Dr Nomatter Sande

Research Associate (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

Biography

Dr Nomatter Sande is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow University https://rastay.org/home/ He holds a PhD in Religion and Social Transformation from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa and has been a Research Fellow at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His expertise lies at the intersection of religion, migration, disability and gendered spaces. He has published extensively on African religions, including African traditional religions, African Pentecostal Christianity and liberation theologies in the African context and diaspora in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Religion in Africa and the Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa.His monograph "African Churches Ministering 'to and with' Persons with Disabilities: Perspectives from Zimbabwe." (Routledge, 2023) engages with the Christian church traditions and disability issues in Africa. He has also contributed to edited books, including Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe: Implications for Economic Development (2022), Interfaith Networks and Development (2022) and Religion and Inequality in Africa (2023). The interdisciplinary nature of his research allowed him to synthesise insights from religious studies, theology, sociology and anthropology, shaping a holistic perspective on the role of religion in shaping societies undergoing profound changes.

Research interests

Religion

Global migration

Disability

Gendered spaces

African Diaspora and Transnationalism

Research groups

Social Anthropology & Migration

Publications

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Number of items: 34.

2025

Sande, Nomatter (2025) Religious diversity: elusive dilemmas in the United Kingdom. E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 11(4), pp. 138-151. (doi: 10.38159/erats.20251143)

Sande, Nomatter (2025) Building homes in Babylon: Jeremiah 29: 4–7 and African diasporic activism in the UK. Genealogy, 9(2), 47. (doi: 10.3390/genealogy9020047)

2024

Sande, Nomatter (2024) The Spirit, theological training, and PhD/DPhil acquisitions in African Pentecostal churches. In: Titles Without Merit: Interrogating the Fake Doctorate Phenomena. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781666963403

Sande, Nomatter (2024) African diaspora Pentecostals deliverance practices and the lived reality in the United Kingdom. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 5(16), pp. 3057-3066. (doi: 10.38159/ehass.202451630)

Sande, Nomatter (2024) Theologies for the welfare of the church ministers: insights from Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe. E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 10(13), pp. 467-476. (doi: 10.38159/erats.202410134)

Sande, Nomatter (2024) Theologies of women’s submission and the COVID-19 pandemic. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 80(2), a10083. (doi: 10.4102/hts.v80i2.10083)

Sande, Nomatter and Sophia Chirongoma, Sophia (2024) The COVID-19 pandemic and gender-based violence in Zimbabwe. In: Munyiswa, Isaiah, Mateveke, Pauline and Chitando, Ezra (eds.) COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe: Women's Pandemic Experiences and Lessons for the Future. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781032799285 (doi: 10.4324/9781003494546-2)

Sande, Nomatter (2024) Women mental health illness and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: a gendered perspective. Pharos Journal of Theology, 105(4),

Sande, Nomatter (2024) Ecology and theology together within African Pentecostals worship liturgy. Acta Theologica, 44(1), pp. 227-245. (doi: 10.38140/at.v44i1.7846)

Ringson, John and Sande, Nomatter (2024) “Spare the rod and spoil the child (Proverbs 13:24): cultural hermeneutical contestations on childhood maltreatment in Zimbabwe”. In: Marevesa, Tobias, Madzokere, Nyasha, Togarasei, Lovemore and Meyer, Billy (eds.) Contemporary African Perspectives on the Bible. Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, pp. 275-288. ISBN 9783031541674 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-54168-1_13)

Sande, Nomatter (2024) African Pentecostal spiritual men in the United Kingdom. In: Chitando, Ezra, Mlambo, Obert Bernard, Mfecane, Sakhumzi and Ratele, Kopano (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities. Springer International Publishing: Cham, pp. 463-475. ISBN 9783031491665 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-49167-2_24)

Sande, Nomatter and Chitando, Ezra (2024) African scholarship on African Pentecostalism in diasporic contexts: an overview. In: Chitando, Ezra, Togarasei, Lovemore and Maseno, Loreen (eds.) African Pentecostalism from African Perspectives, Volume 1: Methods. Series: Christianity and renewal - interdisciplinary studies. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 217-231. ISBN 9783031698835 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-69884-2_12)

Sande, Nomatter and Mujinga, Martin (2024) Beyond xenophobia or Afrophobia: strategies and solutions. In: Mlambo, Obert Bernard and Chitando, Ezra (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa. Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, pp. 1071-1085. ISBN 9783031407536 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_52)

Sande, Nomatter and Muyambo, Amos (2024) Changing contexts, changing violence patterns? The case of African diaspora women. In: Mlambo, Obert Bernard and Chitando, Ezra (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa. Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, pp. 909-923. ISBN 9783031407536 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3_43)

2023

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391, Ringson, John and Chirongoma, Sophia (2023) ‘Collective intelligence’ a precursor for multidisciplinary research in Africa: an appreciative inquiry perspective. In: Marevesa, T., Jakaza, E. and Mavengano, E. (eds.) Multidisciplinary Knowledge Production and Research Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 103-119. ISBN 9783031355318 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35531-8_7)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2023) The Moral Dimension of Development in Zimbabwe. In: Okyere-Manu, Beatrice, Morgan, Stephen Nkansah and Nwosimiri, Ovett (eds.) Contemporary Development Ethics from an African Perspective. Series: Philosophy and politics - critical explorations (vol.27). Springer: Cham, pp. 79-92. ISBN 9783031328978 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-32898-5_6)

Ringson, John and Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2023) Misconceptions of contraceptive medical technologies on children born with disabilities in Zimbabwe: African traditional and religious ethical perspective. In: Baikady, Rajendra, Sajid, S.M., Nadesan, Varoshini, Przeperski, Jaroslaw, Islam, M. Rezaul and Gao, Jianguo (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 1-19. ISBN 9783030876241 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_394-1)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Nyadzo, Silas (2023) Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe. In: Muyambo, Tenson, Sibanda, Fortune and Chitando, Ezra (eds.) Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe. Routledge. ISBN 9781003388630 (doi: 10.4324/9781003388630-11)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2023) Contested interpretations: the case of Zimbabweans in the diaspora in the United Kingdom responding to the new dispensation. In: Chitando, Ezra, Togarasei, Lovemore and Tarusarira, Joram (eds.) Religion-Regime Relations in Zimbabwe: Co-operation and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN 9781003332435 (doi: 10.4324/9781003332435-14)

Pindukai Humbe, Bernard, Chirongoma, Sophia and Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2023) Hate speech within the electoral political processes in Zimbabwe. In: Mavengano, E. and Chirongoma, S. (eds.) Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Volume 1. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031271397 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-27140-3_9)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Makamure, Clemence (2023) Signs of the times- thinking anew Christian nationalism in Zimbabwe. In: Manyonganise, Molly (ed.) Religion and Health in a COVID-19 Context: Experiences from Zimbabwe. Series: Bible in Africa studies 36 - Exploring Religion in Africa 11. University of Bamberg Press, pp. 49-70. ISBN 9783863099114

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Makamure, Clemence (2023) Chihera’s matriarchal traits: a mirror of reverse patriarchy. In: Chitando, E., Chirongoma, S. and Nyakudya, M. (eds.) Chihera in Zimbabwe. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 319-334. ISBN 9783031124655 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12466-2_18)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2023) Diaspora African communities, religion and inequality. In: Religion and Inequality in Africa. Series: Bloomsbury studies in Black religion and cultures. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350307377

Sande, Nomatter (2023) Going beyond christian doctrinal disability discourses to embrace human rights in Zimbabwe. African Disability Rights Yearbook, 11, pp. 54-69.

2022

Muyambo, Tenson, Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Tendere, Jane (2022) ‘Wash and pray’: the nexus of African Christianity and science in the context of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe. Journal of Religion in Africa, 52(3-4), pp. 348-373. (doi: 10.1163/15700666-12340234)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2022) African Churches Ministering “to and with” Persons with Disabilities: Perspectives from Zimbabwe. Routledge. ISBN 9781032183855 (doi: 10.4324/9781003256335)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Maforo, Byron (2022) Hate speech as a politico-religious tool in contemporary Zimbabwe. Journal of Religion in Africa, 51(3-4), pp. 348-363. (doi: 10.1163/15700666-12340210)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2022) African Christian traditions as contemporary sources for African knowledge production systems impacting development in Zimbabwe. In: Muyambo, Tenson M., Hlatywayo, Anniegrace M., Sithole, Pindai M. and Mawere, Munyaradzi (eds.) Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in 21st Century Africa: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions for Conviviality and Sustainability. Langaa RPCIG, pp. 399-416. (doi: 10.2307/j.ctv2gs4grp.24)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Nyadzo, Silas (2022) Spirit-led missions: an African Pentecostal missions theology in diasporic contexts. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 31(1), pp. 133-151. (doi: 10.1163/17455251-bja10029)

Zhou, Sindiso, Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Landa, Nhlanhla (2022) Reflecting on women's voices in the anti-gender-based violence discourse in Zimbabwean music. In: Chitando, Ezra, Chirongoma, Sophia and Manyonganise, Molly (eds.) Gendered Spaces, Religion and Migration in Zimbabwe: Implications for Economic Development. Routledge: London, pp. 98-112. ISBN 9781003317609 (doi: 10.4324/9781003317609-9)

2021

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Chirongoma, Sophia (2021) Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 77(2), a6619. (doi: 10.4102/hts.v77i2.6619)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Maforo, Byron (2021) Pastoral ministry from the margins: pastors’ wives in Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 47(2), 8121. (doi: 10.25159/2412-4265/8121)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 and Ringson, John (2021) Do persons with disability need healing? An African Pentecostal perspective within the selected African Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 30(1), pp. 162-180. (doi: 10.1163/17455251-bja10016)

Sande, Nomatter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-8391 (2021) The impact of technologies on African religions: a theological perspective. In: Okyere-Manu, Beatrice Dedaa (ed.) African Values, Ethics, and Technology: Questions, Issues, and Approaches. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 247-261. ISBN 9783030705497 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-70550-3_15)

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