Overview
- Contributes to discourse of women’s leadership in faith communities, analysing the dynamics in a Zimbabwean setting
- Explores religion’s ability to promote as well as impede women’s leadership
- Highlights the critical role of women in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership (PSAL)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Zimbabwean Women’s Leadership in Ecological Stewardship
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Religio-Cultural Factors Impacting Women’s Leadership Roles in Zimbabwe
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About this book
Zimbabwe has invested in women’s emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women’s leadership in Africa. It is also characterised by radical religious pluralism, thereby facilitating an appreciation of the impact of religion on women’s leadership in Africa more generally.
This volume reflects on the role of Zimbabwean women in religio-cultural leadership. It opens with an expansive literature review on leadership, with a specific focus on African women’s leadership in the context of global studies on leadership. The chapters then discuss the unique Zimbabwean women’s leadership roles in ecological conservation. Topics include disaster management, the SDGs, and ecological stewardship.
The book closes with examining women’s leadership among adherents of African Indigenous Spirituality, such as among the Shona and Ndau ethnic groups. It will appeal to scholarsacross management, women’s studies, religion, and cultural studies contemplating on African women’s leadership in religion as well as other areas of life.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 1
Book Subtitle: An Ecofeminist Perspective
Editors: Molly Manyonganise, Ezra Chitando, Sophia Chirongoma
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24579-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24578-7Published: 11 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24581-7Due: 16 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24579-4Published: 10 April 2023
Series ISSN: 2945-6673
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6681
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 193
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Management, Diversity Management/Women in Business, Comparative Religion