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Handing over the baton : Re-examining curricula on masculinities for Africa’s Youth
Kilonzo, Susan Mbula (2025): Handing over the baton : Re-examining curricula on masculinities for Africa’s Youth, in: Molly Manyonganise, Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Linda Naicker, u. a. (Hrsg.), Religion, Gender and Masculinities in Africa : Essays in Honour of Ezra Chitando, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 123–143, doi: 10.20378/irb-106040.
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Religion, Gender and Masculinities in Africa : Essays in Honour of Ezra Chitando
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2025
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978-3-98989-042-8
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English
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This paper focuses on the responsibility of scholars in the fields of religion and theology to use their platforms to develop curricula on religion and masculinities that can educate future generations. Additionally, it interrogates how church teachings shape young boys' understanding and adoption of transformed masculinities. These two areas of focus—curricula development and church teachings—are intended to illustrate both theoretical and practical approaches. Literature in religious studies does not always demonstrate how young men and women benefit from the study of African masculinities. In churches, such training and sermons often target adults and couples, rather than youth. The key research question for this paper is: How do Christian churches and tertiary education curricula transmit knowledge of masculinities and build capacity for youth? Ezra Chitando has been instrumental in promoting scholarship on masculinities within marginalized groups, and this paper responds to his call by conducting a critical literature analysis. It explores how knowledge and understanding of masculinities are appropriated in churches and educational institutions. This chapter will exemplify ways in which these avenues can build the capacity of young men (and women) for embracing transformed masculinities and femininities.
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Subsaharisches Afrika
Jugend
Männlichkeit
Kirche
Curriculum
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Chitando
Curricula, Mainstreaming
Masculinities
Masculinity Studies
Religious Studies
Youth
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
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February 13, 2025
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