Thandi Gamedze
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thandi Gamedze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thandi |
| FAMILY NAME | Gamedze |
| SIGNATURE | GAMEDZE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5326-0725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Critique of Christian Zionism in South Africa
Israeli apartheid, occupation, and settler colonialism is sustained through a robust lattice, the material of which is both military and ideological. Christian Zionism has been recognised as arguably the most important aspect of the latter. While in many respects, the Global North — and the United States in particular — represents the most powerful stronghold of Christian Zionism, for numerous reasons, the necessity of understanding its manifesta…
Liberation Narratives and Theologies as Sites of Struggle – Thinking with Gender, Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther
This article engages with Sarojini Nadar’s recently published book, Gender, Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther: Engaging Texts of Terror(ism), analysing its key contributions. The article first draws out and synthesises Nadar’s arguments across the book’s seven chapters. It then highlights what I consider the most important intervention of this text: the work that Nadar does to complexify the story of Esther from its popular reception as a si…
Selective Violence-Blindness in the Word and the World
While, in theory, largely opposed to violence, the Church, conceived broadly, has historically and in contemporary times been complicit in the legitimation of various forms of violence. To makes sense of this, this paper theorises the concept of selective violence-blindness as a phenomenon operating within the church to legitimise violence enacted upon certain bodies. It does this through analysing and drawing connections between two examples. Th…
Called and Queer
Constructed educational inequality, philanthropy, and power relations in educational public–private partnerships in South Africa
There is a robust debate about innovative ways to improve educational outcomes and governance in public schools located in the poorest townships in South Africa. This article looks at one recent innovation, a new model for providing basic education called ‘collaboration schools’, based on the British academy schools. We seek to understand what these partnerships between philanthropists, government, and parents entail, the specific problems the pa…
Mobility of sub-Saharan Africa doctoral graduates from South African universities—A tracer study
Mobility of sub-Saharan Africa doctoral graduates from South African universities—A tracer study
Constructed educational inequality, philanthropy, and power relations in educational public–private partnerships in South Africa
There is a robust debate about innovative ways to improve educational outcomes and governance in public schools located in the poorest townships in South Africa. This article looks at one recent innovation, a new model for providing basic education called ‘collaboration schools’, based on the British academy schools. We seek to understand what these partnerships between philanthropists, government, and parents entail, the specific problems the pa…
Selective Violence-Blindness in the Word and the World
While, in theory, largely opposed to violence, the Church, conceived broadly, has historically and in contemporary times been complicit in the legitimation of various forms of violence. To makes sense of this, this paper theorises the concept of selective violence-blindness as a phenomenon operating within the church to legitimise violence enacted upon certain bodies. It does this through analysing and drawing connections between two examples. Th…
Called and Queer
A Critique of Christian Zionism in South Africa
Israeli apartheid, occupation, and settler colonialism is sustained through a robust lattice, the material of which is both military and ideological. Christian Zionism has been recognised as arguably the most important aspect of the latter. While in many respects, the Global North — and the United States in particular — represents the most powerful stronghold of Christian Zionism, for numerous reasons, the necessity of understanding its manifesta…
Liberation Narratives and Theologies as Sites of Struggle – Thinking with Gender, Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther
This article engages with Sarojini Nadar’s recently published book, Gender, Genocide, Gaza, and the Book of Esther: Engaging Texts of Terror(ism), analysing its key contributions. The article first draws out and synthesises Nadar’s arguments across the book’s seven chapters. It then highlights what I consider the most important intervention of this text: the work that Nadar does to complexify the story of Esther from its popular reception as a si…
Sociology (3 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Theological Perspectives and Practices (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Art (1 works)