Sophia Chirongoma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Chirongoma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Chirongoma |
| SIGNATURE | CHIRONGOMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8655-7365 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 11 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gamification of funeral rituals and procedures beyond the Covid-19 era among the Shona people in Zimbabwean urban and peri-urban settlements
At funeral events, Zimbabweans go beyond the traditionally known ‘chisahwira’ and ‘chiroora’, in which the closest friend imitates the deceased and the daughters-in-law entertain mourners with their performances, respectively. They have now devised a three-in-one hybrid funeral theatrical gamified phenomenon that combines funeral rituals, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. The paper is anchored on acculturation theory and based on critical cont…
Sifting Dust
The writing scene in East Africa has witnessed a rise in the emergence of contemporary literature. One example is Dust, a 2014 novel by the Kenyan Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, who, in 2003, was awarded the Caine prize for African writing. The novel Dust has been reviewed from various angles. Dust introduces two female characters, Akai and Ajany, who are both connected to a key character in the novel: Odidi Oganda. How do the characters Akai and Ajany e…
The Potential of the Negative
This article makes a gender critical analysis of the Johanne Masowe weChishanu (JMwC) beliefs and practices in the context of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe. In current times in sub– Saharan Africa, poverty is both a direct and an indirect effect of HIV that feeds on skewed gender relations. Efforts at forestalling the HIV and AIDS pandemic have often concentrated on empowering women through giving them a voice in negotiating for safer sex with their m…
Decolonizing Patriarchy in East Africa
Drawing insights from the work of two East African women theologians, Teresia Hinga and Nasimiyu Wasike, this article foregrounds how African women theologians are a formidable force in decolonizing patriarchy. Adopting a literature review approach, the article examines some of the literature produced by Hinga and Wasike, revealing how far they have gone in terms of breaking the thick walls of patriarchy which were fortified by Christianity, colo…
The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development
The Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in our world today.
Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa
African women, pandemics and religion
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Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development
The Doctrine of Retribution and Religious Responses to the HIV and Aids Pandemic
Despite many decades of interfacing with the HIV and AIDS pandemic, religious responses to the plight of the affected and infected still border on the doctrine of retribution. Some religious leaders, particularly from the Christian perspective, are still preaching about the intersection between infection and promiscuity in relation to the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Such a message from the pulpit overlooks people born with HIV infection and partners, …
African Women, Covid-19, Grounded theology and the adoption of a religious virtual space in Citam Ngong Church and Nomiya Luo Church in Kenya
The Republic of Kenya Ministry of Health update on Corona Virus on 13th February 2020 insisted that persons were to avoid close contact with people suffering from acute respiratory infections. A ban was imposed on public meetings. Later, lockdowns were introduced, and religious meetings were banned across the country. Religious actors during and after the Covid-19 lockdowns devised ways through which they could reach their members, given the abse…
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Volume I
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 1
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol II
Chihera in Zimbabwe
This volume seeks to deepen reflections on the Chihera phenomenon in the context of the search for gender justice in Zimbabwe and Africa.
African women, religion and pandemics
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies is an acclaimed journal with broad coverage that promotes multidisciplinary, religious, and biblical aspects of studies in the international theological arena. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported
The Gibean solution (Jgs 19-21) - a mirror to reclaiming women dignity in Zimbabwe
Chronicling the history of gendered and sexualised violence in Zimbabwe, our article upholds the view that what transpired in Judges 19:20–48 offers the contemporary readers some important lessons that are worth pondering over. Looking through feminist hermeneutical lenses, we engage in a comparative analysis of the gender-based violations, human rights abuses, and the lack of hospitality depicted in Judges 19–21 with the lived realities of Zimba…
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol I
Chihera in Zimbabwe
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2
Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe
Mother Earth, Mother Africa
This third volume in the Mother Earth, Mother Africa Series explores the interface of religio-cultural traditions and ecological conservation practices in different African contexts. The authors also reflect on the entwinement between the violation of women’s rights and the degradation of the Earth which is usually described using feminine terms, hence the designation, “Mother Earth”. The three major religious traditions in Africa – Christianity,…
Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
A re-reading of Judges 19 in juxtaposition to the Zimbabwean women’s vulnerability to ‘punitive rape’
With the rise of feminist thinking, the phenomenon of the rape culture has admittedly drawn the attention of many academics especially in biblical studies. While several academics have done a commendable job of demonstrating how ancient biblical stories can have a bearing upon elements of the modern rape culture, the bulk of the literature has been penned from a Western standpoint and it is only by inference that one can find a resonance with the…
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‘Suspected killer’
The story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 is one of the most intriguing stories in the Hebrew Bible. While it yields many useful insights into the character of God, the nature of sin and the aspiration of our redemption, it is equally offensive when one looks at it from a human rights perspective, considering, in particular, the vulnerable and defenceless woman, Tamar. Her being returned to her father’s house is portrayed as acting in accordance…
The challenges of being a female pastor
The focus of this article is to highlight some of the inherent gender injustices experienced by the female pastors within the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFMZ). Drawing insights from the field research conducted in pursuance of a doctoral programme, the study foregrounds some of the barriers that women have had to endure when it comes to the issue of being ordained as a pastor. The article also interrogates the reasons used as a basis to…
Mother Earth, Postcolonial and Liberation Theologies
Mother Earth, Postcolonial and Liberation Theologies adds another contribution to the ongoing interrogation of an imminent universal crisis, global warming. Examining the environmental crisis from liberation, postcolonial, and theological lenses in Africa, the continent whose people stand to bear the brunt of ecological catastrophe, the contributors provide fresh perspectives that place this book at the forefront of new research being done across…
Sacred Earth and African Women’s Theology
This special issue is one of the nine academic publications emerging from the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ (the Circle) Fifth Pan-African Conference, held at the University of Botswana (Gaborone), July 2-5, 2019. The conference was also a commemoration of the Circle’s thirty years of existence. It featured papers on some aspects of the theme, “Mother Earth and Mother Africa in Theological/Religious/Cultural/Philosophical Imagina…
What Did We Do to Our Mountain? African Eco-Feminist and Indigenous Responses to Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts, Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai caused untold devastation in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts, Zimbabwe. In scenes reminiscent of the biblical deluge, in some places entire settlements were eradicated from the face of the earth. Houses were swept away, bodies were submerged and water, typically understood as the source of life, became the source of death. Individuals, families, communities and nations were left traumatized, and the search for meaning continues. I…
Honouring Dr Alease Brown
This volume is dedicated to honouring the memory of Dr Alease Brown who was the initial lead editor of this special issue before her untimely passing. The impact of her sudden demise and the yawning gap that she left among the members of the Circle is aptly captured in the eulogy prepared by Professor Musa Dube
Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture
Rape culture is reportedly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Culture, patriarchy, poverty and religion continue to sustain rape culture. The notions of the objectification of women’s bodies amongst the Shona people are causatives for rape culture within diverse cultural institutions. Africans reasonably uphold marriage with high esteem; unfortunately, the marriage institution is also susceptible to becoming a source of abuse, coercion, and is ofte…
Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe
Mother Earth, Mother Africa
This third volume in the Mother Earth, Mother Africa Series explores the interface of religio-cultural traditions and ecological conservation practices in different African contexts. The authors also reflect on the entwinement between the violation of women’s rights and the degradation of the Earth which is usually described using feminine terms, hence the designation, “Mother Earth”. The three major religious traditions in Africa – Christianity,…
Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
Religion, Women’s Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
A re-reading of Judges 19 in juxtaposition to the Zimbabwean women’s vulnerability to ‘punitive rape’
With the rise of feminist thinking, the phenomenon of the rape culture has admittedly drawn the attention of many academics especially in biblical studies. While several academics have done a commendable job of demonstrating how ancient biblical stories can have a bearing upon elements of the modern rape culture, the bulk of the literature has been penned from a Western standpoint and it is only by inference that one can find a resonance with the…
Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe
Religion, Women's Health Rights, and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Volume I
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 1
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol II
Chihera in Zimbabwe
This volume seeks to deepen reflections on the Chihera phenomenon in the context of the search for gender justice in Zimbabwe and Africa.
African women, religion and pandemics
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies is an acclaimed journal with broad coverage that promotes multidisciplinary, religious, and biblical aspects of studies in the international theological arena. The journal’s publication criteria are based on high ethical standards and the rigor of the methodology and conclusions reported
The Gibean solution (Jgs 19-21) - a mirror to reclaiming women dignity in Zimbabwe
Chronicling the history of gendered and sexualised violence in Zimbabwe, our article upholds the view that what transpired in Judges 19:20–48 offers the contemporary readers some important lessons that are worth pondering over. Looking through feminist hermeneutical lenses, we engage in a comparative analysis of the gender-based violations, human rights abuses, and the lack of hospitality depicted in Judges 19–21 with the lived realities of Zimba…
Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Vol I
Chihera in Zimbabwe
Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2
The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development
The Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in our world today.
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (20 works) · Gender Studies (15 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (11 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)