Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht2017-02-132017-02-132017-04-062016Muzerengwa, E 2016, Marital Abuse of Zimbabwean Woman : a pastoral counselling, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58973>A2017http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58973Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.This is a strange phenomenon in the present day and yet is happening. This study unpacked the social, economic, cultural as well as religious factors that contribute to women staying in abusive relationships. Research has been carried out reporting that women stay in abusive relationships because of economic and social reasons, therefore this study has focused specifically on the cultural and religious reasons why women stay in these relationships. This study worked from a social- constructionist paradigm seeking to understand how within cultural and religious communities the role of men and women, marriage and how gender roles within marriages are understood, specifically from an African and Zimbabwean perspective. What cultural and religious discourse shapes this understanding and keeps so many women captive in abusive relationships? This is the main question that guided the study. The co-researchers of this study came from organisations who work with survivors of domestic violence.en© 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.Practical TheologyMarital AbuseZimbabwean WomanPastoral counsellingAbusive relationshipsAfricanCulturalReligious communitiesRole of men and womenMarriageGender rolesTheology theses SDG-03SDG-03: Good health and well-beingTheology theses SDG-05SDG-05: Gender equalityTheology theses SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsDissertation