Money Dwells in the Spiritual Pocket! The Gospel of Prosperity and the Empowerment of Women through Talents/Matarenda among ZAOGA FIF Adherents in Gweru, Zimbabwe Gilbert Tarugarira and Annah Moyo

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Annah Moyo
Gilbert Tarugarira

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Empowerment, networks, ethical standards, gender, thrift, Third World mentality, gospel of prosperity

Abstract

Some religious movements have instilled a creative and innovative spirit among their adherents. This spirit is coupled with hard work and the inculcation of skills towards making a better life for themselves and their families. Referring to the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa – Forward in Faith (ZAOGA FIF), this essay explores how this church organization has instilled hard work, frugality, and penultimate economic empowerment among its followers through Talents/Matarenda. The essay has employed the
Empowerment Framework of Longwe and Clarke (1994) as an analytical tool to unpack the church’s approach towards the empowerment of women. It has established positive changes in people’s quality of life amidst conflicts and compromises between the maintenance of religious ethical standards and the primacy of the economic motives in the adherents’ quest for material wealth.

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