The discrimination of women is not a yesteryear phenomenon nor is it confined to one locality. To the dismay of many, however, this discrimination has often been the result of a certain interpretation of the Bible which itself undeniably is a product of a patriarchal world, of elite male religious specialists whose views created the dominant theological perspectives. Thus, where women are presented in the text, it is through male eyes and for purposes determined by male authors and one such case is the presentation of the Queen Mother, Jezebel by the Deuteronomist. This book offers an...

Death since time immemorial remains one of the greatest challenges that humanity is faced with hence, the attempt to mitigate it through ritual activity. The failure to conduct such rituals leaves deaths strike unanswered, letting thus mortality to have the last word. This work looks at the burial rituals of the Jews and the Shona as a case study and the author explores some aspects which are shared in common. He succeeds in arguing that the similarities are not a coincidence but bear testimony to a common origin. He dwells on three theories to advance this thesis, the Lemba theory, the...