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= Ezra Chitando = Ezra Chitando is a scholar of religion from Zimbabwe. He is Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, in Harare, Zimbabwe. In addition, he serves as Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS with EHAIA, the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy, of the World Council of Churches.

Chitando has extensively researched and published about contemporary religion in Africa, especially in Zimbabwe. His expertise covers a wide range of topics, including method and theory in the study of religion, African indigenous religions, contemporary Christianity (especially Pentecostalism), and the relation between religion and issues such as politics, gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS.

Among his many publications is the edited book, Personality Cult and Politics in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.

Single authored books
Living with Hope: African Churches and HIV/AIDS (2007)

Acting in Hope: African Churches and HIV/AIDS (2007)

Singing culture: a study of Gospel music in Zimbabwe (2002)

Co-authored books
Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa (2021)

Edited and co-edited books
Innovation and Competition in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism (2021)

The Zimbabwe Council of Churches and development in Zimbabwe (2021)

African Initiated Churches facing HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe (2021)

Politics and religion in Zimbabwe : the deification of Robert G. Mugabe (2020)

Religion and development in Africa (2020)

African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora and gendered societies (2017)

Redemptive masculinities : men, HIV, and religion (2012)

Prophets, profits and the Bible in Zimbabwe Festschrift for Aynos Masotcha Moyo (2013)