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Religion and Inequality in Africa
Edited by: Ezra Chitando, Loreen Maseno and Joram Tarusarira
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures
288 Pages
- Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781350307377
- Published By: Bloomsbury Academic
- Published: January 2023
$115.00
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This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts. Some contributors undertake detailed analyses of how religion creates (and justifies) different forms of inequality that holds back individuals, groups and communities across the continent from flourishing, while others show how religion can also mitigate inequality in Africa.
Topics addressed include gender inequality, economic inequality, disability, ageism and religious homophobia. Specifically focusing on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries, this book highlights the extent to which Africa's 'notoriously religious' identity needs to be taken into account in discourses on development.
Ezra Chitando is Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, and Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS for the World Council of Churches.
Loreen Maseno is Senior Lecturer in Religion, Theology and Philosophy at Maseno University, Kenya.
Joram Tarusarira is Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.