Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies

Prof L Togarasei

College of Human Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Department: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Professor Extraordinarius

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (New Testament/African Christianity), University of Zimbabwe, 2003
  • Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Zimbabwe, 2001
  • Master of Arts (New Testament Studies, passed with distinction) University of Zimbabwe, 1997
  • BA Honours (Religious Studies), University of Zimbabwe, 1995
  • BA General (Archaeology and Religious Studies), University of Zimbabwe, 1994

Books

  1. Togarasei Lovemore and Chitando Ezra (eds.), 2021. Lobola (Bride price) in Contemporary Southern Africa, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Togarasei Lovemore (60%), David Bishau (20%) and Ezra Chitando (20%) (eds.), 2020. Religion and Social Marginalisation in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, ISBN: 978-3-86309-745-5, 253pp.
  3. Ezra Chitando (40%), Masiiwa R. Gunda (30%) and Lovemore Togarasei (30%) (eds.), 2020. Religion and Development in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, ISBN: 978-3-86309-735-6, 498pp.
  4. Togarasei, Lovemore (ed.), 2018. Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  5. Francis Machingura (40%), Lovemore Togarasei (40%) and Ezra Chitando (20%) (eds.), 2018, Pentecostalism and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe, New Castle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Press, ISNB: 978-1-5275-0586-5
  6. Togarasei Lovemore (80%) and Joachim Kuegler (20%) (eds.), 2014.The Bible and Children in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. ISSN: 2190-4944 ISBN: 978-3-86309-288-7 (Print version), eISBN: 978-3-86309-289-4 (Online-version), 233pp.
  7. Togarasei Lovemore (60%) with S. Mmolai and F. Nkomazana (40%) (editors), 2011. The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: responses and challenges, New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-4438-2694-5, 248pp.
  8. Togarasei Lovemore (60%) and Ezra Chitando (40%) (editors), 2010. Faith in the City: The Role and Place of Religion in Harare, Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. ISBN: 978-91-89652-36-1, 208pp.
  9. Togarasei Lovemore, 2009. The Bible in Context: Essays Collection, Germany: University of Bamberg Press, online publication, ISBN: 978-3-923507-54-2, 178pp.

Chapters in books

  1. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Problematising the use of the Bible in the Human sexuality and Pentecostal spirituality debate, (in Kaunda, Chammah (ed.), Genders, Sexualities and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19-34. ISBN: 9783030423957).
  2. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. “And it came to pass….” (The Book of Mugabe 3:1), (in Chitado, Ezra (ed.), Personality Cult and Politics in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, Taylor and Francis, pp.102-115. ISBN).
  3. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Globalised, Pentecostal, migrant and liberated?: a study of manhood among some Shona men in Gaborone, (in Dube, Musa W. and Paul. Leshota (eds). Breaking the Master’s S.H.I.T. Holes: Doing theology in the context of global migration, Germany: Evangelische Verlagsansta, pp. ISBN: 9783374066889.
  4. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Introduction, (in Togarasei Lovemore, David Bishau and Ezra Chitando (eds.). Religion and Social Marginalisation in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp. 13-18. ISBN: 978-3-86309-745-5).
  5. Tarisai Chimuka and Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Religion and Socio-political Marginalisation during Zimbabwe’s crisis decade, (in Togarasei Lovemore, David Bishau and Ezra Chitando (eds.). Religion and Social Marginalisation in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp. 19-30. ISBN: 978-3-86309-745-5).
  6. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Reconstruction theology and the church’s role in post-crisis Zimbabwe, (in Togarasei Lovemore, David Bishau and Ezra Chitando (eds.), 2020. Religion and Social Marginalisation in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp.13-18. ISBN: 978-3-86309-745-5).
  7. Lovemore Togarasei and Sidney Berman, 2020. Resurrection as ‘corrective’ creation, (in Ezra Chitando, Masiiwa R. Gunda and Lovemore Togarasei (eds.). Religion and Development in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp.445-454. ISBN: 978-3-86309-735-6).
  8. Ezra Chitando, Masiiwa R. Gunda and Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Introduction: Religion and Development in Africa (in Ezra Chitando, Masiiwa R. Gunda and Lovemore Togarasei (eds.). Religion and Development in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp.13-36. ISBN: 978-3-86309-735-6).
  9. Togarasei, Lovemore and Lebogang Moeti, 2019, Some leadership lessons for Africa from the books of Ezra-Nehemiah (in Amanze, JN, Masango, M, Chitando, E and Siwila, L (eds.), Religion and Development in Southern and Central Africa, Mzuzu: Mzuni Press, pp.355-368. ISBN: 978-9996060380).
  10. Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. Christian Identity in the Context of New Media Technologies: Ecclesiological Reflections from an African Perspective (in Gabriel Faimau and William Lesitaokana (eds.), New Media and the Mediatisation of Religion: An African Perspective, New Castle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 81-94, ISNB: 978-1-5275-0902-3).
  11. Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. Introduction, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.1-14. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  12. Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. History and Characteristics of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.33-48. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  13. Masiiwa R. Gunda (50%) and Lovemore Togarasei (50%), 2018. The Old Testament as a Source Book for the Pentecostal Gospel of Prosperity, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham,Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.125-135. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  15. Tinoonga Shanduka and Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. Health and Well-Being in Zimbabwe’s Pentecostal Churches, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.151-164. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  16. Lovemore Togarasei and Kudzai Biri, 2018. Pentecostal Churches: Money Making Machines or Purveyors of Socio-Economic Growth?, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.165-178. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  17. Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. Biblical Interpretation in Pentecostal Christianity, (in Lovemore Togarasei (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp.211-222. ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
  18. Lovemore Togarasei, 2018. Assessing the Place of Pentecostal Biblical Interpretation in Zimbabwe’s Socio-Political and Economic Affairs, (in Francis Machingura (40%), Lovemore Togarasei (40%) and Ezra Chitando (20%) (Eds.), Pentecostalism and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe, New Castle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 21-38, ISNB: 978-1-5275-0586-5
  19. Francis Machingura (40%), Lovemore Togarasei (40%) and Ezra Chitando (20%), 2018, Introduction, (in Francis Machingura (40%), Lovemore Togarasei (40%) and Ezra Chitando (20%) (Eds.), Pentecostalism and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe, New Castle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 1-20, ISNB: 978-1-5275-0586-5
  20. Lovemore Togarasei, 2016, The Pentecostal Gospel in African Christianity (in Phiri, I.A., Dietrich, W, Kaunda, C and Owino, K (eds.) Anthology of African Christianity, Oxford: Regnum Books International, pp.1006-1010, ISBN 978 1911372103.
  21. Lovemore Togarasei, 2016, The Bible and HIV and AIDS: taking stock of African biblical scholarship on the subject (in Dube, Z., Maseno-Ouma, L. I. and Mligo, E. S. (eds.) The Bible and Sociological Contours: Some African Perspectives, New York: Peter Lang, pp. ISBN: 1433132907, 978143312902
  22. Lovemore Togarasei and Joachim Kuegler , 2014, Introduction ( in Lovemore Togarasei and Joachim Kuegler (eds.) The Bible and Children in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp. 7-12, ISSN: 2190-4944 ISBN: 978-3-86309-288-7 (Print version), eISBN: 978-3-86309-289-4 (Online-version)
  23. Lovemore Togarasei and Joachim Kuegler , 2014, The status of Children in Pauline communities ( in Lovemore Togarasei and Joachim Kuegler (eds.) The Bible and Children in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp. 87-102, ISSN: 2190-4944, ISBN: 978-3-86309-288-7 (Print version), eISBN: 978-3-86309-289-4 (Online-version)
  24. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, African Gospreneurship: Assessing the Possible Contribution of the Gospel of Prosperity to Entrepreneurship in Light of Jesus’ Teaching on Earthly Possessions (in Kroesbergen, H (ed), In Search of Health and
    Wealth: The prosperity gospel in African, Reformed perspective, Wellington: CLF, 113-128, ISBN: 978-1-86804-285-2).
  25. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, The Bible and Healing: Reflections in the light of HIV and AIDS in the African context (in Chitando E and Klagba, C. (eds.) In the Name of Jesus: Healing in the Age of HIV, Geneva: WCC Publications, pp.39-56, ISBN: 9782825415733).
  26. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, Kephale: Defining New Testament male headship for the mitigation of gender-based violence (in Chitando, E. and Chirongoma, S. (eds.) Justice not Silence: Churches facing sexual and gender-based violence, Stellenbosch: Sun Press, pp. 185-196, ISBN: 978-1-920689-00-1).
  27. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, Pentecostal Churches and Politics in Zimbabwe’s turbulent years (2000-2010) (in Chitando, E (ed.). Prayer and Players: Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe, Harare: Sapes Books, pp.97-109, ISBN: 978-0-7974-5633-4 )
  28. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, “Biblical Studies in Theological Education in Africa: some methodological considerations,” (in Phiri, I. A. and Werner, D (eds), Handbook of Theological Education in Africa, Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications, pp. 466- 474, ISBN: 978-1-920620-011)
  29. Togarasei Lovemore, 2013, “Reading Paul for Constructive Masculinities in the Times of HIV and AIDS,” (in Kalengyo, E., Amanze, J.N. and Ayebgboyin, I. D. (eds) Our Burning Issues: A Pan African Response, Limuru: Zapf Chancery Publishers Africa, pp. 127-137, ISBN: 978-9966-040-65-7)
  30. Togarasei Lovemore, 2012, “The Shona Bible and Politics of Bible Translation,” (in Dube, M.W., Mbuvi, A.M. and Mbuvayesango, D. (eds.) Postcolonial Perspectives in African Biblical Interpretations, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, pp. 185-198, ISBN: 978-1-58983-636-5).
  31. Togarasei Lovemore, 2012, “Paul and Masculinity: implications for HIV and AIDS responses among African Christians,” (in Chitando, E and S. Chirongoma (eds.) Redemptive Masculinities: Men, HIV and Religion, Geneva: WCC Publications, pp. 229-245, ISBN: 978-9966-1506-2-2)
  32. Togarasei Lovemore, 2012. African Traditional Religion in the Study of the New Testament in Africa (in Adogame, A., E. Chitando and B. Bateye (eds.) African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, pp.205-218, ISBN: 978-1-4094-1970-9)
  33. Togarasei Lovemore, 2011, Healing Culture, healing AIDS: A review of some African cultural and religious beliefs and practices in contexts of HIV and AIDS, Ethno Cultural Factors and HIV and AIDS, Kampala: Pacanet, pp. 47-62.
  34. Togarasei Lovemore, 2011. Introduction (in Togarasei, L with S. Mmolai and F. Nkomazana (eds.) The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: responses and challenges, New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. xi-xvi, ISBN: 978-1-4438-2694-5
  35. Togarasei Lovemore, 2011. The Use of the Bible in HIV and AIDS contexts: Case study of some Botswana Pentecostal Churches (in Togarasei, L with S. Mmolai and F. Nkomazana (eds.) The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: responses and challenges, New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp.117-137, ISBN: 978-1-4438-2694-5)
  36. Togarasei Lovemore and Fidelis Nkomazana, 2011. “Pentecostal Churches and HIV and AIDS in Botswana” (in Togarasei, L with S. Mmolai and F. Nkomazana (eds.)The Faith Sector and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: responses and challenges, New Castle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 104-116, ISBN: 978-1-4438-2694-5)
  37. Togarasei Lovemore, 2010. “An Overview of the Old Testament” (in Amanze, J. N. (gen. Ed.), Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy: An Introduction for African Universities, Eldoret: Zapf Chancery, pp.37-52, ISBN: 9789966 734129)
  38. Togarasei Lovemore, 2010. “A survey of the New Testament” (in Amanze, J. N. (gen. Ed.), Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy: An Introduction for African Universities, Eldoret: Zapf Chancery, pp.69-88, ISBN: 9789966 734129)
  39. Kanis Masego (50%) and Lovemore Togarasei (50%), 2010. “Old Testament Theology” (in Amanze, J. N. (gen. Ed.) Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy: An Introduction for African Universities, Eldoret: Zapf Chancery, pp.53-68, ISBN: 9789966 734129)
  40. Togarasei Lovemore, 2010. “Song and ministry: the theology of some Botswana Christian songs” (in S.M. Tumedi, R.O.B. Nhlekisana and N. Ndana (eds) Lips and pages: Botswana Traditional Music as Socio-political Commentary, Gaborone: Pentagon Publishers, pp.89-99, ISBN: 9789991 208190).
  41. Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2010. “Introduction” (in Togarasei, L. and E. Chitando (eds.) Faith in the City: The Role and place of Religion in Harare, 11-18, ISBN: 978-91-89652-36-1).
  42. Togarasei Lovemore, 2010. “Churches for the Rich: Pentecostalism and Elitism in Harare” (in Togarasei, L. and E. Chitando (eds.) Faith in the City: The Role and place of Religion in Harare, 19-40, ISBN: 978-91-89652-36-1).
  43. Togarasei Lovemore, 2008. “Fighting HIV and AIDS with the Bible: towards HIV and AIDS biblical criticism” (in Chitando, E. (ed.) Mainstreaming HIV in Theology and Religious Studies: Experiences and Explorations, 71-82, ISBN: 9782825415290).
  44. Togarasei Lovemore and Chitando, E. 2008. “Teaching Religion and Gender in Contexts of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe” (in Chitando, E. (ed.) Mainstreaming HIV in Theology and Religious Studies: Experiences and Explorations, 211-222, ISBN: 9782825415290).
  45. Togarasei Lovemore, 2008. “Reading and Interpreting the Bible during Zimbabwe’s 2000 land reform programme: the experience of the Church of Christ Zimbabwe” (in Kunter, K. and J.H. Schjorring (eds.),Changing Relations between Churches in Europe and Africa: The Internationalization of Christianity and Politics in the 20th Century, Wiiesbaden: Harrossowitz Verlag, 183-190, ISBN: 978-3-447-05451-5)

Journal articles

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2020, State as patriarch and biblical discipline: theorising state sponsored violence in Zimbabwe, African Identities, DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2020.1813549

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2019. Paul’s “Thorn in the Flesh” and Christian Mission to People Living With Disabilities, International Review of Missions 108 :1, 136-147.

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2017. Parenting as Paul’s preferred style/model of leadership: some insights for Christian leadership in communities of faith, Scriptura 116:1, 1-15

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2017, The prophet and divine manifestation: on the translation of ‘prophet’ in the Shona Union Bible, Old Testament Essays 30:3, 819-832.

Togarasei, Lovemore, Sana Mmolai and Obed Kealotswe, 2016, ‘Quinine,’ ‘ditaola’ and the ‘Bible’: investigating Batswana health seeking practices, Journal for the Study of Religion 29:2, 97-117.

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2016. The Place and Challenges of Modern Pentecostal Christianity in Botswana (Botswana Notes and Records Vol. 48, pp.225-235).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2016, Historicizing Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe (Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Vol 42:1, pp. 1-12).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2016, The Legacy of Circle Women’s Engagement with the Bible: Reflections from an African Male Biblical Scholar (Verbum Et Eclessi)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2016, Rethinking Christian Identity: African reflections from Pauline writings (Perichoresis Vol. 14:1, pp. 101-114). 10. Togarasei Lovemore, 2015, Paul and interreligious dialogue: insights for mission in Africa (Missionalia Vol. 43:2, pp.153-165).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2015, Healing culture, healing AIDS: A review of some African cultural and religious beliefs and practices in the context of HIV and AIDS (Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora Vol 1:1, pp. 49-64).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2015, Modern/Charismatic Pentecostalism as some form of ‘religious’ secularisation in Africa (Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae Vol 41:1, pp. 56-66).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2015, Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion at the University of Botswana (Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion Vol. 18:3, pp. 271-275.

Elias Mpofu, Fidelis Nkomazana, Jabulani A Muchado, Lovemore Togarasei and Jeffrey Bart Bingenheimer, 2014, Faith and HIV prevention: the conceptual framing of HIV prevention among Pentecostal Batswana teenagers (BMC Public Health, 14:225, pp. Impact Factor 2.08)

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2013, Christianity and Hegemonic Masculinities: transforming Botswana hegemonic masculinity using the Jesus of Luke, (Scriptura, Vol. 112, pp.1-12).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2012, Pauline Challenge to African Masculinities: Reading Pauline texts in the context of HIV and AIDS (Acta Theologica Supplement 16, pp. 148-160).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2012, Mediating the Gospel: Pentecostal Christianity and Media Technology in Botswana and Zimbabwe (Journal of Contemporary Religion 27:2, pp.257-274).

Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2011, “Be therefore reconciled one to another”: the church’s role in justice, healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe (Missionalia Vol 39:3, pp 193-210).

Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2011, The Bible and Same-sex relationships in Africa: critical reflections (Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa 17:2, pp 109-125).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2011, The Pentecostal Gospel of Prosperity in African Contexts of Poverty (Exchange 40, pp 336-350)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2011, Does the Spirit still matter?: Christian reflections based on Pauline pneumatology (Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, Vol. 35:1, pp 118-136)

Chitando Ezra and Lovemore Togarasei, 2010, Gideon Byamugisha as a prophet: Insights from the Bible and Byamugisha’s HIV ministry (BOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy vol. 3:2, pp. 8-21, 50%)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2010. Christian theology of life, death and healing in an era of antiretroviral therapy: reflections on the responses of some Botswana churches (African Journal of AIDS Research Vol. 9:4, pp.429-435)

Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2010, “June 2008, Verse 27”: The Church and the Zimbabwean 2008 political crisis (African Identities Vol.8:2, pp.151-162)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2009, The Meaning of “Foreknowledge” in Romans 8:29-30 (Testamentum Imperium: An International Theological Journal Vol. 2, www.PreciousHeart.net/ti, pp.1-8)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2009, Healing is Biblical: The Biblical basis of healing in Pentecostal churches in Harare in the era of HIV/AIDS ( BOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy vol. 2:3, pp.31-43).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2009, The Shona Bible and the politics of Bible translation (Studies in World Christianity, Vol. 15:1, pp.51-64).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2008, Paul and the Environment (Ghana Bulletin of Theology, Vol.3, pp.143-160).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2008, Jerusalem and Antioch: inter-state, intra-church politics in the Family of God Church in Botswana (PULA: Botswana Journal of African Studies Vol. 22:1, pp.75-88).

Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2008, ‘Woman, where are they? John 7:53-8:11 and HIV/AIDS stigmatization (Missionalia, Vol. 36:1, pp.4-15, made 50% contribution).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2008, The martyrdom of Stephen and its influence on Christian expansion and theology (Boleswa: Journal of Religion, Theology and Philosophy, Vol. 2:2, pp. 82-93).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2008, Jesus’ healing of the leper as a model for healing in African Christianity: reflections in the context of HIV/AIDS (Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa Vol. 32:1, pp.114-128).

Togarasei Lovemore, Muhammed Haron, Fidelis Nkomazana, Kipton Jensen, Lucia Sebina and Sana Mmolai, 2008, Ditumelo Secondary literature review: HIV Prevention and faith-based organizations in Botswana (BOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Vol. 2:1, pp.1-64, made 20% contribution)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2008, Musa W. Dube and the study of the Bible in Africa (Studia Ecclesiasticae Historiae, Vol 24, pp.55-74)

Togarasei, Lovemore, 2007. “Healing is Biblical”: The Biblical basis of healing in Pentecostal churches in Harare, Zimbabwe, (Africa Theological Journal 30:2, pp.76-88)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2007, Making money, spreading the gospel: analyzing the ‘mission’ of gospel musicians in contemporary Zimbabwe, (Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa, pp.52-66)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2007, Being a church in a world of disunity: reflections from 1 Corinthians 1-4 (Scriptura 94:1, pp. 65-72)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2007, Broadcasting the Word: Modern Pentecostal Churches’ use of media technologies (Journal of Theology for Southern Africa Vol. 129, pp.70-81)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2007, The conversion of Paul as a proto-type for conversion in African Christianity (Swedish Missiological Themes, Vol.95:2, pp.111-122)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2007, The Images of Jesus among Christian women in Harare ( Studies in World Christianity, Vol. 13.2, pp.160-169)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2006, “One Bible, many Christianities:” The picture of Christianity in Zimbabwe today ( Zambezia: Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32 (2), pp115-130).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2006, Cursed be the Past!: Tradition and modernity among modern Pentecostals (BOLESWA: Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy Vol. 1:2, pp.114-132 ).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2006, The ‘Birth’ of a Prophet: Andrew Wutawunashe’s Break from the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (formerly Dutch Reformed Church). (Exchange: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol.35:2, pp.215-224).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2005, The conversion of Paul in the light of the theory of cognitive dissonance (Zambezia: Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe, Vol. 31, pp.123-135).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2005, Modern Pentecostalism as an urban phenomenon: the case of the Family of God church. (Exchange: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol.34:4, pp.349-375).

Togarasei Lovemore, 2005, HIV/AIDS and the role of the Church in Zimbabwe (Africa Theological Journal, Vol.28:1, pp.3-20)

Togarasei Lovemore and Ezra Chitando, 2005, Tombstone unveiling among Shona Christians: phenomenological and Biblical reflections (Missionalia, Vol.33:1, pp.166-179) Made 50% contribution

Togarasei Lovemore, 2004, The theological implications of the dominance of women in the Zimbabwean gospel music industry ( Journal Scriptura vol.86, pp.234-239)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2004, ‘Let Everyone be Subject to Governing Authorities’: The Interpretation of New Testament Political Ethics towards and after Zimbabwe’s 2002 presidential Elections (Journal Scriptura, vol.85, pp.73-80)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2003, African Oral Theology: the case of Shona Christian songs (Swedish Missiological Themes Vol.91:1, pp.67-80)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2002, Teaching Old Testament Studies in Zimbabwe’s Theological Institutions in the HIV/AIDS Era (Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research Vol.14:13, pp.254-271)

Togarasei Lovemore, 2002, ‘Women. Adorn yourselves modestly!’: Interpretative problems of 1Timothy 2:9-10 and 1Peter 3:3-4 in Zimbabwe (Journal of Constructive Theology, vol.8:2, pp.59-69)

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Research awards and Grants

  1. HIV and AIDS National Research Champion Botswana Red Ribbon Award for 2014
  2. HIV and AIDS National Service Champion Botswana Red Ribbon Award for 2014
  3. Awarded Botswana National AIDS Coordinating Agency Grant for outstanding research and service in HIV and AIDS, 2014
  4. 2011-2014, Awarded the University of Botswana Office of Research and Development grant to assess Batswana health seeking practices.
  5. University of Botswana Researcher of the Year 2009
  6. December 2006 Awarded the University of Botswana Office of Research and Development grant to assess the role played by modern Pentecostal churches in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Botswana
  7. 2004-2005 Awarded University of Zimbabwe Research Grants for research papers on HIV/AIDS and the role played by churches in Zimbabwe.
  8. Oct.2003-March 2004 Awarded the University of Cambridge grant for African Visiting Research Fellowships.
  9. 2000-2002 Awarded two SIDA/SAREC University of Zimbabwe grants for Higher Degrees research
  10. 1996-1997 Awarded University of Zimbabwe scholarship for best graduating student in the department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy to study for MA in New Testament Studies