Religion and Sexuality in Zimbabwe

Francis Machingura isassociate professor of biblical studies and religious education at the University of Zimbabwe. Ezra Chitando is professor of history and phenomenology of religion at the University of Zimbabwe.

• Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………………………..Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………Sexuality in the Zimbabwean Sphere Ezra Chitando and Francis MachinguraCHAPTER 1……………………………………………………………………………….……Shona Religion, Sexual and Reproductive Health Macloud SipeyiyeCHAPTER 2………………………………………………………………………………….The Influence of Indigenous Values on Shangani Male Sexualities Richard S. MaposaCHAPTER 3……………………………………………………………………………………..The Church and the Homosexuality Discourse: The Crisis of Identity and Relevance Molly Manyonganise and Elijah MahlanguCHAPTER 4………………………………………………………………………….……………Handle the Bible with Care! A Site of Struggle with the Potential to Exclude and Do Violence or to Include and LoveMasiiwa Ragies GundaCHAPTER 5……………………………………………………………………………………….“Biology, Curse or Sin”: The Church and Intersexuality in ZimbabweFrancis Machingura and Tendayi Dzinoreva CHAPTER 6…………………………………………………………………………………….… “The Marital Bed”: A Contested Site for Negotiatin