Thus it is high time to bring AICs being an important part of recent social reality in Zimbabwe back into academic focus. Prophets from AICs are constantly in the news, alongside advertising their competence in urban areas. Members of predominantly Apostolic, but also Zionist, churches are highly visible in both rural and urban areas. This volume was motivated by the realisation that AICs continue to be a significant player on Zimbabwe’s spiritual market. CHIMUKA | Dr Anna CHITANDO | Prof Ezra CHITANDO | Nehemia CHIVANDIKWA | Agness CHIWARA | Dr Masiiwa Ragies GUNDA | Joyline GWARA | Shakespear HAMAUSWA | Prof Joachim KÜGLER | Dr Francis MACHINGURA | Prof Fainos MANGENA | Dr Charity MANYERUKE | Molly MANYONGANISE | Dr Tapiwa Praise MAPURANGA | Pauline MATEVEKE | Samson MHIZHA | Obert Bernard MLAMBO | Clemenciana MUKENGE | Dr Canisius MWANDAYI | Prof Tabona SHOKO | Dr Nisbert Taisekwa TARINGA | Prof Lovemore TOGARASEI | Dr Obvious VENGEYI | Clive Tendai ZIMUNYA The Editors and Contributors: Dr David BISHAU | Dr Kudzai BIRI |Dr Tarisayi A. General readers, church leaders and civil society activists will also find the chapters in this volume valuable. The volume is of interest to scholars in biblical studies, theology, religious studies, political science, anthropology, philosophy and other disciplines. Contributors to this volume have explored the complexities that characterize prophets and prophecy. 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). The different chapters highlight the role of the Bible, gender, media, literature and other perspectives have influenced attitudes towards prophets and prophecy in 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. This volume examines the phenomenon of prophets and prophecy in contemporary Zimbabwe. Are biblical texts an obstacle for women’s liberation? Is the Bible a divine guaranty for male supremacy or rather an advocate for gender equality? What are “redemptive masculinities” and how do they relate to a new, truly Christian understanding of the role of women in church, society and state? – Scholars from different disciplines and several countries are dealing with these urgent questions to help scholars, students, pastors, politicians and members of Christian churches to find a way to more gender fairness and “gender joy”. Volume 22 of the BiAS series deals with this central topic by asking what gender troubles have to do with the Bible. On the other hand, for many men (and women) these societal changes are painful “gender troubles” and seem to be dangerous for gender-based identity, threatening traditional African values. Gender equality, gender fairness is on their agenda. Many women (and men) are calling for a radical change as they feel traditional gender concepts as being oppressive, inhuman and un-Christian. Quickly changing concepts on gender roles are a pivotal issue in after-colonial African societies. Here the questions for example are: What is the status of children in family and society? How are traditional concepts of childhood changing under the conditions of poverty, HIV/AIDS and violence? How are the ideas and ideals of childhood influenced by the Bible? What is the role of the Bible in child-education? Can children’s rights be established with help of the Bible? This volume of BiAS 17 is collecting the papers presented at the 2012 BiAS meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, with some additional contributions. What is their status in family, society and church? What is their relation to God? What is the metaphoric use of childhood in biblical soteriology? What is the function and meaning of calling adult persons “children” (of God, or of the Apostle)? | The contextual perspective “African children of today and the Bible” is dealing with the different life settings African children find themselves in and how the Bible is present in these life settings. This book is treating it in two main perspectives which often are intertwined: | The exegetical perspective “Children in the Bible” is dealing with the concepts of childhood in biblical texts, asking for example: How are children conceived in different texts. The relationship between the Bible and Children in Africa is a topic of highest relevance.
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