Unisa Press
Religious Practice
in Pluralist Zimbabwe: Identity, Gender, Justice and the Environment
| Published: | November 17, 2022 |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-77615-092-2 |
| Number of pages: | 152 |
| This book is also available in electronic format | |
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| ISBN: | 9781776150939 |
About the book
Religious Practice in Pluralist Zimbabwe: Identity, Gender, Justice and the Environment, is a must-read for the learner, teacher, and lecturer at every level: primary, high school, tertiary and praxis levels in Zimbabwe and beyond.
It is highly recommended for religious practitioners across the religious divide, despite its concentration on the Abrahamic trilogy and African Indigenous Religions (AIR). The book is a product of academics and researchers in the field of religious studies who realised a dearth and lacunae of information created especially in the teaching of religion in schools upon the introduction of the new curriculum in 2017 in Zimbabwe.
Inspired by the Nziramasanga Commission of 1999 and other publications which called for a new approach in the teaching of religion, this book does not only give the rationale for teaching religion using the multi-faith approach.
Rather, it practically touches on critical issues around four pathways, namely, AIR, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It also invites the reader to be open-minded as it acknowledges that the four religions covered by the book are only a part of addressing religious issues in Zimbabwe whose constitution promotes the right to freedom of conscience, belief and religion. As such, this is an indispensable resource book affording every reader’s approach to such inalienable concepts a identity, gender, justice and the environment.
Table of content
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction
Edmore Dube and Prosper Muzambi 1
Religious Studies syllabus: Suspicions, fears and misgivings
Wilson Zivave and Prosper Muzambi 6
Islam from origins to current practices in a pluralist milieu
Edmore Dube 22
The Remba paternity discourse and the new FRS syllabus
Edmore Dube 46
Domestic animals and indigenous Ndau spirituality
Shoorai Konyana 59
Indigenous colour conundrum in Shona cosmology
Bernard Pindukai Humbe 70
Laudato Si’ and the ecological conversion in Zimbabwe
Conrad Chibango 82
Amos speaks to contemporary Zimbabwe on human dignity
Vincent Box, Edmore Dube and Nyasha Madzokere 108
A critique of Pius Ncube: Zimbabwe’s replica of prophet Amos
Nyasha Madzokere and Francis Machingura 120
Religion and gender in the Abrahamic trilogy
Caroline Dimingu, Henerieta Mgovo and Milca Mudewairi 132
Concluding remarks
Edmore Dube 149
Index 152