A Theological Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:11–15 and its Implications for HIV/AIDS as a Gendered Epidemic in Zimbabwe

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Peter Masvotore, Annamore Zimunya
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his article is an analysis of 1 Timothy 2:11–15 and its implication for HIV/AIDS as a gendered epidemic in Zimbabwe. The aim of this study is to examine the role of this text in perpetuating attitudes that precipitate susceptibility of women to HIV/AIDS infection. It employs a desk research method and African feminist framework as lenses to examine the text for its applicability in the African context. The study comes to three conclusions. First, if the behaviour prescribed for women in the text under examination is applied in today’s context, it exposes women to HIV infections. Second, the Bible and some of the Zimbabwean cultures collude in the subjugation and manipulation of women. Third, there is a need to liberate both the biblical text and the receiving culture in an effort to protect women from vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections, including susceptibility to HIV infection. The article concludes by asserting that, though 1 Timothy 2:11–15 is often categorised as a “text of terror”, it can be an asset in curbing HIV/AIDS in men as well as women if it is read and interpreted in a liberating way – a gender-sensitive and HIV/AIDS-aware reading and interpretation. Keywords: Emancipation, Gendered Epidemic, Gender-sensitive, HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Vulnerability
提摩太前书2:11-15的神学分析及其对艾滋病毒/艾滋病作为一种性别流行病在津巴布韦的影响
他的文章分析了提摩太前书2:11-15及其对艾滋病毒/艾滋病作为一种性别流行病在津巴布韦的影响。这项研究的目的是审查这一案文在使妇女易受艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染的态度永久化方面的作用。它采用书桌研究方法和非洲女权主义框架作为镜头来检查文本在非洲背景下的适用性。这项研究得出了三个结论。首先,如果正在审查的文本中为妇女规定的行为适用于今天的情况,它将使妇女容易感染艾滋病毒。第二,《圣经》和津巴布韦的一些文化勾结在一起,奴役和操纵妇女。第三,有必要解放圣经文本和接受文化,以努力保护妇女免受性传播感染的脆弱性,包括对艾滋病毒感染的易感性。文章的结论是,尽管提摩太前书2:11-15常被归类为“恐怖文本”,但如果以一种解放的方式阅读和解释——一种对性别敏感和艾滋病毒/艾滋病意识的阅读和解释——它可以成为遏制男性和女性感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的资产。关键词:解放,性别流行病,性别敏感,艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病,脆弱性
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