West, Gerald O.Gerald O.West2025-02-132025-02-132025978-3-98989-042-8https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/106057In honouring the work and life of Ezra Chitando, this essay situates itself within the trajectory that he has helped establish with respect to African masculinities. This essay extends the construction of biblical and African masculinities beyond the realm of culture to the realm of economics. The essay offers a conceptualisation of ‘econo-patriarchy’, in which economic systems are intersected with patriarchal systems. Three biblical texts from the books of Samuel and Kings are read trans-textually, recognising econopatriarchal resonances across them. The final section of the essay, in which I engage with the work of other African biblical scholars alongside my own work, reflects on the usefulness of the concept ‘econo-patriarchy’ to ongoing biblical and theological work concerning African masculinities.eng-230bookpart