PROF TAPIWA PRAISE MAPURANGA
DPhil (UZ 2010); MA (UZ 2002); BA HONS ( UZ 2000)
Department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy
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Research Profile
Area of Specialization: Phenomenology/ Religion and Gender
Research Focus/Area: Phenomenology of Religion, Religion and Gender, Gender and Sexuality, Religion, Gender and HIV.
Research Fellowships:
Swedish Theological Institute on The International Study Course, “Building Peace and Living Reconciliation, a Shared Responsibility of Men and Women”, Jerusalem, Israel, 2016.
APSA Africa Workshop on Religion and Politics, Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. 2013
OSSREA PhD Refresher Course on Methodology Training, Uganda. 2013.
Gender and Sexualities. CODERSRIA/SEPHIS workshop Dakar, Senegal. 2010.
DAAD Summer Academy on ‘Religion and Order in Africa’ Bayreuth, Germany 2010.
Gender Institute on Higher education. CODESRIA. 2009.
Research Contracts:
Nagel institute: Social Science Program; Religious Innovation and Competition, 2016.
The Other Foundation: Honey Bee Grant; Same Sex Relationships, 2016.
CODESRIA: National Working Group; Pentecostalism and Women Entrepreneurship in Harare, 2015.
The Other Foundation: Namaqualand Daisy Grant, 2014 .
Guggenheim Foundation: Small Research Grants on Change and Violence, 2013.
IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions) African Trust Fund, 2011.
CODESRIA- Small Grants For Thesis Writing, 2006.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
RS3490 Introduction to Women in Religion
RS 3500 Women in Religion
RS 3550 Introduction to Sociology of Religion
RS3560 Sociology of Religion
HRS0450 Introduction to Women in Religion
HRS0460 Introduction to Women in Religion
Postgraduate:
MRS 588: History of the Study of Religion and Gender
MRS 589 Method in the Study of Religion and Gender
MRS 590: Major themes in the Study of Religion and Gender
MARS 535:Religion and Gender in African Traditional Religions
MARS 536: Religion and Gender in Selected Traditions
MARS 537: Religion, Gender and HIV & AIDS
MARS 538: Biblical Studies and Women issues in Africa