Josiah Taru
Biographic Data
| ID | 122999 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josiah Taru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josiah |
| FAMILY NAME | Taru |
| SIGNATURE | TARU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Great Zimbabwe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8244-3037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism
Discussion of ethics among scientists has mainly focused on research ethics related to falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism (FFP). Scientific work goes beyond research, and we know little about the ethical issues involved in the broader range of work that scientists do. In this study, we examine how physicists and biologists in the United States, Mexico, and South Africa say religion and spirituality shape their ethical thinking and stances…
Science and Religion in the Context of a Good Death
The desire to improve end-of-life care has driven an increase in research to understand people's preferences and choices when faced with death. Drawing from interviews with 48 religious and non-religious people, we examine how respondents explain the interactions and participation of medical science and religion in constructing what respondents describe as a good death. Respondents draw from religious and scientific toolkits when narrating an ide…
Faith it, till you make it
Pentecostal charismatic churches that preach prosperity gospel in Zimbabwe have attracted a youthful membership. In the context of a deeply uncertain economic future, young Pentecostal Christians devise performativity strategies for optimizing their chances of converting prosperity gospel into material prosperity. These strategies include sartorial elegance in adorning counterfeit suits, the performance of obedience, and the use of social media t…
We Are Soldiers in God's Army
Spiritual warfare is an important part of everyday life and rituals in Pentecostal churches in Africa and beyond. In Pentecostal parlance, the world is constructed and construed as a battleground between born-again Christians and Satanic forces. This article examines the ways in which Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Southern Africa adopt and utilise military metaphors and trope in their everyday rituals and practices of spiritual warfare. Dra…
Envisioning an alternative
The fragility of the postcolonial Zimbabwean state and concomitant failed governance has opened crevices through which alternative forms of self-organising and social formation are emerging. In the face of state-inspired uncertainties One God Ministry (OGM) members have organised themselves along religious lines to strengthen their livelihoods and wellbeing. This article draws on the findings of an ethnographic study of members of an anonymised P…
Place and pedagogy
This article responds to recent perspectives from the Global South calling for the decolonisation of universities. Drawing on examples from two post-independence universities in Southern Africa – Sol Plaatje University in South Africa, and Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe – we examine pedagogic innovation in undergraduate social science teaching. In particular, we examine the use of space and materiality as teaching tools in social anthropol…
Livelihoods fragility and land tenure in the post-fast track land reform era in Upper Guruve, Zimbabwe
This paper seeks to document the experiences of and challenges experienced by farmers resettled according to the communal/villagised model of resettlement in Upper Guruve district in Zimbabwe. The paper is based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 2009 to 2017. Almost two decades have passed since Zimbabwe’s popular and yet controversial Fast Track Land Reform Programme was introduced in 2000. An analysis of the experiences of rese…
Rural households’ livelihoods diversification through termite utilization in depressed region of Zimbabwe
Place and pedagogy
This article responds to recent perspectives from the Global South calling for the decolonisation of universities. Drawing on examples from two post-independence universities in Southern Africa – Sol Plaatje University in South Africa, and Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe – we examine pedagogic innovation in undergraduate social science teaching. In particular, we examine the use of space and materiality as teaching tools in social anthropol…
Faith it, till you make it
Pentecostal charismatic churches that preach prosperity gospel in Zimbabwe have attracted a youthful membership. In the context of a deeply uncertain economic future, young Pentecostal Christians devise performativity strategies for optimizing their chances of converting prosperity gospel into material prosperity. These strategies include sartorial elegance in adorning counterfeit suits, the performance of obedience, and the use of social media t…
We Are Soldiers in God's Army
Spiritual warfare is an important part of everyday life and rituals in Pentecostal churches in Africa and beyond. In Pentecostal parlance, the world is constructed and construed as a battleground between born-again Christians and Satanic forces. This article examines the ways in which Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Southern Africa adopt and utilise military metaphors and trope in their everyday rituals and practices of spiritual warfare. Dra…
Envisioning an alternative
The fragility of the postcolonial Zimbabwean state and concomitant failed governance has opened crevices through which alternative forms of self-organising and social formation are emerging. In the face of state-inspired uncertainties One God Ministry (OGM) members have organised themselves along religious lines to strengthen their livelihoods and wellbeing. This article draws on the findings of an ethnographic study of members of an anonymised P…
Rural households’ livelihoods diversification through termite utilization in depressed region of Zimbabwe
Livelihoods fragility and land tenure in the post-fast track land reform era in Upper Guruve, Zimbabwe
This paper seeks to document the experiences of and challenges experienced by farmers resettled according to the communal/villagised model of resettlement in Upper Guruve district in Zimbabwe. The paper is based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 2009 to 2017. Almost two decades have passed since Zimbabwe’s popular and yet controversial Fast Track Land Reform Programme was introduced in 2000. An analysis of the experiences of rese…
Envisioning an alternative
The fragility of the postcolonial Zimbabwean state and concomitant failed governance has opened crevices through which alternative forms of self-organising and social formation are emerging. In the face of state-inspired uncertainties One God Ministry (OGM) members have organised themselves along religious lines to strengthen their livelihoods and wellbeing. This article draws on the findings of an ethnographic study of members of an anonymised P…
Place and pedagogy
This article responds to recent perspectives from the Global South calling for the decolonisation of universities. Drawing on examples from two post-independence universities in Southern Africa – Sol Plaatje University in South Africa, and Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe – we examine pedagogic innovation in undergraduate social science teaching. In particular, we examine the use of space and materiality as teaching tools in social anthropol…
We Are Soldiers in God's Army
Spiritual warfare is an important part of everyday life and rituals in Pentecostal churches in Africa and beyond. In Pentecostal parlance, the world is constructed and construed as a battleground between born-again Christians and Satanic forces. This article examines the ways in which Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Southern Africa adopt and utilise military metaphors and trope in their everyday rituals and practices of spiritual warfare. Dra…
Faith it, till you make it
Pentecostal charismatic churches that preach prosperity gospel in Zimbabwe have attracted a youthful membership. In the context of a deeply uncertain economic future, young Pentecostal Christians devise performativity strategies for optimizing their chances of converting prosperity gospel into material prosperity. These strategies include sartorial elegance in adorning counterfeit suits, the performance of obedience, and the use of social media t…
Science and Religion in the Context of a Good Death
The desire to improve end-of-life care has driven an increase in research to understand people's preferences and choices when faced with death. Drawing from interviews with 48 religious and non-religious people, we examine how respondents explain the interactions and participation of medical science and religion in constructing what respondents describe as a good death. Respondents draw from religious and scientific toolkits when narrating an ide…
Beyond Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism
Discussion of ethics among scientists has mainly focused on research ethics related to falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism (FFP). Scientific work goes beyond research, and we know little about the ethical issues involved in the broader range of work that scientists do. In this study, we examine how physicists and biologists in the United States, Mexico, and South Africa say religion and spirituality shape their ethical thinking and stances…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Livelihood (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works)