promoting identity tags that go beyond ethnicity.
For these symbols to be eff ective, the author proposes setting up
of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), refraining
from using ethnic off ensive language, introduction of Ndebele
and Shona languages in schools, substituting ethnic provincial
names with neutral ones, substituting ethnic registration system
of people with a neutral one, and the devolution of power.
THE AUTHOR:
Ishanesu Sextus Gusha holds a PhD in New
Testament from University of Pretoria, South
Africa. Formerly a Senior Lecturer from University
of Zimbabwe, he is now serving as
Chaplain at Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in the
Anglican Diocese in Europe. His research interests
are in Biblical Theology, Interfaith Dialogue,
Peace Building and Environmental Issues. Gusha is a
fellow of Communities Engaging with Diff erence and Religion
(CEDAR); The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre
for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID); and
Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI).
Contributors:
Labeodan, Helen A.; Amenga-Etego, Rosemary; Stiebert, Johanna; Aidoo, Mark S.; Olufemi, Olusola A.; Ayantayo, Jacob Kehinde; Dwemoh, Maame Akoto; Igboin, Benson Ohihon; Adedoyin, Opeyemi Wemimo; Yele L., Marceline; Yetunde, Balogun Ruth; Isiramen, Celestina Omoso; Alamu, Samuel Sunday; Jibromah, Oghenekevwe Kate; Onah, Nkechi G.; Aryeh, Daniel Nii Aboagye; Lanre-Abass, Bolatito A.; Okeke, Roseline Uchenna; Sogbou, Estelle M.; Benoni-Wang, Jennet Tabe; Teno, Asenek Cynthia I.; Gyamfi, Stella; Boateng, Georgina Kwanima
the protector and father of widows and orphans.
In the Old Testament, two book are named after widows, the Book of Rut and Judit, and in the New Testament there are numerous widow stories, primarily in Luke, which are all characterized by a special relationship with God.
However, the reality in the ancient world was as follows: there was a large number of widows, working in the churches, which displeased the officials of the communities. They didn't only takeover charitable activities, but they missionized and were even paid for it. 1Tim 5:3–16, which categorizes widows, was read and interpreted by widows in Tanzania. It is demonstrated how they deal with a text, which was written for them as widows. They didn't allow themselves to be influenced by restrictions, in fact they drew out positive results. It is also highlighted how the widows interpret 1Tim on their cultural background, how they position themselves and see themselves as brides of Christ.
BIRI, Kudzai (PhD)
BISHAU, David (PhD)
CHIKAFU, Philemon Tichafara (PhD) (late)
CHIMERI, Dudzai (PhD)
CHIMININGE, Vengesai (PhD)
CHITANDO, Ezra (PhD)
GWARA, Joyline (PhD)
HUMBE, Bernard Pindukai (MA)
KONYANA, Elias G. (PhD)
KONYANA, Shoorai (MEd)
MACHINGURA, Francis (PhD)
MADZOKERE, Nyasha (MA)
MAKAMURE, Clemence (PhD)
MAPOSA, Richard (PhD) (late)
MUSASIWA, Roy (PhD)
MWANDAYI, Canisius (PhD)
MUYAMBO, Tenson (PhD)
NDLOVU, Lovemore (PhD)
SIPEYIYE, Macloud (PhD)
TOGARASEI, Lovemore (PhD)
ZIMUNYA, Clive Tendai (PhD)
The editors and authors :
E. CHITANDO (Zimbabwe), M. R. GUNDA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), L. TOGARASEI (Botswana), J. KÜGLER (Germany), A. O. ATIEMO (Ghana), S. AWUAH-NYAMEKYE (Ghana), S. K. BERMAN (Botswana), T. A. CHIMUKA (Lesotho), C. J. CHITA (Zambia), M. W. DUBE (Botswana), J. GATHOGO (Kenya), I. S. GUSHA (Zimbabwe), M. HARON (Botswana/ South Africa), S. F. JOHN (South Africa), C. J. KAUNDA (Zambia), M. M. KAUNDA (South Africa), S. M. KILONZO (Kenya), U. M. KIRIAGHE (Uganda), F. MACHINGURA (Zimbabwe), L. P. MASEKO (South Africa), L. MASENO (Kenya), P. MUNHENZVA (Zimbabwe), E. P. MOTSWAPONG (Botswana), N. MWALE (Zambia), C. MWANDAYI (Zimbabwe), H. J. NDZOVU (Kenya), B. NYAHUMA (Zimbabwe/ Germany), S. NYAWO (Swaziland), A. D. OMONA (Uganda), L. C. SIWILA (South Africa), B. TARINGA (Zimbabwe), N. T. TARINGA (Zimbabwe).
kingdom. Those who are searching God have to go to the poor. A possible function of the beatitude of the poor in the struggle gainst poverty can be seen in the spiritual empowerment it gives to the poor themselves: Poverty is against God’s will; it is no divine punishment and does not separate from God. The poor will be liberated from suffering. Poverty has no place in the kingdom but will be eradicated.
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