Christianity and Controversies over Homosexuality in Contemporary Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Chitando, Ezra; Klinken, Adriaan Van

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Issues of homosexuality are the subject of public and political controversy in many African societies today. This book investigates Christian politics and discourses on homosexuality in sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors present case studies from various African countries and critically examine popular Christian theologies that perpetuate homophobia and discrimination. They also discuss contestations of such discourses and emerging alternative Christian perspectives that contribute to the recognition of sexual diversity, social justice and human rights in contemporary Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317166566
• Artikelnr.: 45096500

Autorenporträt

Ezra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He also serves as theological consultant for the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa (EHAIA) of the World Council of Churches. He has widely published on religion in Africa, in recent years mostly focusing on issues of religion and HIV/AIDS and religion masculinities. Adriaan van Klinken is Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and public life in contemporary Christianity in Africa. In addition to a range of articles in academic journals, in 2013 he published the book Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity: Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Christianity and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa
Adriaan van Klinken and Ezra Chitando Part I: Pentecostalism as a Public
Religion 1. Sexual Bodies, Sacred Vessels: Pentecostal Discourses on
Homosexuality in Nigeria Asonzeh Ukah 2. Scandal Makers: Competition in the
Religious Market among Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in Uganda Caroline
Valois 3. The Homophobic Trinity: Pentecostal End-time, Prosperity and
Healing Gospels as Contributors to Homophobia in Cameroon Frida Lyonga 4. A
Kenyan Queer Prophet: Binyavanga Wainaina's Public Contestation of
Pentecostalism and Homophobia Adriaan van Klinken Part II: Broader
Christian Case Studies and Perspectives 5. Christianity, Homosexuality and
Public Politics in Zambia Derrick M. Muwina 6. The Anti-homosexual
Narrative in the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe: Political Diatribe or
Religious Conservatism? Lovemore Ndlovu 7. Queer Fragility and Christian
Social Ethics: A Political Interpolation of the Catholic Church in Cameroon
S.N. Nyeck 8. Is "Being Right" More Important than "Being Together"?
Intercultural Bible Reading and Life-giving Dialogue on Homosexuality in
the Dutch Reformed Church, South Africa Charlene van der Walt Part III:
Christian Subversions and Transformations 9. Enduring and Subverting
Homophobia: Religious Experiences of Same-sex Loving People in Zimbabwe
Nelson Muparamoto 10. 'Born this Way': The Imago Dei in Men Who Love Other
Men in Lusaka, Zambia Lilly Phiri 11. Unlikely Allies? Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Activists and Church Leaders in
Africa Ezra Chitando and Tapiwa P. Mapuranga 12. Reconfiguring a Biblical
Story (Genesis 19) in the Context of South African Discussions about
Homosexuality Gerald O. West Appendix I: Elmina Consultation Statement
(2015)