{"product_id":"9783032361769","title":"Religion, Women’s Political Participation and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSustainable Development Goals Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReligion, Women’s Political Participation and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNelly Mwale | Tobias Marevesa | Excellent Chireshe | Ezra Chitando\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Comparative Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection focuses specifically on the intersection of religion and women's equal access to political power. Drawing on case studies from Southern Africa, and engaging multiple religious traditions: including Christianity, Islam, and African Indigenous Religions, the volume offers a critical and comparative analysis of how faith-based contexts shape women’s political agency. It serves as both a diagnostic and forward-looking resource, offering valuable insights for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners committed to gender justice in religious and political spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNelly Mwale is a senior lecturer in the department of Religious Studies at the University of Zambia.  Her Research interests are religion in the public sphere, religion, gender and development, religion and education, church history, religion and environment and African Indigenous Religions. She is the co-editor for the Journal for the Study of Religion. She is also a member of the African Association for the Study of Religion (AASR), Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA), The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTobias Marevesa is a New Testament Senior Lecturer in the Department of New Testament and Related literature, under the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria where he teaches New Testament Studies and New Testament Greek. He holds a PhD with the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His areas of interest are New Testament studies and politics, Pentecostal expressions in Zimbabwean Christianity, culture, human rights, and gender-based violence. He has also published in the area of New Testament studies and conflict-resolution in the Zimbabwean political landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent Chireshe is an Associate Professor of Religion and Gender in the Department of Ethics, Philosophy, Religion and Theology of Great Zimbabwe University. She is also a research fellow at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in the Research Institute for Theology and Religion. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of South Africa. Her research interests include religion and gender, and the sociology of religion. She is a member of the following professional associations: The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA), African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS), and Southern African Society for Education (SASE). Furthermore, she has attended and presented papers at several local and international conferences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEzra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe and Extraordinary Professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He has published on religion, gender, culture, politics, health, climate change, leadership and development. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032361769\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e284\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459007709324,"sku":"9783032361769","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032361769","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}