Dr. L. Tsara

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Systematic Theology (UKZN, 2020)

Master of Arts in Religious Studies (Theology) (UZ, 2013)

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Religious Studies (UZ,2011)

Research Interests

Her research interest focuses on Theology and gender, girl child education, sexual and reproductive health and rights, Apostolic indigenous churches, gender and culture and Complexities of women leadership in African Indigenous Religions and the contemporary society.

Selected publications:

Book Chapters

1. Tsara L and Siwila L (2021) “Dzimba Dzevarwere” (Makeshift clinics) As a Safe Haven for Women’s Reproductive Health in An African Indigenous Apostolic Church in Zimbabwe. A book chapter in That all may live: Essays in Honora of Nyambura J Njoroge, University of Bamberg Press. Ezra Chitando, Esther Mombo and Masiiwa Regies Gunda eds. P. 323-336.
2. L and Masvotore. P (2022), ‘Leadership Struggles in the Church: Interfacing and Theologizing leadership positions of Women clergy in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ).’
3. L (2020) Religio- Cultural Stand Points Hindering Adolescences and Young Women’s Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Zimbabwe. in Religion, Women’s Health Rights and Sustainable Development Goals, Palgrave Macmillan.
4. Masvotore P and Tsara L (2023) The Virus from Africa? The Religionization and Politicization of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications for Zimbabwe in Religion and Health published at University of Bamberg, German.

Articles in refereed journals

5. Masvotore P and Tsara. L (2020) ‘South Africa’s Road to Democracy Could Have suffered a still birth, had it not been the unseen role played by Women: Interfacing with undercover operations of women’ in Special Edition in Alternation Journal
6. Masvotore P and Tsara L (2023) Poverty with a feminine face: Theologizing feminization and poverty in Mutasa Nyanga District in Manicaland Province Zimbabwe. (HTS Journal).Contact Detailsemail address: Lindah.tsara@yahoo.com, tsaral@zou.ac.zw.

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   Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Corner House, 5^th Floor, Corner Samora Machel Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street, Harare, Zimbabwe.