Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Is the Rise of Religion a Curse/Cause of War? The Political Economy of Religious Conflicts in Africa 2 Religious Violence in Contemporary Nigeria: Implications and Options for Peace and Stability Order 3 The Religion-Humanity Nexus: The Ghanaian Situation 4 Peace in the Land of Upright People: Religion and Violence in Burkina Faso 5 Political and Ethnic Identity in Violent Conflict: The Case of Central African Republic 6 Securitizing Places of Worship in Kenya: The Case of Faith Evangelistic Ministry (FEM) 7 Pentecostalism and alternative paths for self-accomplishment in Kenya 8 Who should slaughter animals and poultry? Rethinking the tensions between Muslims and Christians in Tanzania 9 Religion and Human Security in Uganda 10 Religion and Human Security in Angola 11 Hope in a Pseudo-spirituality of Democracy in South Africa: Religion and Human Security in Troubling Contexts 12 The Role of Religion in Fuelling War and Promoting Peace in Mozambique 13 Enhancing Missio-Ecclesia: Religion and Human Security in Zambia 14 Examining Pastor Evan Mawarire’s #ThisFlag Movement in Zimbabwe: Implications for Understanding Religion and Human Security

About the Author

Ezra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy at the University of Zimbabwe. He also works as Theology Consultant for the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa (EHAIA). He has published widely in the areas of history and method in the study of religion, gender, sexuality, politics, and music.

Joram Tarusarira is Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is also the Director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization. His research interests include the role of religion in conflict and its transformation, religious non-conformism and cultural dynamics, religion and civil society, social movements, and post-conflict reconciliation. He is the author of Reconciliation and Religio-political Non-conformism in Zimbabwe (2016).