Church, Social Justice, and Race in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Tobias Marevesa is a New Testament Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, under the Robert Mugabe School of Heritage and Education at the Great Zimbabwe University where he teaches New Testament Studies and New Testament Greek. He holds a PhD with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is a Research Fellow, Institute for Theology and Religion, College of Human Sciences University of South Africa and a Postdoctoral Fellow – University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. His areas of interest are New Testament studies and politics, Pentecostal expressions in Zimbabwean Christianity, culture, human rights, and gender-based violence. He has also published in the area of New Testament studies and conflict-resolution in the Zimbabwean political landscape.  R Simangaliso Kumalo, is Professor of Public Theology in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also the Dean and Head of the same school. He is also Director of the Centre for Constructive Theology. He has authored 10 books and over 60 academic articles. His books include Pastor and Politician: Essays on the Legacy of Dr JL Dube, the first President of the African National Congress, Politics and Religion in Swaziland. He lives in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Author’s Biographies   Baloyi Ezekiel holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology with Dogmatics (Church History and Systematic Theology) from North-West University, South Africa. He is a lecturer in the Department of Theology in the Faculty of Arts Theology and Heritage Studies at the Reformed Church University, Zimbabwe. He is also a Research Fellow in the Department of Practical Theology and Missional Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Ezekiel Baloyi is a peer reviewer of accredited international journals, an external examiner at North-West University, and a member of the Church History Society of Southern Africa.  Chidarikire Munyaradzi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Curriculum Studies at the Faculty of Education, Great Zimbabwe University. He has a wealth of experience in the field of educational psychology, having served as a lecturer and counsellor at various universities, including Bindura University of Science Education and Midlands State University. He is currently teaching Health Life Skills and supervising Master's, and Bachelor of Honours degree research students at Great Zimbabwe University. He also serves as an internal and external examiner of PhD, Master and Honours Degrees for universities in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Before his current role, he was a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Throughout his academic career, he has been recognized for his achievements, having received four best student awards at university and college levels. Additionally, he has secured educational grants to support his ongoing research studies.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Race Relations in the Legacy of Maurice Webb: Sources and Lessons for the Church in its Continued Struggle against Race in South Africa and Zimbabwe.- Chapter 2. Re-reading Galatians 3:28ff in the context of ethnic conflict in Zimbabwe. A social-conflict Paradigm.- Chapter 3. A Theological reflection on Xenophobia against Zimbabweans in South Africa; A contextual reading of 1 Corinthians 12:31.- Chapter 4. An analysis of the Lukan Jesus and ethnicity, and its impact on socio-economic development in Mutasa District.- chapter 5. Navigating Interpretive Diversity: The Impact of Varied Biblical Understandings on Church Unity among Zimbabwean Immigrants and Their South African Counterparts.- Chapter 6. 6.            Discrimination and Dilemmas of Church-based Universities in Zimbabwe.- chapter 7. Social Injustice under a Sacred Canopy: Critical Reflections on Johane Masowe Gore Jena Penyera Nyika Church, Zimbabwe.- Chapter 8. Reflections on Perceptions of Theological students on Eco-theology: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission Theological Seminary, South African campus 8.          Reflections on Perceptions of Theological students on Eco-theology: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission Theological Seminary, South African campus.- Chapter 9. Interrogating the nexus between race, church, and eco-theology in Nyakatsapa mission farm of the United Methodist Church in Mutasa, Zimbabwe.- Chapter 10. Race, church and theology in Zimbabwe: Rethinking Zimbabwe’s theological hermeneutics in the post-independence Zimbabwe. Towards developing contextual theological frameworks.- Chapter 11. Race, Church and State in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A socio-political Perspective.- Chapter 12. The Church-State Relation in Zimbabwe: Assessed Through Temples.- Chapter 13. Race, church and state in Zim.- Chapter 14. The ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Human Relationships in the Era of Xenophobia in South Africa: Social Justice and Religious Perspectives.- chapter 15. Understanding Race, Church and Xenophobia as a Zimbabwean Diaspora Church in South Africa.- Chapter 16. Race, Xenophobia and the Role of the Church in South Africa: Lessons from Zimbabwean Immigrants.- Chapter 17. Violence and xenophobia in South Africa. A Pastoral concern for social justice.- Chapter 18. Examining Intersectionality of Gender, Race, and Spiritual Leadership: Unveiling the Triumphs and Obstacles of the First Black Female Bishop in Zimbabwe Alliance Church: Concluding chapter.- Chapter 19. Mapping the Future of the Church, Social Justice and Race in South Africa and Zimbabwe: A Conclusion.