CV

PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname: Gunda
Names: Masiiwa Ragies
Title: Dr.
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 04 May 1975
Place of Birth: Makoni
Languages: Shona, English & (Elementary) Deutsch
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Religion: Christianity (Anglican)
Marital Status: Married

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Josef-Kindshoven Strasse, 5,
96052, Bamberg,
Germany
Email: mrgunda2002@yahoo.co.uk,
Phone: 00499518011505
Mobile: 004917661364426

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Institution: Universität Bayreuth
Degree: PhD
Degree Class: Magna Cum Laude
The Homosexual Debate in Zimbabwe: A Socio-historical analysis of the political,cultural and
Christian arguments with special reference to the use of the Bible in Zimbabwe.
Institution: University of Zimbabwe
Degree: Master of Arts Religious Studies
Degree Class: Distinction

Institution: University of Zimbabwe

Degree: Bachelor of Arts Honours Religious Studies
Degree Class: First
Institution: University of Zimbabwe
Diploma: Diploma in Religious Studies

Class: Pass

WORK & RELATED EXPERIENCE

Name of Funder: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Position Held: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Duration: 01/10/2011 to 30/09/2013
Research Project: Rewriting the Bible or De-biblifying the Public Sphere? Conversing with Canaan S.
Banana in the search of a just and democratic Zimbabwe.

Name of Employer: University of Zimbabwe

Position Held: Lecturer
Duration: 01/01/2004 TO 30/09/2011
Duties: Teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate courses and projects. Setting
and marking examinations.
Name of Employer: University of Zimbabwe
Position Held: Full-time Temporary Lecturer
Duration: 01/08/2003 TO 31/12/2003
Duties: Teaching and supervising undergraduate courses and projects. Setting and marking
examinations.
Name of Employer: University of Zimbabwe
Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Duration: 04/2002 TO 31/08/2003
Duties: Conducting and supervising undergraduate tutorial sessions. Marking of undergraduate
essays and managing coursework assessment.
Name of Employer: Ministry of Education
Position Held: Teacher
Duration: September 2001 TO March 2002
Name of Employer: The Regional Seminary Chishawasha
Position Held: Part-Time Lecturer
Duration: 2002 TO 2006
Name of Employer: Domboshawa Theological College
Position Held: Part-Time Lecturer
Duration: 2002 TO 2006
Name of Employer: Gaul House Anglican National Theological College
Position Held: Part-Time Lecturer
Duration: 2002 TO 2005
Name of Employer: United Theological College
Position Held: Part-Time Lecturer
Duration: 2004 TO 2005
Name of Employer: Aruppe Jesuit School of Philosophy and Humanities
Position Held: Part-Time Lecturer
Duration: 2006
List of Publications
  1. Gunda, M. R. (2006): Leviticus 18: 22, Africa and the West: Towards cultural convergence on Homosexuality. In: Prekaere Zeitgenossenschaft: Mit dem Alten Testament in Konflikten der Zeit, Ed. Kügler, J. (Münster: LIT Verlag), 115-133.
  2. Chitando, E., Gunda, M. R. (2007): HIV and AIDS, Stigma and Liberation in the Old Testament. Exchange 36 (2), 184-197.
  3. Gunda, M. R. (2007): Christianity, Traditional Religion and Healing in Zimbabwe: Exploring the Dimensions and Dynamics of Healing among the Shona. Swedish Missiological Themes 95 (3), 229-246.
  4. Gunda, M. R. (2009): African Theology of Reconstruction: Painful Realities and Practical Options! Exchange 38 (1), 84-102.
  5. Gunda, M. R. (2009): The Reign of Bishop Nolbert Kunonga: Nationalist Spirit or Empire Building? Missionalia 36 (2/3).
  6. Gunda, M. R. (2009): The Sexuality of Women in an HIV/AIDS era: The Pastoral Challenge in Zimbabwe. In: Geschlecht quer gedacht: Widerstandspotenziale und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten in kirchlicher Praxis, Eds. Aigner M. E. & Pock J. (Münster: LIT Verlag), 243-260.
  7. Gunda, M. R. (2009): Homosexuality and the Bible in Zimbabwe: Contested Ownership and Interpretation of an ‘Absolute Book’. In: Biblische Religionskritik: Kritik in, an und mit biblischen Texten, Eds. Kügler, J. & Bechmann, U. (Münster: LIT Verlag), 76-94.
  8. Gunda, M. R. (2010): The Clergy and Lay Persons in African Initiated Churches: Towards an understanding of the workings of charisma and domination. In: Bucher R. and Pock, J. (eds), Klerus und Pastoral, Wien: LIT Verlag, 349-365.
  9. Gunda, M. R. (2010): Homosexuality and the Bible in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press.
  10. Gunda, M. R. (2010). Reconsidering the relevance of the Prophet Amos in the quest for a just society in contemporary Zimbabwe in: BOTSA-EF, 2010. available online: http://www.mhs.no/article_1109.shtml
  11. Gunda, M. R. (2010): A critical analysis of the Survival and Relevance of postcolonial African Initiated (Apostolic) Churches. In: Chitando E. and Togarasei L.(eds), Faith in the City: The Role and Place of Religion in Harare, Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet.
  12. Gunda, M. R. (2011): From Oracular to Interpretive Prophecy: A Challenge to the Prophetic Role of the Church in Zimbabwe. In: Zambezia 2007, 19-33.
  13. Gunda, M. R. (2011): Introduction. In: Gunda (ed), From Text to Practice: The Role of the Bible in Daily living of African People today, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 9-20.
  14. Gunda, M. R. (2011): The Old Testament and Daily Life: Turning the Bible into a Manual for Practice. The case of African Initiated “Apostolic” Churches in Zimbabwe. In: Gunda (ed), From Text to Practice: The Role of the Bible in Daily living of African People today, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, 131-156.
  15. Gunda, M. R. (In Print): The Other David, Prophetic oppositional theology and Jesus: A theological challenge for the Church’s resources for democratizing Africa. In: Zambezia 2009.
  16. Gunda, M. R. (Forthcoming): Homosexuality in Zimbabwe: The Bible, the Church and the search for political legitimacy. In: Missionalia, Special Issue on Zimbabwe.
  17. Gunda, M. R. and Mtetwa, A. (Forthcoming): The Bible as a Political Resource in Zimbabwe. In: Chitando (ed), Religion in Politics, Politics in Religion in Zimbabwe’s Crisis Decade 2000-2010, Harare: SAPES Series.
  18. Gunda, M. R. (2012 In Print), Rewriting the Bible, de-biblifying the public sphere? Re-defining the role of religion in the public sphere in Zimbabwe in: Kügler, Togarasei and Gunda (eds), The Bible and Politics in Africa BiAS Series Volume 7, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press.
  19. Van Klinken, A. S. and Gunda. M. R. (2012). “Taking up the Cudgels for or against Gay Rights?” Trends and Trajectories in African Christian Theologies. In: Journal of Homosexuality, 59:114–138.
  20. Gunda, M. R. (In Print). Gender prejudice in the use of biblical texts against same-sex relationships in Zimbabwe. In: Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa.
  21. Gunda, M. R. (Forthcoming). African Initiated Churches, Healing, HIV and AIDS: Re-living biblical times in contemporary Africa. In: Chitando, E (ed). AICs and HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.
Book Reviews
1. Jaakko Lounela, Mission and Development: Finnish Pentecostal, Lutheran and Orthodox Mission Agencies in Development Work in Kenya 1948-1989, Abo: Abo Akademi University Press, 2007. 296 p., ISBN 978-951-765-394-7 in: Exchange 38, 3, (2009), 320-321.
2. Katharina Kunter and Jens Holger Schjörring (eds.), Changing Relations between Churches in Europe and Africa: Th e Internationalization of Christianity and Politics in the 20th Century, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. 253 p., ISBN 978-3-447-05451-5, in: Exchange 38, 1, (2009), 187-188.
3. Andrew Marin, Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2009, 204pp, in: The Ecumenical Review Volume 63, Number 4, December 2011, 456-458.
Conferences Attended
HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE, “HIV/AIDS: What can our Theology and Religious Studies do?” Cresta Lodge, Harare. Date: 27-28 April 2006.
Vierzehnheiligen Conference on Sexuality and Pastoral Theology, 13-16 July 2007, Germany.
International Bible Symposium, “Biblische Religionskritik” Bayreuth 20-23 September 2007, Germany.
Homosexuality and Faith-Based Organisations in Africa and the Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 11-12 June 2008.
Vierzehnheiligen Conference on Pastoral Theology “Klerus und Pastoral”, 18-20 July 2008, Germany.
First African Conference on Sexuality, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2-5 November 2009.
The Bible and Politics in Africa Conference, Badstafelstein, Germany, 29 July – 1 August 2010.
First ATISCA-Zimbabwe Chapter Conference, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 10 December 2010.
“Consultation on Sexuality” hosted by University of KwaZulu-Natal and Chicago Consultation, 10-13 October 2011, Durban, South Africa.
REFEREES
PROFESSOR DR. JOACHIM KÜGLER
Prof. Dr. Joachim Kügler
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96260 Weismain
09575-921380 (Tel)
09575-921381 (fax)
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Email: joachim.kuegler@online.de
PROFESSOR EZRA CHITANDO
Department of Religious Studies, Classics & Philosophy,
University of Zimbabwe,
P.O. BOX MP167,
Mount Pleasant,
HARARE
ZIMBABWE TEL 04 303211 EXT 1493/1248
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E-Mail: chitsa21@yahoo.com
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