Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe

Ezra Chitando; Francis Machingura

doi:10.5771/9781666903294

Summary

Religion 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.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0328-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0329-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 196
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Churches and Sexualities in Africa No access
3. Promoting Marriage and Actively Discouraging Singlehood No access
4. Masculinities, Women’s Bodies, and Autonomy No access
5. Homosexuality No access
6. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights No access
7. Chapters in This Volume No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Shona People No access
3. The Shona Worldview No access
4. Sexuality and Sexual Health No access
5. Sexuality and Sexual Health in Shona Religion No access
6. Initiation Rituals No access
7. Marriage and Childbearing No access
8. Chiramu and Chizukuru No access
9. Analysis No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. References No access
12. Oral Sources No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Methodological and Theoretical Issues No access
3. Aim of the Study No access
4. Scars of Hoko: An Exposé of Male Sexualities No access
5. Linking Male Sexualities and Hoko: Implications on Human Rights! No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Homosexuality: An Input from the Social Sciences No access
3. The Bible and Homosexuality: An Analysis of Scholarly Debates No access
4. Africa and Homosexuality: Obsession with the Notion of the Exotic No access
5. The Church in Africa and the Homosexuality Debate No access
6. A Church Identity-Relevance Crisis No access
7. Church and Homosexuality in Africa: A Discourse for the Future No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. References No access
10. Websites No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The Bible in African Christianity and Theology No access
3. The Bible: A Site of Struggle No access
4. Dominant Approaches to the Bible: Shutting Doors and Inciting Violence No access
5. Alternative Approaches to the Bible: Opening Doors and Planting Love No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Intersexuality Defined No access
3. The Biology of Intersexuality No access
4. The Bible, Church, and Intersexuality No access
5. Intersexuality in Zimbabwe No access
6. Intersexuality: Biology, Curse, or Sin! No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. African Women and Power: A Contested Terrain No access
3. Marriage: Divergent Views No access
4. Musha Mukadzi: An Accolade of Power No access
5. The Marital Bed: A Site of Perpetual Suffering? No access
6. Women Narratives of their Experiences: A Case of Women in United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) No access
7. The Female Condom: Zimbabwean Experiences No access
8. 1. The FC: A Tool for Empowerment No access
  2. The FC: Accessibility and Availability No access
9. When Sex Loses Its “Saltiness” No access
10. Closing Comments: Some Insights on the Way Forward No access
11. Recommendations No access
12. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Defining the Concepts: Impairment and Disability No access
3. Views on Disability No access
4. Defining Reproductive Health No access
5. Personal Health: Role of the Church No access
6. Rape Cases of Women and Girls Living with Disability vs Same-Sex Relationships No access
7. Links between the Rape of Disabled Women and Their Reproductive Rights No access
8. Abortion: An Evil Right? No access
9. Stigmatization of Pregnant Women No access
10. Restriction of Medical Services No access
11. Sermonic Discourses No access
12. Possible Causes of Indifference or Neglect by Religious Institutions No access
13. Challenging Patriarchy: Women Organizing Change No access
14. Conclusion No access
15. Recommendations No access
16. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Apostolic Religion in Zimbabwe No access
3. Health-Seeking Behaviors No access
4. Reproductive Health Problems No access
5. Apostolic Prophecy and Religious Coping No access
6. Methodology No access
7. The Nature of Reproductive Health Problems No access
8. Infertility No access
9. Vaginal Discharge No access
10. Dysmenorrhea No access
11. Amenorrhea No access
12. Endometriosis No access
13. Psychological Challenges No access
14. Depression No access
15. Psychological Distress No access
16. Stress No access
17. Embarrassment No access
18. Efficacy of Religious Coping among Women with Reproductive Health Problems No access
19. Meaning-Making No access
20. Finding Hope No access
21. Finding Relief No access
22. Social Support No access
23. Getting Faith No access
24. Apparent Failure of Religion No access
25. 1. Introduction No access
26. Nature of Reproductive Health Problems No access
27. Conclusion No access
28. Recommendations No access
29. Note No access
30. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Background No access
3. Methodology No access
4. Setting and Sample No access
5. 1. Johane Masowe Community as the Microcosm of the Macrocosm No access
6. Discussion and Findings No access
7. A Ray of Hope No access
8. Concluding Remarks No access
9. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe and African Indigenous Churches No access
3. Spirituality of African Indigenous Churches in Zimbabwe No access
4. Components of the Zimbabwean AICs’ Spirituality No access
5. Sexuality Defined No access
6. Interface between Spirituality and Sexuality in African Indigenous Churches No access
7. The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe’s Engagement with Sexuality No access
8. The ACCZ and Sexuality: The Way Forward No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Definition of Rape and the Controversy around Male Rape No access
3. Theoretical Framework No access
4. Female Rape Accounts on Zimbabwean Highways No access
5. Survivors of Female Rape No access
6. Validity of the Male Rape Accounts No access
7. Masculinity and Masculinization through Semen No access
8. Implications for Churches No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Reports on Men as Victims of “Ritual” Rapes in Zimbabwe No access
3. “Ritual Rapes and Wealthy Creation” No access
4. Lot and His Rapist Daughters (Gen 19:32) No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
Index No access Pages 185 - 192
About the Contributors No access Pages 193 - 196