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Multiplying in the Spirit: African Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe (2014)
Chitando, Ezra ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Kügler, Joachim ; Ruzivo, Munetsi ; Chimininge, Vengesayi ; Ndlovu, Lovemore ; Biri, Kudzai ; Mlambo, Obert Bernard ; Mukahlera, Taurai Ronald ; Matikiti, Robert ; Chari, Tendai ; Mateveke, Pauline ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Manyonganise, Molly ; Machingura, Francis ; Vengeyi, Elizabeth ; Mwandayi, Canisius ; Sibanda, Fortune ; Maposa, Richard S. ; Mapuranga, Tapiwa Praise
This volume was motivated by the realisation that AICs continue to be a significant player on Zimbabwe’s spiritual market. Members of predominantly Apostolic, but also Zionist, churches are highly visible in both rural and urban areas. Prophets from AICs are constantly in the news, alongside advertising their competence in urban areas. Thus it is high time to bring AICs being an important part of recent social reality in Zimbabwe back into academic focus. BiAS 15 at the same time is ERA 1 which means that this volume opens a new sub-series to BiAS which is meant to explore religion in Africa in all its manifold manifestation, be it Christian or not.
From Text to Practice - The role of the Bible in daily living of African people today / Introduction (2011)
Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
The Old Testament and daily life: Turning the Bible into a manual for practice, the case of African initiated "apostolic" churches in Zimbabwe (2011)
Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
Multiplying in the Spirit : Introduction (2014)
Chitando, Ezra ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Kügler, Joachim
PROPHETS, PROFITS AND THE BIBLE IN ZIMBABWE: Festschrift for AYNOS MASOTCHA MOYO (2013)
Chitando, Ezra ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Kügler, Joachim
BiAS 12 examines the phenomenon of prophets and prophecy in contemporary Zimbabwe. By applying insights from biblical studies and other approaches, the volume sheds light on how this contentious phenomenon has been discussed in the Zimbabwean context. The different chapters highlight the role of the Bible, gender, media, literature and other perspectives have influenced attitudes towards prophets and prophecy in Zimbabwe. While the phenomenon has been principally associated with the new wave of Pentecostalism, it remains critical to appreciate pre-existing attitudes towards prophets from African Initiated Churches (AICs), as well as traditional healers in African Indigenous Religions (AIRs). Contributors to this volume have explored the complexities that characterize prophets and prophecy. The volume is of interest to scholars in biblical studies, theology, religious studies, political science, anthropology, philosophy and other disciplines. General readers, church leaders and civil society activists will also find the chapters in this volume valuable.
From Text to Practice - The role of the Bible in daily living of African people today (2013)
Kügler, Joachim ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Togarasei, Lovemore ; Ademiluka, Solomon Olusola ; Machingura, Francis ; Feder, Stephanie ; Vengeyi, Obvious ; Nkesiga, Solomon B. ; Kwaramba, Joachim
That the Bible is a manual for daily living is attested in almost all Christian denominations, how this role is transformed into practice is clearly an area that remains a contested terrain among Christians. This volume is our modest contribution to looking at the relationship between the Bible and our practices. The central question that the articles in this volume respond to is: how is the Bible related to our daily life? This question is especially important on the African continent where religion appears to be gaining influence. Without taking anything away from western biblical scholars, African biblical scholars must also engage with the question: how do we put into practice the teachings of the Bible? This volume contains papers presented at the International Bible Symposium 2009 in Bamberg (Germany) and additional contributions.
ON THE PUBLIC ROLE OF THE BIBLE IN ZIMBABWE. Unpacking Banana’s “re-writing” call for a socially and contextually relevant Biblical Studies (2015)
Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
Bias Volume 18 is a book that is dedicated to critically unpack the meaning of the call to re-write the Bible made by the first President of Zimbabwe, Canaan S. Banana in 1991. In this book, the author engages with Banana’s written works and makes critical observations regarding the call to re-write the Bible. This book argues that re-writing was proposed as a means to an end by Banana. It is demonstrated that what Banana intended was eradicating injustice, violence and inequality in the Middle East which was fuelled by the “ideology of chosenness”, which was sustained by a use of the Bible. Once it became clear the end was not re-writing the Bible, this work moved on to consider alternative means to achieving the same end. The search for alternatives leads the author to consider “the way of Europe”, that is, de-biblification or a watered down de-biblification, which is named partial de-biblification in this work. Finally, the author proposes a “critical biblification” as a viable alternative to re-writing or de-biblification. This book, in honour of Banana, calls for socially and contextually relevant biblical studies.
Introduction (2012)
Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies ; Kügler, Joachim
The Bible and Politics in Africa (2012)
Kügler, Joachim ; Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
This volume is based on the International Bible Symposium “The Bible and Politics in Africa” which was held in summer 2010 in Kloster Banz (Germany). The IBS 2010 was organised by Prof. Kügler’s team at the Chair for New Testament Studies at Bamberg University and was generously funded and hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Munich/ Kloster Banz. Some of the articles published here are based on papers presented at IBS 2010. The editors, however, added some articles to broaden the discussion and to also give a voice to those who could not be present at the symposium. The topic of Biblical influence on politics and of political uses of the Bible is of course not merely an African topic. Christian tradition has always stressed that it not only wants to show ways to heaven but also to reconstruct this world according to God’s will. However the topic seems especially relevant in African societies as many of them ascribe a paramount role to the “Word of God” and thus the Bible seems to be used most directly as a handbook for political actions. With their critical analytical approach the contributors of BiAS 7 try to meet this special challenge for Contextual Biblical Studies which has to be taken more serious than it used to be in academic research.
“Rewriting” the Bible or De-biblifying the Public Sphere? Proposals and propositions on the usage of the Bible by public figures in Zimbabwe (2018)
Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies
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