The gender of piety : family, faith, and colonial rule in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe /

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The Gender of Piety is an intimate history of the Brethren in Christ Church in Zimbabwe, or BICC, as related through six individual life histories that extend from the early colonial years through the first decade after independence. Taken together, these six lives show how men and women of the BICC...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Urban-Mead, Wendy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Brethren in Christ Church > Zimbabwe > Matabeleland > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Brethren in Christ Church > Zimbabwe > Matabeleland > Biography.
Brethren in Christ Church.
1900-1999
Sex role > Religious aspects > Brethren in Christ Church.
Christianity and politics > Zimbabwe > Matabeleland > History > 20th century.
Rôle selon le sexe > Aspect religieux > Brethren in Christ Church.
Christianisme et politique > Zimbabwe > Matabeleland > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
HISTORY > General.
Christianity and politics.
Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) > Church history > 20th century.
Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) > Histoire religieuse > 20e siècle.
Zimbabwe > Matabeleland.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The gender of piety in Matabeleland
  • Matshuba Ndlovu: masculinity and faith in Matabeleland, 1898/1930
  • Maria Tshuma: chastity and female piety, 1920/70
  • Nakaseyemephi Ngwenya: a church planter Emaguswini, 1950/73
  • Sandey Vundhla: being fruitful for the church, 1950/70
  • Mansimango (Sithembile Nkala): sellouts, comrades, and Christians in the liberation war, 1969/78
  • Stephen N. Ndlovu: gendered piety, the new Zimbabwe, and the Gukurahundi, 1980/89
  • Gendered lives of piety
  • Ndlovu and Nsimango family tree.

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