A Hermeneutical Challenge in the Fight against hiv and aids in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church

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" A Hermeneutical Challenge in the Fight against hiv and aids in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church "
Richard Tafara Nenge

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067009
Doc. No	:	LA110638
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341274‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Richard Tafara Nenge
Title & Author	:	A Hermeneutical Challenge in the Fight against hiv and aids in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church [Article]\ Richard Tafara Nenge
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	42/3
Page No	:	252–266
Abstract	:	This paper addresses the unique religious beliefs and practices of a prominent church in Zimbabwe, the Johane Marange Apostolic church. The Johane Marange Apostolic Church resists internationally accepted biomedical practices and social-cultural interventions in the fight against hiv and aids. The church resists these practices and interventions primarily because of its traditional Biblical interpretation. This paper argues that the church’s rejection of biomedicine and its promotion of deleterious marriage practices hamper Zimbabwe’s fight against aids. It advocates for a paradigm shift in the religious beliefs and practices of the Johane Marange Apostolic church including the valuing of girls’ and women’s education as part of the solution to overcome aids. This paper addresses the unique religious beliefs and practices of a prominent church in Zimbabwe, the Johane Marange Apostolic church. The Johane Marange Apostolic Church resists internationally accepted biomedical practices and social-cultural interventions in the fight against hiv and aids. The church resists these practices and interventions primarily because of its traditional Biblical interpretation. This paper argues that the church’s rejection of biomedicine and its promotion of deleterious marriage practices hamper Zimbabwe’s fight against aids. It advocates for a paradigm shift in the religious beliefs and practices of the Johane Marange Apostolic church including the valuing of girls’ and women’s education as part of the solution to overcome aids.
Descriptor	:	hermeneutics
Descriptor	:	hiv and aids
Descriptor	:	Johane Marange Apostolic Church
Descriptor	:	marriage
Descriptor	:	religious beliefs
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1572543X-12341274‬