Prof. L. Togarasei

Academic Qualifications

PhD (2003)

MA (1997)

BA Hons (1995)

BA General (1994)

Research interests

His research is the area of religion/the Bible and African Christianity (often Pentecostal), especially in the areas of health and healing, media and technology, music and popular culture, politics, environment, and gender.

Selected Publications:

Books

1. Togarasei Lovemore and Chitando Ezra (eds.), 2021. Lobola (Bride price) in Contemporary Southern Africa, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Togarasei Lovemore, David Bishau and Ezra Chitando (eds.), 2020. Religion and Social Marginalisation in Zimbabwe, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, ISBN: 978-3-86309-745-5, 253pp.
3. Ezra Chitando , Masiiwa R. Gunda and Lovemore Togarasei (eds.), 2020. Religion and Development in Africa, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, ISBN: 978-3-86309-735-6, 498pp.
4. Togarasei, Lovemore (ed.), 2018. Aspects of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe, Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, ISBN 978- 3-319-78564-6 and 978-3-319-78565-3 (eBook).
5. Francis Machingura, Lovemore Togarasei and Ezra Chitando (eds.), 2018, Pentecostalism and Human Rights in Contemporary Zimbabwe, New Castle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Press, ISNB: 978-1-5275-0586-5

Chapters in books 

1. Lovemore Togarasei, 2022, Bible and Theology in Africa (in Bongmba, E. (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of African Theology, London: Routledge, pp. ISBN 9781032336138)
2. Lovemore Togarasei, Educational Trends in Eco-diaconia in the Context of Zimbabwe, (in D. Beros et al (eds), International Handbook of Creation, Care and Eco-diakonia, Oxford: Regnum Books  ISBN: 978-1-914454-60-8).
3. Lovemore Togarasei, 2021, Re-reading the Old Testament with Christian men in Southern Africa in the context of gender-based violence: a proposal, (in Chitando, E, Mombo , E and Gunda, M. (eds.), That All May Live!: Essays in honour of Nyambura J. Njoroge, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, pp.127-142. ISBN: 978-3-86309-811-7).
4. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. Problematising the use of the Bible in the Human sexuality and Pentecostal spirituality debate, (in Kaunda, Chammah (ed.), Genders, Sexualities and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19-34. ISBN: 9783030423957).
5. Lovemore Togarasei, 2020. “And it came to pass….” (The Book of Mugabe 3:1), (in Chitado, Ezra (ed.), Personality Cult and Politics in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, Taylor and Francis, pp.102-115. ISBN).

Articles in refereed journals

1. Rantsudu Polokelo and Togarasei, Lovemore, 2020, Ecclesiological questions arising from the appropriation of social media by Christians, BOLESWA: Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy Vol 5:2, 62-73.
2. Togarasei, Lovemore, 2020, State as patriarch and biblical discipline: theorising state sponsored violence in Zimbabwe, African Identities, DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2020.1813549
3. Togarasei, Lovemore, 2019. Paul’s “Thorn in the Flesh” and Christian Mission to People Living With Disabilities, International Review of Missions 108 :1, 136-147.
4. Togarasei, Lovemore, 2017. Parenting as Paul’s preferred style/model of leadership: some insights for Christian leadership in communities of faith, Scriptura 116:1, 1-15
5. Togarasei, Lovemore, 2017, The prophet and divine manifestation: on the translation of ‘prophet’ in the Shona Union Bible, Old Testament Essays 30:3, 819-832.Contact detailsE-mail: togaraseil@zou.ac.zw or ltogarasei@gmail.com

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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.