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Regime, Religion and the Consolidation of Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe

When Religion Becomes a Threat to Democracy

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Editors:
  1. Bekithemba Dube

    1. Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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  • Is a must read for students and research in the field sociology, politics and religion in post colonial state
  • Offers a critical approach on religion drawing mainly from various religious leaders and prophets in Zimbabwe
  • Explains zanupfism as a system of oppression and governance in post colonial Zimbabwe

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. ZANU-PF as Stockholm Syndrome, and Its Trajectories in Post-Independence Zimbabwe. Juxtaposing the Role of Religion in Thwarting Democracy

    • Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 1-22

  3. Mixing up Priorities? Propagation of Uncritical Patriotism of Zanu-PF by the Church in Zimbabwe

    • Collium Banda
    Pages 23-44

  4. The (Catholic) Church and Resistance to Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe

    • Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 45-71

  5. God or President Emmerson Mnangagwa? Romans 13:1–7 in Zimbabwe’s Contemporary Church and Elections

    • Theophilus Tinashe Nenjerama
    Pages 73-95

  6. Adventist Silence in the Face of Oppression as a Way to Enact Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe

    • Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 97-113

  7. Hearing the Loud Voices of the Silent Church in Zimbabwe

    • Kimion Tagwirei
    Pages 115-139

  8. Man of God/Gold and Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe: The Case of Makandiwa and Angel

    • Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 141-161

  9. A Critical Evaluation of Bishop Ancelimo Magaya’s Resistance to Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe

    • Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 163-184

  10. CCCism Versus Zanu-PFism: Religious Response of the Citizens Coalition for Change to the Zanu-PF

    • Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube
    Pages 185-199

  11. Religion and the Consolidation of the Zanu-PF Political Ideology

    • Sifiso Mpofu, Albert Ncube
    Pages 201-220
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About this book

This collection focuses on the role of religious leaders and religious institutions in supporting or resisting the democratization process in Zimbabwe. It scrutinizes the actions of religious leaders such Andrew Wutawunashe and Jeremiah Mutendi who were prominent in the political scene and participated as enablers of the undemocratic regime. The contributors to this volume employ a variety of methodological approaches to understand the operational dilemma of the second republic under Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, commonly referred to as Zanupfism. It is an empirical study to determine the impact of religious leaders as regime enablers and assess the effects of such an approach in terms of social development, democracy, and social transformation as espoused in the rise of the second republic. In order to balance the narrative, the book highlights and offers critique of religious leaders and institutes who are the resistors of the regime. It specifically explores the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Talent Chiwenga and Shingi Munyeza. This is a critical study of decoloniality in a religious context that documents characters such as Shingi Mayeza, Bishop Mutendi, Mapostori who seldomly appear in scholarship despite their great impact (either positive or negative) on the lives of the people of Zimbabwe.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Bekithemba Dube

About the editor

Bekithemba Dube is a research Professor at Central University of Technology, Welkom Campus, South Africa.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Regime, Religion and the Consolidation of Zanu-PFism in Zimbabwe

  • Book Subtitle: When Religion Becomes a Threat to Democracy

  • Editors: Bekithemba Dube

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46084-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46083-8Published: 15 December 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46086-9Due: 15 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46084-5Published: 14 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 220

  • Topics: African History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Comparative Religion, African Politics, Christianity

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