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Politics and Religion in Zimbabwe: The Deification of Robert G. Mugabe

Politics and Religion in Zimbabwe: The Deification of Robert G. Mugabe

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora

Religion General General SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0367376180
ISBN13: 9780367376185
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 27 2020
Pages: 198
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book illustrates how religion and ideology were used by Robert Mugabe to ward off opposition within his own party, in Zimbabwe and from the West.

An interdisciplinary line up of contributors argue that Mugabe used a calculated narrative of deification - presenting himself as a divine figure who had the task of delivering land, freedom and confidence to black people across the world - to remain in power in Zimbabwe. The chapters highlight the appropriation and deployment of religious themes in Mugabe's domestic and international politics, reflect on the contestation around the deification of Mugabe in Zimbabwean politics across different forms of religious expression, including African Traditional Religions and various strands of Christianity and initiate further reflections on the interface between religion and politics in Africa and globally.

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