Theology, Gender Ideology and Masculinity Politics A Discussion on the Transformation of Masculinities as Envisioned by African Theologians and a Local Pentecostal Church

As a result of the HIV epidemic, masculinities in sub-Saharan Africa have become problematised. There is called for a transformation of masculinities. But what is strategies proposed by, on the one hand, some African theologians and, on the other hand, a local Pentecostal church. The fundamental difference is that the church seeks to transform masculinity within a patriarchal framework while the theologians envision a transformation of masculinity beyond patriarchy, towards a reality called “gender justice”. The article critically analyses and discusses the different masculinity politics and makes a constructive contribution to the debate by providing an eschatological perspective to the transformation of masculinities.