Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2

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: Women’s leadership engagement and activism in Zimbabwean Faith Communities.- 2. Women’s Transformative Leadership and Africa’s Holistic Development: The Role of the Churches- Isabel A. Phiri and Ezra Chitando.- 3. Visibility and Leadership Opportunities for Muslim Women in Zimbabwe-Silindiwe Zvingowanisei.- 4. Women’s Leadership roles in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (1891-2020)- Simbarashe Munamati.- 5. Gender dynamics in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFMZ) leadership hierarchy- Terence Mupangwa.- 6. Women’s Leadership in the Guta Ra Jehovha Church: Towards the Construction of ‘Soft Masculinities’- Muyambo Amos.- 7. Exploring the Status of Women in the Zion Christian Church since 1913- Solomon Mukora.- Section B: Women’s Leadership in New Religious Movements and Cultural Traditions.- 8. The Emergence of Churches and Ministries founded/led by Women in Zimbabwe- Mpumelelo Moyo.- 9. Religio-cultural ‘clamps’ on female leadership in Zimbabwe: towards a liberating hermeneutic in mainline churches and African Initiated Churches (AICs)- Canisius Mwandayi.- 10. Zezuru women’s leadership roles in the death rites of passage in Zimbabwe: A pastoral response  – Sylvia Musasiwa and Yolanda Dreyer.- 11. Afterword- Tying the strands on African Women, Religion and Leadership.