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Public Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa

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Adriaan van Klinken
African social movements
Aid Control
Amn Al Dawla
Anti-Homosexuality Act
Ashley Currier
Barbara Bompani
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Christophe Broqua
Coastal Muslim Communities
comparative case studies
Danoye Oguntola-Laguda
David Bahati
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Ezra Chitando
Fortune Sibanda
Hassan J. Ndzovu
Jay Breneman
Jia Hui Lee
Joelle M. Cruz
Joseph Hellweg
Kapya Kaoma
Karakire Guma Prince
LGBTI
LGBTI Activist
LGBTI Human Right
LGBTI Identity
LGBTI People
LGBTI Person
LGBTI Right
LGBTIQ People
LGBTIQ Rights
LGBTIQ rights Africa
minority
Molly Manyonganise
Nathanael Homewood
Pauline Mateveke
Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity
PEPFAR Fund
Political Homophobia
queer theory Africa
Queer Worldmaking
religion sexuality political conflict Africa
religious discourse analysis
Richard W. McCarty
Serena Tolino
Sexual Minorities
Sexual Minorities Uganda
Sexual Minority Rights
sexuality studies
Van Klinken
Young Men
Zimbabwe International Book Fair

Product details

  • ISBN 9781472445513
  • Weight: 780g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Apr 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description
Issues of same-sex relationships and gay and lesbian rights are the subject of public and political controversy in many African societies today. Frequently, these controversies receive widespread attention both locally and globally, such as with the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. In the international media, these cases tend to be presented as revealing a deeply-rooted homophobia in Africa fuelled by religious and cultural traditions. But so far little energy is expended in understanding these controversies in all their complexity and the critical role religion plays in them. This is the first book with multidisciplinary perspectives on religion and homosexuality in Africa. It presents case studies from across the continent, from Egypt to Zimbabwe and from Senegal to Kenya, and covers religious traditions such as Islam, Christianity and Rastafarianism. The contributors explore the role of religion in the politicisation of homosexuality, investigate local and global mobilisations of power, critically examine dominant religious discourses, and highlight the emergence of counter-discourses. Hence they reveal the crucial yet ambivalent public role of religion in matters of sexuality, social justice and human rights in contemporary Africa.
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Adriaan van Klinken is Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at the University of Leeds (UK). His research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and public life in contemporary Christianity in Africa. In addition to various articles in academic journals, in 2013 he published the book Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity: Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS (Ashgate).

Ezra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy at the University of Zimbabwe. He also serves as theological consultant for the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa (EHAIA) of the World Council of Churches. He has widely published on religion in Africa, in recent years