Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe

Ezra Chitando is a Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe. His recent co-edited publications include "African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change" (Routledge 2022) and "Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Africa" (Routledge 2022).Lovemore Togarasei is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at the Zimbabwe Open University.Joram Tarusarira is Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

• Introduction: Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe: Co-operation and Resistance   Chapter One: “The March is Not Ended!” ZCBC’s Pastoral Letter, God and the Crises of Politics in Zimbabwe   Chapter Two: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) and the Politics of Zimbabwe: Silence and Critical Solidarity   Chapter Three: Depoliticising the Pastoral Role of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe in the Second Republic   Chapter Four: ‘Prisoners of Hope?’ Pentecostalism, Politics and the Quest for a New Dispensation in Zimbabwe   Chapter Five: Who is Doomed, Prophets or Politicians? Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe’s New Dispensation   Chapter Six: A Change for No Change: The Ambivalence of Religion in the Second Republic in Zimbabwe   Chapter Seven: Religion and Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic in Zimbabwe: Goodwill Partners?   Chapter Eight: Islam and Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic   Chapter Nine: The Appropriation of the Bible in the Zimbabwean Narrative by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference: Lessons for the Second Republic   Chapter Ten: Interrogating Responses to the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations’ Call for a National Political Sabbath for Trust Building and Confidence Building   Chapter Eleven: Religion, Politics and Veteran Masculinities in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe   Chapter Twelve: The Role of Theology in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Insights From the Rise of the Monarchy in the Hebrew Bible   Chapter Thirteen: Contested Interpretations: The Case of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora in the United Kingdom Responding to the New Dispensation