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Zusatztext In an era when the Covid-19 Pandemic has exposed grave socio-economic inequalities both within nation-states and at a global level, this important and innovative collection examines how religion can discriminate along lines of wealth, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, age and physical ability in a manner that blights individual and societal development within Africa and beyond. Written by a dynamic group of scholars, each chapter brings a fresh and innovative approach to the subject matter. The provocative case studies raise key questions for debate and set an important agenda for social and economic transformation. Informationen zum Autor Ezra Chitando is Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, and Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS for the World Council of Churches. Loreen Maseno is Senior Lecturer in Religion, Theology and Philosophy at Maseno University, Kenya Joram Tarusarira is Associate Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands Vorwort Reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts, and the importance of this study for discourses on development Zusammenfassung This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts. Some contributors undertake detailed analyses of how religion creates (and justifies) different forms of inequality that holds back individuals, groups and communities across the continent from flourishing, while others show how religion can also mitigate inequality in Africa. Topics addressed include gender inequality, economic inequality, disability, ageism and religious homophobia. Specifically focusing on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries, this book highlights the extent to which Africa’s ‘notoriously religious’ identity needs to be taken into account in discourses on development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Ezra Chitando (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe), Loreen Maseno (Maseno University, Kenya) and Joram Tarusarira (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Part I: Religion and Inequality: Country Case Studies 1. Sleeping with the Enemy: The Entanglement of Religions with Inequalities in Nigeria, Sokfa John (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) 2. Religion and Inequalities in Mozambique, Júlio Machele (Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique), and Mário Jorge Carlos 3. Diaspora African Communities, Religion and Inequality, Nomatter Sande (Research Institute for Theology and Religion, South Africa) Part II: Religion, Gender and Inequality 4. The One Man Jihad: Sarki Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS) and Hausa Muslim Women’s Status in Northern Nigeria, Rahina Muazu 5. Negotiating Gender Inequality in Religious fields: Bishop Margaret Wanjiru’s use of Charisma and Social capital in Kenya, Loreen Maseno ( Maseno University, Kenya) 6. Interrogating the “Spiritual Puzzle of Silence” on Religion and Gender Inequality in Tanzania, Alexander Makulilo ( University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ) 7. Religio-Cultural Beliefs and Women's Political Participation: Gender Dimensions in Post-Constitutional Elections in Eswatini, Sonene Nyawo (University of eSwatini, eSwatini) 8. Policing boundaries of the body? Spirit-type African Apostolic churches, HIV/AIDS and Inequality in the Eastern Zimbabwe; 1985-2015, Nicholas Nyachega ( University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA) and Kudzai Biri (University of Bamberg, Germany) 9. Religious Homophobia and Inequality in Malawi, Jones Hamburu Mawerenga ( University of Malawi, Malawi) Part III: Religion, Disability, Age and Inequality 10. Gender Inequality and Disability Among the Ndebele Religio-Cultural Communities, African ...
