BiAS 7 – The Bible and Politics in Africa
(poor), plunder of national resources, dictatorship, tyranny, racism,
alleged vote buying and vote rigging, rape, torture, repressive laws, cor-
ruption, intimidation, murder, abductions, militarization of state institu-
tions and bizarre taxation basing their actions on propagandistic inter-
pretation (eisegesis) of Rom 13:1-7. The church ought to be prophetic by
being the voice of the voiceless, the home of the homeless, the hope of
the hopeless and liberate the oppressed. Following the above discussion,
it is imperative to have a paradigm shift in theological (or seminary) and
Christian education (catechism) by encouraging the introduction and
emphasis of topical and contextually relevant course like Religion and
Governance, Democracy and human rights, as well as Bible and Politics
in order to demystify or demythologize long standing political, cultural
and religious presuppositions that may deter good or democratic gov-
ernance in Africa and Zimbabwe in particular.
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