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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Religion and Climate Change: SDGs and Dimensions of Food Security in Africa -- Chapter 1: Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa -- Introduction -- The Context -- Conceptualizing Definitions and Relationships -- Climate Change -- Food Security and Food Sovereignty -- Religion, Nutrition, and Gender -- Climate-Related Conflicts and Food Insecurity -- The Pillars of Food Security -- Africa's Greater Vulnerability to Climate Change -- Tentative Definition of Religion -- Scholarship on Religion, Climate, and Food Security -- This Volume -- Our Main Contribution -- Chapters in this Volume -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Prophetic Action, Climate Change, Food Security, and SDG 2 in Africa -- Introduction -- Prophetic Action and Climate Change in Africa -- Prophetic Action and Food Security in Africa -- Prophetic Action and SDG 2 in Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Interfacing Gender, Religion, Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: An African Ecofeminist Perspective -- Introduction -- Research Methodology -- Ecofeminist Framework -- African Ecofeminism -- Gender, Climate Change and Food Security -- Religion and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- Religion and Gender Equality -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Food Availability, Accessibility, and Climate Change in Africa: Religion as a Transforming Structure-Process -- Introduction -- The State of Food Availability and Accessibility in Africa -- How Climate Change Contributes to Food Availability and Accessibility Issues in Africa -- The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework -- Religion as a Transforming Structure and Process -- Responding to Food Availability and Accessibility in Africa -- Conclusion -- References.
Chapter 5: Religious Perspectives on Climate Change and Food Security in Ghana -- Introduction -- Methodology -- SDGs, Climate Change and Food Security -- Climate Change and Food Security in Ghana -- Religion and Food Security in Ghana -- A Focus on Christianity and Food Security -- The Role of Christianity in Ensuring Food Security and Climate Action in Ghana -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Religion, Climate Change and Aspects of Food Insecurity in Africa -- Chapter 6: Rastafari, Climate Change and Crop Failure in Africa -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology -- Rastafari: A Historical Overview -- Rastafari Views on Land Use and Food Systems Stability in Africa -- Rastafari Perceptions on Climate Change, Food (in) Security/Crop Failure in Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Catholicism, Climate Change and Pests in Africa -- Introduction -- Climate Change, Insect Pests and Crop Loss in Africa -- The Catholic Social Teaching Framework -- The Catholic Church and Pest Management in Africa -- Future Interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Farming God's Way and Climate Change in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Foundations for Farming and the Bible -- Pfumvudza as Farming God's Way -- Diagnosis of Africa's Poverty -- Africa Needs Christ -- Africa Must Learn to Make Profit -- Farming on Time Solves Poverty -- Farming to a High Standard Ends Poverty -- Farming Without Wastage -- Farming with Joy -- Faith and Faithfulness Lead to Fruitfulness -- Critique of Foundations for Farming -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Crop Diseases and Food Insecurity in Africa: A Hindu Perspective -- Introduction -- Sustainable Developmental Goals 1 and 2 -- Food Insecurity in Africa: An Overview -- African Perspective on Food Security and Crop Diseases -- Crop Diseases as Threat to Food Security in Africa.
Religion and Food -- Food and Its Importance in Hinduism -- Hindu Sacred Texts and Annam (Food) -- Ahimsa Versus Humans and Environment-Symbiotic Relation -- Vrikshayurveda: The Science of Plant Life -- Conclusion -- References -- Primary Sources -- Online References -- Chapter 10: Crop Diseases, Pests and Food Insecurity in Africa: An Islamic Perspective -- Introduction -- Crop Diseases, Pests and Food Insecurity in Africa -- Religion and Climate Change -- Conceptual Perspectives on Islamic Principles on Environment and Climate Change -- Islamic Teachings on Food Security -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Religion, Climate Change, Food Security and Human Flourishing -- Chapter 11: Indigenous Knowledge, Food (in) Security and Climate Change: A Case Study of Bota Reshupa (Herbal Porridge) Among the Ndau of South-Eastern Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Methodology -- Findings -- The Nature of Bota reshupa -- Indigenous Knowledge -- Bota reshupa: Ndau Perspectives -- Challenges That Affect the Efficacy of Bota reshupa -- Critical Reflections on Bota reshupa as a Food Security Safety Net -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Climate Change and Food Security: Perspectives from Bungoma County, Kenya -- Introduction: Food Crisis in Kenya -- A Note on Methodology -- Food Sovereignty and Food Security -- African Religious Worldview on Food Systems -- Indigenous Knowledge of Food Systems -- Impact of colonialism on Indigenous Food systems -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: African Women, Religion, Climate Change and Food Security in the Context of Pandemics -- Introduction -- African Women, Food Insecurity, Climate Change and Pandemics -- Religion as a Resource: African Women Negotiating Multiple Challenges.
Recommendations for Enhancing Religious African Women's Effectiveness to Respond to the Challenges Discussed -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Religion, Climate Change, Food Security and Shifting Vulnerabilities in Africa -- Chapter 14: Farming God's Way to Avert Crop Failure and Pests in Malawi -- Introduction -- Challenges that Farmers Encounter in Malawi -- How Farming God's Way Can Help Farmers to Achieve Food Security -- The Role of the Church in Actualizing Farming God's Way -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Religious and Cultural Drivers of the Feminization of Food Insecurity in South Africa: Contextualizing Ruth -- Introduction -- The Dire State of Food Insecurity in South Africa -- The Feminization of Food Insecurity in South Africa -- Christianity and Patriarchy -- Ecclesial Biblical Interpretation -- Interpreting the Story of Ruth Through the Lens of African Women's Theology -- The Story of Ruth -- An African Womanist Contextualization of Ruth Against the Backdrop of the Feminization of Food Insecurity -- Androcentric Interpretations -- Patriarchy and Male Hegemony -- Vulnerabilities and Agency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16: Faith-Based Organisations and Food Security and Sovereignty in Africa: A Critical Review -- Introduction -- Understanding the Concepts of Food Security and Sovereignty in Africa Over the Years -- Food Sovereignty -- Causes of Food Insecurity and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Africa -- The Importance of Food Security and Sovereignty in Africa -- Faith-Based Organisations and Food Security in Africa -- The Contribution of Faith-Based Organisations to Food Security and Sovereignty in Africa: A Critical Review -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Religion, Climate Change, Food Security and Resilience -- Chapter 17: Pentecostalism, Theology of Survival and Food Security in Zimbabwe.
Introduction -- The Theology of Election and Dominion -- Climate Change, Economic Challenges and Alternatives -- Capitalists under Religious Guise? -- A Critique on the Theology of Survival: Towards a Theology of Food Security and Holistic Flourishing in Zimbabwe's Pentecostalism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa: Religion, Food Security, and Resilience of Rural People in Ghana -- Introduction -- The Concept of Food Security -- Resilience -- Religion, Resilience, and Food Security -- Linking Rural Livelihood, Resilience, and Food Security -- The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Religion, Food Security, and Climate Change Mitigation: A Case of Luangwa Valley Women of Eastern Zambia -- Introduction -- Locating the Context and the Reality of Climate Change and Food Security in Luangwa Valley -- Ubuntu as a Theoretical Framework -- Brief Review of Related Literature -- Women's Actions to Mitigate Climate Change and Promote Food Security -- Water Harvesting, Crop Rotation, and Reclaiming the Seeds of the Former Generations -- Returning to Old Ways of Farming: Conservation Farming -- Nurturing Trees and Other Forms of Vegetation -- Livestock Rearing and Harvesting Wild Fruits -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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Religion, Climate Change, and Food Security in Africa
