Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 1

Molly Manyonganise is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University. Her research interests comprise religion and politics, gender and religion, religion and sexuality, African Indigenous Religion(s) as well as African Christianity.Ezra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe.Sophia Chirongoma is Senior Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Her research interests and publications focus on the interface between culture, ecology, religion, health and gender justice.

• Prologue- Interfacing leadership theories and African women’s diverse leadership roles.- 1. Introduction: Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe- Molly Manyonganise, Ezra Chitando and Sophia Chirongoma.- Section A: Zimbabwean women’s leadership in ecological stewardship.- 2. Theorising African Women’s Leadership: An Overview-Ezra Chitando.- 3.  The Leadership of Ndau women in healing the Earth utilizing religio-cultural resources: An African ecofeminist perspective - Tenson Mabhuya Muyambo.- 4. Affirming Positive Femininities through Responsible Ecological Leadership and Stewardship in Rural Masvingo, Zimbabwe- Amos Muyambo.- Section B: Religio-cultural factors impacting women’s leadership roles in Zimbabwe.- 5. Zimbabwean Women’s Leadership and Religio- Cultural Resources in Navigating Risk and Disaster Management: Some Lessons from Cyclone Idai- Mazvita Machinga.- 6.  Towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe: Christian women’s leadership in Gwanda district - Susan S. Dube and Sibiziwe Shumba.- 7. Gender Discrepancies in Zimbabwean Religio- Cultural and Political Leadership: A Case Study of Young Christian Women in the Midlands Province- Sophia Chirongoma and Mpumelelo Moyo.- 8.  Of women’s leadership in African Indigenous Spirituality: A Focus on the Ndau of South Eastern Zimbabwe- Macloud Sipeyiye and Elijah E. N. Dube.- 9. Shona Women and Traditional Healing- Bernard Pindukai Humbe.- 10. Afterword- Tying the strands on African Women, Religion and Leadership.