Full CV - Kenyatta University

ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE FORM
1.
Personal Data
Name: Julius Gathogo
Title/Qualifications: PhD, Post Doc
Department/Unit/Section: Philosophy and Religious Studies
Contact Address: Kenyatta University, Mombasa Campus, P. O Box 16778, Mombasa,
80100 Kenya
Position (from September 4, 2014): Senior Lecturer
Area of Specialization: Ecclesiastical History, comparative religions and Philosophical and
political Theology
Research Interests: Reconstructive impact of African Heritage, political theologies/histories,
contemporary theologies/histories, impacts and contributions of religions/philosophies to
Society
Cell phone: 0738 909 182 and 0723 332 643
Email: [email protected] Others are: [email protected] and/or
[email protected] and [email protected]
Tweeter address: @jumgathogo Skype name: jumgathogo
2.2 Research and teaching interest
As a keen researcher on in contemporary theo-ethical trajectories, I am interested in Philosophy and Sociology of
Religion, Comparative religions, Historical theologies, Political histories, Contemporary theologies, African
theologies (African women‟s, Reconstruction, Prosperity, Afro-Pentecostalism etc), Asian (Filipino, Waterbufalo,
Mujerista, Burakumin etc), liberation theologies (such as Latinos, African, Black, Womenist etc) and their
(ir)relevance to our globalised world.
Other Research Interests

Social Ethical and Philosophical issues facing the modern society

African Culture and Social Development;

Globalization and African Renaissance in socio-religious perspective;

Gender perspectives in Development;

Human Rights and Social Development;

Politics, Human Security and Development;

Environment and Development - their interface with religion;

Theories of Development in relation to religion

Religion and its contribution to society
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
Participation in Workshop/Conferences:

Conducted a workshop on “Leadership and Resource Mobilization” at ACK Likoni Guest House,
th
st
Mombasa, for Clergy of Mbeere Anglican Diocese, 20 to 21 , November 2014.

Attended a joint workshop between St Paul's University and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, at
th
St Julian's Guest House and Conference, Limuru, Kenya (July 1 to 7 July 2013).
th
th

Attended a workshop in Kenyatta University held between 28 May and 14 November 2013 and
successfully completed the course on TEACHING METHODOLOGY and which covered: Teaching Methodology;
Setting of Examinations; Administration of Examinations; and Marking and Analysis of Scores.
Conference Presentations
S/No Presenter
Title of Paper
presented
1
Dr Julius
The use of French
Gathogo
Language in Albert
Schweitzer‟s Works
City/Country
Date of Conference
Venue : Pretoria, South
Africa - Unisa, Room 9
Sunnyside Campus
for15-16 October 2015
Main Theme: “Legacies of
Albert Schweitzer considered”
1
Funding
(US$)
Not yet settled
1875 – 1965
and its Relevance for
Africa
13-15 August 2015
Main Theme: The history of
commemorations,
celebrations and
anniversaries
Not yet settled
st
Costs of
accommodation
and insurance
cover while in
Germany (Euro
30, 000)
covered by
Kirchentag
through public
funds
About
$ 1, 333
2
Dr Julius
Gathogo
Ecclesiastical and
Political Leaderships
in One Armpit:
Celebrating the Life of
Thomas Kalume
Annual Church History
Conference in South
Africa:
North-West University,
Potchefstroom city
3
Dr Julius
Gathogo
Discussion on global
challenges, culture,
education,
reconciliation and
economic
responsibility
Stuttgart, Germany
Attend the 35 German
Protestant Kirchentag
in Baden Württemberg
State in its capital city
Stuttgart
35 German Protestant
Kirchentag
Mau-Mau War and the
Church in Kirinyaga,
Kenya:
Accounting for the
Tension and Conflict
(1952-1960)
Education as the
Gateway to Success,
University of South
Africa, Pretoria city
14-16 August 2014.
Dr. Julius
Gathogo
4
Dr. Julius
Gathogo
5
6
Dr. Julius
Gathogo
7
Dr. Julius
Gathogo
8 Dr. Julius
. Gathogo
th
th
1 to 8 of June, 2015.
th
www.kirchentag.de/en/participate.html
Conference theme: Church,
War and Peace
Key note speech during Dates: 6 June May 2014
Canon Njumbi Mutira
Secondary Prize Giving
Day
Mutira/Kirinyaga
Central
st
Education as a
Key note speech at St.
Date: 31 May 2014
catapult for the
Mark‟s Girls Thumaita
marginal from the
during the Schools‟ Prize
periphery of the
Giving Day, Kirinyaga
Society
East
th
Discussant in Monicah Kenyatta
Date: 10 July 2014
Watiri King‟ori‟s MA
University/Nairobi
proposal defence, “The campus
PCEA and the Great
Commission in Tumu
Tumu, Mathira West,
Nyeri County Since
1908,”
Afro-Pentecostalism
Limuru, Kenya
May 28 - 30, 2014 at St Paul‟s
as the dominant
University, Limuru, Kenya. The
Ecclesiastical
theme of the conference is:
st
paradigm in the 21
"The Post-Colonial Church:
Century: The Kenyan
Theology, Identity and
Experience
Mission"
9
Dr. Julius
Gathogo
“Mau-Mau Factor in
Jesse Mugambi‟s
Scholarly Formation”
10
Dr Julius
Gathogo
“African indigenous
ways of environmental
preservation”
Karatina University, an
international
Conference on
Liberation Movements
University of the Free
State, Bloemfontein,
South Africa
2
th
th
About $ 250
About $ 250
About $166
Self-sponsored,
about $ 250
4 to 6 December 2013
Self-sponsored,
about $ 250
15-17 August, 2013
Deans
Committee, KU
funded return
ticket @ $ 1,
160
11
Dr Julius
Gathogo
“Reformist or an
inculturationist? Milkah
Muthoni‟s afroPentecostalism”
12
Dr Julius
Gathogo
“Diversity and
homogeneity in
African heritage”
13
Dr Julius
Gathogo
14
Dr Julius
Gathogo
“Emerging
Christianities and
Kenya‟s Coastal
region:
A socio-historical
perspective”
“The role of a Mkristo
man in contemporary
Kenya”
15
Dr Julius
Gathogo
16
Dr Julius
Gathogo
17
Dr Julius
Gathogo
18
Dr Julius
Gathogo
19
Dr Julius
Gathogo
20
Dr Julius
Gathogo
21
Dr Julius
Gathogo
“Milkah Muthoni
(1948-2009): A
Review Of AfroPentecostal Theology
of Pioneer Gospel
Singer in Central
Kenya”
“Men battering in
Kenya: a theophilosophical enquiry”
“Some Challenges in
Founding an African
Faith: Sampling Mutira
Mission, Kenya, 19072012”
“Training and
Retraining of Clergy in
Africa Today:
Challenges and
Prospects”
The Challenge of
Money and Wealth in
Some East African
Pentecostal
Churches,”
Discussant in David
Stephen Kioko‟s MA
proposal presentation,
“The Response of the
African Inland Church
to Politics in Masinga
District: 1963-2010,”
Discussant in Peter
Wambugu Muriithi‟s
presentation for his
Joint workshop
between
St Paul's University
and the University of
Cape Town, South
Africa,
at St Julian's Guest
House and
Conference, Limuru,
Kenya
Bandung Conference
and Book Launching
2013 in Davao City,
Philippines
A presented at
Pwani University, Kilifi,
Kenya
Key note speech for
Kenya Anglican Men
Association Fellowship
(KAMA)
at ACK Changamwe,
Mombasa, Kenya
at Carmelite Centre,
Langata (100 metres
after Tangaza college,
Langata South Road,
Nairobi, Kenya),
th
2nd – 6 July 2013
Partly sponsored by
the University of
Cape Town, South
Africa, roughly $1,
000
June 20, 2013
http://www.bandungspirit.
org/spip.php?
rubrique4
nd
22 April 2013
Ateneo De Davao
University
th
$ 200
$ 120
On Saturday 6 April
2013,
a symposium held on –
“Roho Christianity:
Pentecostalism in a
globalized African public
th
space” - on Thursday 6
th
to Sunday 9 December
2012
st
rd
1 to 3 August 2012
Partly self sponsored
about $ 1,250
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa
June 18-22, 2012
$ 3, 500
Mombasa, Kenya
29 August 2011
$250
Durban, South Africa
June 29 – July 1, 2011
$ 3, 500
Kenyatta Univ.,
Boardroom, Nairobi
15 March 2011
Kenyatta Univ.,
Boardroom, Nairobi
18 January 2011
Nairobi/Kenya
3
th
Self sponsored
about $ 1,250
th
N/A
th
N/A
22
Dr Julius
Gathogo
23
Dr Julius
Gathogo
24
Dr Julius
Gathogo
25
Dr Julius
Gathogo
26
Dr Julius
Gathogo
27
Dr Julius
Gathogo
28
Dr Julius
Gathogo
29
Dr Julius
Gathogo
30
Dr Julius
Gathogo
S/No
1
MA proposal,
“Rehabilitation of
Prisoners Through
Chaplaincy: A Case
Study of Embu and
Kamiti Prisoners in
Kenya,”
“Reconstructive
Hermeneutics in
African Christology,”
“Rehabilitating
Children in Our
Churches Today”
“The Early Attempts at
Ecumenical Cooperation in East
Africa: The Case of
Kikuyu Conference
1913”
“Causes and Methods
of Combating
Xenophobia in Africa
Today”
“The Birth of
Protestant Education
in Eastern Africa:
Sampling Johannes
Ludwig Krapf (18371872)”
“Beyond liberation and
inculturation
Christologies: A critical
appreciation of Diane
Stinton‟s Jesus of
Africa’”
“The Quest for
Religious Freedom in
the Colonial Kenya
(1887-1963)”
“Story-telling as a
methodology in doing
a theology of
reconstruction”
“Impact of Religion to
the Contemporary
Kenyan Society”
2. Researches
Researcher
Dr Julius Gathogo
th
th
University of South
Africa, Pretoria
5 to 8 October 2010
Ishiara,, Kenya.
closing speech during
the conference on
Sunday school for
Mbeere Anglican
Diocese, Kenya
University of North
West, Potchefstroom,
South Africa
1 September 2010
$250
August 16-18, 2010
$ 3, 500
Bishop
Institute,
Kenya
11 September 2009
$200
University of
Stellenbosch, South
Africa
22-26 June 2009
$4,000
UKZN-PMB, RSA
Sep 2009
$1,500
Pretoria, South Africa
14-16 January 2008
$ 3, 500
St. Augustine College,
Johannesburg, South
Africa
14 to 16
2007
EATWOT (Kenya
Chapter), St. Paul‟s
Limuru, Kenya
15 – 16
Hannington
Mombasa,
st
th
th
th
th
th
January
August 2002
$ 3, 500
$ 3, 500
$200
Year
Title
Donor
Funding
(US$)
2015
Women and MauMAU war of
independence in
Kirinyaga county of
Kenya (19521960): A gendered
analysis of social
Applied via
proposal to
CODESRIA in
March 2015
but no
response yet
Looking forward
to sponsorship
from any quarter
at the tune of $
15, 000
4
transformations in
mutating African
societies
2
Dr. Julius Gathogo
January to
October
2014
3
Dr. Julius Gathogo
June 2013
– April
2014
4
Dr Julius Gathogo
February
2014 to
June 2015
5
Dr Julius Gathogo
6
Dr Julius Gathogo
August
2013 –
August
2015
Jan –
August
2013
7
Dr Julius Gathogo
March –
April 2013
8
Dr Julius Gathogo
May 2013
to August
2014
9
Dr Julius Gathogo
NovemberDecember
2012
10
Dr Julius Gathogo
April to July
2012
11
Dr Julius Gathogo
June 1822, 2012
12
Dr Julius Gathogo
29
August
2011
th
The Mau-Mau
revolutionary war
and its resultant
conflict with the
Church in Kirinyaga
(1952-60)
General Chui wa
Mararo (1925 1956): Investigating
the Nature and
Circumstances
Behind the Capture
and Killing of the
Mau-Mau Leader
Retrieving the
Socio-Political
History of
Kirinyaga County,
Kenya (1963-2013)
The Plight Of The
Retired Clergy In
Mount Kenya
Region
African indigenous
ways of
environmental
preservation
Emerging
Christianities and
Kenya‟s Coastal
region:
A socio-historical
perspective
“The SocioReligious factors in
the Kikuyu
migration to the Rift
Valley of Kenya,
1900-1960s)
“Milkah Muthoni
(1948-2009): The
Quest for Refined
Faith”
“Men battering
phenomenon in
Kenya”
“Some Challenges
in Founding an
African Faith:
Sampling Mutira
Mission, Kenya,
1907-2012”
“Training and
Retraining of
Clergy in Africa
Today: Challenges
and Prospects”
5
Currently Selfsponsored but
more funding
being sought
Roughly
$ 2, 000
Selfsponsored
Roughly
$ 1, 200
Funding being
sought
Roughly
$ 23, 400 being
sought
Funding being
sought
Funding being
sought (roughly
$ 10, 000
needed)
Roughly
$ 3, 500
self –
sponsored
Joint funding
between self
and Pwani
University
$ 500
sponsorship
being sought
Roughly
$ 4, 000 needed
Self
sponsored
$ 1,250
Self
sponsored
$ 1,250
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre
$ 3, 500
College
facilitation
$250
13
Dr Julius Gathogo
June 29 –
July 1,
2011
14
Dr Julius Gathogo
5 to 8
October
2010
15
Dr Julius Gathogo
August 1618, 2010
16
Dr Julius Gathogo
11
September
2009
17
Dr Julius Gathogo
22-26 June
2009
18
Dr Julius Gathogo
Sep 2009
19
Dr Julius Gathogo
14-16
January
2008
20
Dr Julius Gathogo
14 to 16
January
2007
S/ No
3. Well-funded projects
Researcher
Year
1
Dr Julius
Gathogo
2010
2
Dr Julius
Gathogo
2009
3
Dr Julius
Gathogo
2009
th
th
th
th
th
“The Challenge of
Money and Wealth
in Some East
African Pentecostal
Churches,”
“Reconstructive
Hermeneutics in
African
Christology,”
“The Early
Attempts at
Ecumenical Cooperation in East
Africa: The Case of
Kikuyu Conference
1913”
“Causes and
Methods of
Combating
Xenophobia in
Africa Today”
“The Birth of
Protestant
Education in
Eastern Africa:
Sampling Johannes
Ludwig Krapf
(1837- 1872)”
“Beyond liberation
and inculturation
Christologies: A
critical appreciation
of Diane Stinton‟s
Jesus of Africa’”
“The Quest for
Religious Freedom
in
the
Colonial
Kenya
(18871963)”
“Story-telling as a
methodology in
doing a theology of
reconstruction”
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre
Andrew
Mellon
Fellowship
$ 3, 500
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre
$ 4, 500
Facilitation by
Bishop
Hannington
Institute,
Mombasa,
Kenya
Andrew
Mellon
Fellowship
$200
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre and
Andrew
Mellon
Fellowship
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre
University of
KwaZuluNatal
Research
Centre
$1,500
Title
Granting Body
Contemporary
trends in African
studies, for post
doctoral fellowship
Liberation and
reconstruction
University of
KwaZulu-Natal
Research Centre,
South Africa
Andrew Mellon PostDoctoral Fellowship,
USA
University of
KwaZulu-Natal
Research Centre,
Contemporary
trends in African
studies
6
Funding
(US$)
$18, 750
$18, 750
$18, 750
$ 4, 500
$4,500
$ 3, 500
$ 3, 500
South Africa
S/N
o.
4. Publications (peer-reviewed/refereed journals)
Author
Year
Title
1
Julius Gathogo
2015
2.
Julius Gathogo
2015
3
Julius Gathogo
2015
4
Julius Gathogo
and Moses
Masambah
Nthukah
2015
Julius Gathogo
2015
5
Journal
“The use of French Language
in Albert Schweitzer‟s Works
and its Relevance for Africa”
forthcoming
“Ecclesiastical and Political
Leaderships in One Armpit:
Celebrating the Life of
Thomas Kalume”,
forthcoming
“Francis Akanu Ibiam (1906 –
1995): Celebrating a Leader
who had a mission beyond
the Ecclesia”, forthcoming
“Overcoming poverty through
Faith Based
Organization‟s in Mbeereland of Kenya
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
ISSN
Reference
No.
1017-0499
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
1017-0499
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
1017-0499
Online International Journal of Arts and
Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 3440; April, 2015
22770852;
“Men battering as the new
form of domestic violence? A
pastoral care perspective
from the Kenyan context”
Practical Theology [Journal] in South
Africa, HTS Teologiese
Studies/Theological Studies, 71(3), 19, Art. #2795, 9 pages.
https://www.academia.edu/12239722/Overcomin
g_poverty_through_Faith_Based_Organisation_
s_in_Mbeere-land_of_Kenya
https://www.academia.edu/12332942/Men_battering
_as_the_new_form_of_domestic_violence_A_pastora
l_care_perspective_from_the_Kenyan_context
6
Julius Gathogo
2015
7
Hezekiah Murage
Muraya, Grace
Wamue-Ngare
and Julius
Gathogo
2015
8
Julius Gathogo
2014.
9
Julius Gathogo
and Margaret
Wanjiru (Karatina
University)
2014
ISSN:
0259-9422
(print)
ISSN:
2072-8050
(online)
“Reconstructive
Hermeneutics in
African
Christology”,
“Beliefs And Practices In
Ugo (Divination)
Intervention in African
Context: Case Studying The
Gikuyu Presbyterian
Christians Of Nyeri
Presbytery, Kenya (1908 –
2008)”
forthcoming
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological
Studies; Vol 71, No 3 (2015), 8 pages
Scriptura : International Journal of
Bible, Religion and Theology in
Southern Africa
ISSN
Print:
02541807
ISSN
Electronic:
2305445X
Book Review on:
“Gitari, David. 2014. Troubled
but not destroyed: The
autobiography of Archbishop
David Gitari. McLean, VA:
Isaac Publishing. ISBN 9780-9916145-4-7. 346 pp. No
price quoted.”
“The impact of gender on
orphans‟ self-esteem and
academic performance
among secondary school
students in Kirinyaga and
Nyeri Counties of Kenya”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Print versi
on ISSN
1017-0499
7
www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/download/
2660/pdf_1
Studia Hist.
Ecc. vol.40 n.2 Pretoria Dec. 2014,
pages 325-329
0259-9422
(print):
2072-8050
(online)
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_ar
ttext&pid=S1017-04992014000300020&lng=en
International Research Journal of Arts
and Social Sciences, Vol. 3(4) pp. 98103, November, 2014
http://www.interesjournals.org/irjass/november-2014vol-3-issue-4/the-impact-of-gender-on-orphans-selfesteem-and-academic-performance-amongsecondary-school-students-in-kirinyaga-and-nyericounties-of-kenya
14-055
Julius Gathogo
1.
Extremist or an
inculturationist? Retrieving
Milkah Muthoni‟s (1948-2009)
afro-Pentecostalism
“Theo-Political Dominance of
Afro-Pentecostalism in the
st
21 Century: Lessons From
the Kenyan Socio-Ecclesial
Experience,”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, May
2014, 40(1), 191-214
Mau-Mau War and the
Church in Kirinyaga, Kenya:
Accounting for the Tension
and Conflict (1952-1960)
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
December 2014, 40 (2): 19-41
“Women, Come And Roast
Your Own Ram!”
Recollections On Mau-Mau
General Chui Wa Mararo
(1927 - 1956)
The Oral History Journal of South
Africa, OHJSA 2(1)2014, pp. 102-120.
2013
“Afro-Pentecostalism and the
Kenyan political landscape”
Swedish Missiological Themes (SMT),
pp. 203 – 230
www.tidskrift.nu/artikel.php?Id=8919
0346217X
2013
“Environmental management
and African ancestral
resources: Echoes from
Mutira Mission, Kenya (19122012),”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Volume 39 Number 2, December
2013, pp 33-56
10170499
“Ecclesiastical Politics and
the Birth of an Empire in East
Africa (1844- 2010)”
Online International Journal of Arts and
Humanities Volume 2, Issue 6, pp. 173
– 181; July, 2013
2014
10
11
12
Julius Gathogo
Julius Gathogo
Julius Gathogo
2014
2014
2014
13
Julius Gathogo
14
1017-0499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/13707
US-China Law Review, Volume 11,
Number 11, November 2014, pages
1499 - 1515
https://www.academia.edu/9693224/AFROPENTECOSTALISM_IN_KENYA_IN_THE_TWE
NTY_FIRST_CENTURY
or/and
http://www.davidpublisher.com/Public/uploads/C
ontribute/55069fe4c11d8.pdf
15486605
Online
ISSN:
1930-2061
1017-0499
https://www.academia.edu/10178652/Mau-
Mau_War_and_the_Church_in_Kirinyaga_Kenya_Accountin
g_for_the_Tension_and_Conflict_1952-1960_
23095792
https://www.academia.edu/7485607/08_Gathogo
_1_Gen_Chui_wa_Mararo_pdf
2.
Julius Gathogo
3.
15
Julius Gathogo
4.
2013
22770852
http://onlineresearchjournals.org/
IJAH/pdf/2013/jul/Gathogo.pdf
16
Julius Gathogo
5.
2013
“Johana Njumbi (1886-1991):
the pioneer African Leader in
Mutira Mission”
The Oral History Journal of South
Africa (OHJSA), Vol. 1, No. 1,
September 2013, pp. 74 -95
23095792
https://www.academia.edu/7485934/Gathogo_ar
ticle_on_Njumbi_pp89-110
17
Julius Gathogo
6.
2013
18
Julius Gathogo
7.
2012
19
Julius Gathogo
8.
2012
“Unsung heroes and heroines
at Mutira Mission, Kenya
(1907-2012)”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Vol
39, No 1, pp.107-127
“Some Challenges in
Founding an African Faith:
Sampling Mutira Mission,
Kenya, 1907-2012,”
“Mutira Mission (1907-2011):
the birth of a Christian empire
in East Africa,”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Volume 38. No. 2. (December 2012),
81-99.
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/9972
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/8115
Studia Historiae
Ecclesiasticae, Volume 37 Number 3,
(December 2011), 171-194
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/5658
20
Julius Gathogo
9.
21
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/13127
or
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/131
27/Gathogo.pdf?sequence=1
2012
“Reconciliation Paradigm in
the Post Colonial Africa: A
Critical Analysis,”
Journal of Religion & Theology, Pa
Leiden, The Netherlands, 19 (2012),
74-91.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/rat/2
012/00000019/F0020001/art00004
8
ISSN
10230807 / EISSN
1574-
Julius Gathogo
10.
and Isabel Phiri
2012
22
“Iweto, Lelemama, Mashoga
and Nguiko: Same-sex
Sexuality
in
Kenya from an African
Spirituality and Ethics
Perspective,”
Journal of Gender and Religion in
Africa, JGRA 17.2, Special Issue,
2011, 143-159
3012
10255648
jgra.co.za/uploads/File/pdfs/journals/J
GRA_17.2.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/7563526/Samesex_union_articles_in_the_Journal_of_Religion_
and_Gender_in_Africa
Julius Gathogo
11.
2011
Julius 2.
Gathogo
12.
2010
23
24
Julius 3.
Gathogo
13.
2010
25
“The challenge of money and
wealth in some East African
Pentecostal Churches,”
“The Early Attempts at
Ecumenical Co-operation in
East Africa: The Case of
Kikuyu
Conference of 1913,”
“Mercy Oduyoye as the
Mother of African Women‟s
Theology,”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
September 2011, 37 (2), 133-151
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/5124
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, South
Africa, October 2010
XXXVI (2), 73 – 93
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4636
Thelogia Viatorum:
Journal of Theology and Religion in
Africa, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2010.
03784142
https://www.academia.edu/7504449/MERCY_O
DUYOYE_AS_THE_MOTHER_OF_AFRICAN_
WOMENS_THEOLOGY
Julius 4.
Gathogo
and Isabel Phiri
2010
26
14.
Julius 5.
Gathogo
and Kennedy
15.
Kinyua
2010
“A reconstructive motif in
South African Black
Theology in the twenty-first
century”
“Afro-biblical hermeneutics in
Africa today,”
27
Julius 6.
Gathogo
16.
2010
“The birth of Protestant
education in East Africa:
Sampling Johannes Ludwig
Krapf
(1810 –
1881)”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, South
Africa, July 2010 XXXVI, 185-206.
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4595
Churchman, UK, 131 (2), (2010): 251265
www.churchsociety.org/churchman/.../
Cman_124_3_Gathogo.pdf
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, South
Africa, (December 2009, XXXV
Supplement), 167 – 192
0009661X
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4547
28
2
Julius 7.
Gathogo
2
17.
2009
Julius 8.
Gathogo
18.
2009
“African theology of
reconstruction as a practical
theology for all,”
Practical Theology in South Africa, Vol
24 (2) (2009), 99 – 121.
“Reading John Calvin in
African Context: Any
relevance for social
reconstruction of
Africa?”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, South
Africa, (October 2009, XXXV), 219235.
“The Reason for Studying
African Religion in PostColonial Africa,”
Currents in Theology
and
Mission, Lutheran School of Theology
at Chicago, USA, (April 2009), 108117.
29
10108017
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC886
91
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4581
30
Julius 9.
Gathogo
19.
2009
31
00982113
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+reason+for+st
udying+African+Religion+in+postcolonial+Africa.-a0197998781
Julius 10.
Gathogo
and Isabel
20.Phiri
2010
“South
African
Black
Theology in the twenty-first
Century.”
http://nmz-mission.de
http://nmzmission.d
e
Julius 11.
Gathogo
and Isabel
21.Phiri,
2009
Xenophobia/Afrophobia in
post apartheid South Africa:
Theologia Viatorum, 33/2 (2009), 216241
03784142
32
9
Strategies for combat,”
https://www.academia.edu/7527974/XENOPHO
BIA_AFROPHOBIA_IN_THE_POST_COLONIAL_AFRICA_
STRATEGIES_FOR_COMBAT
“Some Expressions of African
Hospitality Today”
Scriptura 99 (2008), 275-287
“The Struggle Against
Patriarchalism in Kenya
(1980-1992,”
Studia Historiae
Ecclesiasticae, South Africa, (April
2008, XXXIV), 265-288.
33
Julius 12.
Gathogo
2
2009
34
Julius 13.
Gathogo
22.
2008
35
http://www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/script/script_v
99_a4.html
or/and
http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/66
9/666
02541807
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4523
Julius 14.
Gathogo
23.
2008
“The Quest for Religious
Freedom in Kenya (18871963)”
Julius Gathogo
2008
Julius 15.
Gathogo
2008
“Missionaries and Colonial
Authorities in Kenya,”
“The
Challenge
And
Reconstructive Impact Of
African Religion In South
Africa Today”
36
Studia Historiae
Ecclesiasticae, South Africa, XXXIV
(1), (July 2008), 67-92.
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4534
37
24.
38
Swedish Missiological Themes,
96 (1) (2008), 43-70.
Journal Of Ecumenical Studies,
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA,
43:4 Fall
(2008): 577-595.
0346217X
00220558
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=209
99047
Julius 16.
Gathogo
25.
2008
“The Tasks in African
Theology of Reconstruction,”
Julius 17.
Gathogo
26.
2008
“Genesis, Methodologies,
and Concerns of African
Theology of Reconstruction”
Swedish Missiological Themes, Vol.
96:2 (2008), 161-183.
0346217X
www.tidskriftsbutiken.se/issue/14678
Theologia Viatorum, South Africa, 32
(1), (2008): 23-62.
03784142
39
40
Julius 18.
Gathogo
27.
2008
“Christology in African
Women‟s Theology,”
https://www.academia.edu/7506298/GENESIS_
METHODOLOGIES_AND_CONCERNS_OF_AF
RICAN_THEOLOGY_OF_RECONSTRUCTION
African Theological Journal, Makumira,
Tanzania, ATJ, Vol. 31, No. 2, 20008),
75-92.
41
02539322
https://www.academia.edu/7486062/CHRISTOL
OGY_IN_AFRICAN_WOMENS_THEOLOGY
Julius 19.
Gathogo
3
1
28.
2008
Julius 20.
Gathogo
29.
2008
42
“The Use of Ancestral
Resources in Combating HIV
and AIDS: Mundurume’s
Task”
“African Philosophy as
Expressed in the Concepts of
Hospitality and Ubuntu,”
Journal of Constructive Theology,
South Africa, 131 (1), 5-24.
10255648
Journal of Theology for Southern
Africa, 130, (March 2008), 39-53.
00472867
“Revisiting African hospitality
in post-colonial Africa,”
Missionalia 35:2
- 130.
43
Julius 21.
Gathogo
2007
44
(August 2007): 108
02569507
www.sabinet.co.za/abstracts/mission/mission_v3
5_n2_a8.htm l
30.
Julius 22.
Gathogo
https://www.academia.edu/7527389/Gathogos_a
rticle_on_Ubuntu_and_African_hospitality
2007
31.
“Black Theology of South
Africa: Is this the hour of
paradigm shift?”
Black Theology: An international
Journal, UK, (BT 5.3), (November
2007), 327-354
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/43443
256/black-theology-south-africa-this-hourparadigm-shift
45
Julius 23.
Gathogo
32.
2007
“Story-telling as a
methodology in developing a
theology of reconstruction,”
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, South
Africa, May 2007 XXXIII (1), 155-186
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4476
Julius 24.
Gathogo
2007
“A survey of an African
Swedish Missiological Themes, Vol.
14769948
(print)
17431670
(online)
10170499
46
10
0346-
47
33.
Julius 25.
Gathogo
34.
95:2 (2007), 123-148.
217X
2007
Theology of Reconstruction
(ATOR),”
“The Significance of African
Religion in the Reconstruction
of Post Cold War Africa,”
Theologia Viatorum, South Africa, 31
(1), (December 2007): 43-71.
03784142
2007
“African Religion, Part 1.”
Churchman, UK, 121 (2), (2007): 163174.
0009661X
48
Julius 26.
Gathogo
35.
www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/churchman/12103_249.pdf
49
Julius 27.
Gathogo
4
1
36.
2007
“African Religion, Part 2.”
Churchman, UK, 121 (3), (2007): 249256.
0009661X
Julius 28.
Gathogo
2007
“Church and State Conflict in
Kenya (1986-1991),”
Swedish Missiological Themes, 95 (3)
(2007), 265-284.
0346217X
50
51
http://www.readbag.com/teol-uu-se-digitalassets6-6199-smt3-07
37.
Julius 29.
Gathogo
2007
“The History and Nature of
Gitari‟s Leadership Prowess,
1986-1991,”
2007
“David Gitari‟s Prophetic
Ministry in Kenya (19861991),”
52
38.
Julius 30.
Gathogo
39.
Churchman, UK, 121 (4), (2007), 333347.
www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/church
man/121-04_333.pdf
Studia Historiae
Ecclesiasticae, South Africa,
September 2007 XXXIII (2), 235 to
257.
0009661X
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4494
53
Julius 31.
Gathogo
40.
2006
“Jesse Mugambi‟s Pedigree:
Formative Factors,”
Julius 32.
Gathogo
41.
2006
“African religion and its
contribution in the post
Apartheid era (1994 -)”
African Theological Journal, Makumira,
Tanzania, ATJ Vol. 29 No. 2, (2006),
22-45.
02539322
Julius 33.
Gathogo
42.
2006.
Missionalia 34 (2/3) (August/November
2006), 420-423.
02569507
Julius 34.
Gathogo
43.
2006
“Kibicho, Samuel Gakuhi:
God and revelation in an
African context. Nairobi:
Acton.”
“African Hospitality, Part 1,”
0009661X
Julius 35.
Gathogo
44.
2006
“African Hospitality: Is it
Compatible with the Ideal
Christ‟s Hospitality?”
Churchman, UK, 120 (1), (2006), 3956.
www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/church
man/120-01_039.pdf
Swedish Missiological Themes, 94
(2006), 23-53.
Julius 36.
Gathogo
45.
2006
“African Hospitality, Part 2,”
54
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae,
XXXII (2), South Africa, (September
2006), 173-205.
10170499
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4407
55
56
57
58
0346217X
www.tidskriftsbutiken.se/issue/12496
1
0009661X
http://www.churchsociety.org/churchman/docum
ents/Cman_120_2_Gathogo2.pdf
59
S/No.
Churchman, UK, 120 (2), (2006), 145157.
5. Publications (chapters in books)
Author
Year
Chapter Title
Julius
Gathogo
2013
Book Title
“Fallacies in religion and the
beauty of appreciating the „other‟
– Forward”
11
In Willingtone Ouma Otieno,
Fallacies in Religious
Discourses: Religious
Falsehoods Revealed
(Lambert: Saabrucken, 2013),
5-7.
ISBN
Reference No.
978-3-84843808-2
2
Julius
Gathogo
2013
3
Julius
Gathogo
Julius
Gathogo
2013
4
2013
“The Quest for Refined
Christianity in African Context:
Reconsidering Milkah Muthoni
(1948-2009)”
“Men Battering In Kenya: A TheoPhilosophical Enquiry”
“Diversity and Homogeneity in
African Religious Discourses”
http://www.africas.asia/religiousdiversity-globalised-societychallenges-and-responses-africa-andasia
Roho Christianity:
Pentecostalism in a globalized
African public space
forthcoming
Domestic Violence
Forthcoming
Diversity in
Globalised Society and
Religious Diversity in Africa
And Asia
978-602-284031-2
5
Julius
Gathogo
2013
“The Use of Ancestral Resources
in Environmental Sustainability:
An East African Perspective,”
This book was launched on
th
20 June 2013 during the
Bundung
conference,
at
Ateneo De Davao University,
Davao city, Philippines
Handbook of
Theological Education in Africa
(WCC Publication).
6
Julius
Gathogo
2013
“Historical Developments of
Theological Education in Eastern
Africa,”
Handbook of
Theological Education in Africa
(WCC Publication), 28-46.
ISBN 978-1908355-19-5
ISBN 978-1920620-011
http://issuu.com/wordsbydesign/do
cs/handbook_of_theological_educ
ation_in_africa
7
Julius
Gathogo
2012
“„Chasing a Leopard out of the
Homestead‟: Mundurume’s Task
in the Era of HIV and AIDS”
www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/.../
Redemptive Masculinities.pdf
8
Julius
Gathogo
2012
“Post-Liberation Theology: A
Critical Appreciation,”
9
Julius
Gathogo
2011
“Foreword and Introduction of the
book,”
10
Julius
Gathogo
2011
“Christian Missions in the 19 and
th
20 Century Africa: Foreword and
Introduction”
11
Julius
Gathogo
2009
(Septe
mber).
“Meddling on to 2008: Any
Relevance for Gitari‟s Model after
Ethnic Violence?”
th
12
In Ezra Chitando and Sophie
Chirongoma, Redemptive
Masculinities: Men, HIV and
Religion, WCC Publication,
2012), 447-470
ISBN 978-99661056-2-2.
https://www.academia.edu/756354
0/A_voluminous_book_on_Redem
ptive_masculinities_in_the_era_of
_HIV_and_AIDS
In Isaac M. T. Mwase and
Eunice K. Kamaara (Eds)
2012. Theologies of Liberation
and Reconstruction: Essays in
Honour of Prof. J.N.K.
Mugambi, (Nairobi: Acton,
2012), 59-99.
in Robinson Kariuki Mwangi
2011. Practical impact of a
curriculum: 'HIV and AIDS:
Knowledge for intervention'
(Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP
LAMBERT Academic
Publishing), iv-vii.
In Ruri Karani
2011.
Culture versus Gospel in
Africa: Sampling Centennial
History of Mutira Mission,
Central Kenya
(19122012),
(Saarbrücken,
Germany: LAP LAMBERT
Academic Publishing), 1-17.
In Ben Knighton (ed), Religion
and Politics in Kenya: Essays
in Honour of a Meddlesome
Priest (Palgrave Macmillan),
143-154.
ISBN 978-9966888-67-5
ISBN 978-38454-7586-8
ISBN 978-38443-3378-7
9780230614871
S/No.
6. Individual Book Publications:
Author
Year
Book title
ISBN
Reference No.
Introduction to the Bible: A
978-3-659-48685-2
Simplified Guide to Biblical
Studies for Beginners
1.
Julius
Gathogo
2013
2.
Julius
Gathogo
2013
3
Julius
Gathogo
2013
4.
Julius
Gathogo
Julius
Gathogo
Julius
Gathogo
Julius
Gathogo
2013
8.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
Responsible Church Leaders in
Africa, pp. 132
9.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
2011 – Simplified Sociology for
Beginners, pp. 108 pages
10.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
Simplified Psychology for
Beginners, 80 pages.
978-3-8443-2640-6
11.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
The Pangs of Birth in African
Christianity, 476 pages.
978-3-8443-0606-4
12.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
Christ’s Hospitality From An
African Theological Perspective,
13.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
14.
Julius
Gathogo
2011
15.
Julius
Gathogo
2001
5.
6.
7.
S/No.
2012 2015
2012 2015
2011
200 pages
Home-Grown Religions:
A Guide to the Study of World's
Religions,
320 pages
Whimpers Of Africa: Lessons
From The Kenyan Context
324 pages
Celebrating Our Diversity:
Sermons in African Context
Patience Pays: On Oral
Narratives in Africa, forthcoming
Sociology of Religion: An African
Perspective, forthcoming
Mutira Mission: An African Church
Come of Age in Kirinyaga, Kenya
(1912-2012), Eldoret: Zapf
Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd.
202 Pages
African Hospitality From A
Missiological Perspective, 170
pages
Liberation And Reconstruction In
Africa,
476 pages
The Truth About African
Hospitality:
Is There
Hope For Africa? (Mombasa: The
Salt Productions)
8. Consultancy and community service
Consultant (s)
Consulting
Person/ Body/
Organization
Year
13
978-3-659-47387-6
978-3-659-46532-1
978-3-659-45438-7
9789966150684
978-3-8443-9155-8
978-3-8443-3372-5
978-3-8443-0323-0
978-3-8443-0006-2
978-3-8433- 9087-3
1200167237
Title
Consultancy
Service
Payment
(US$)
1
On Ethical issues
through radio
programmes.
Baraka FM Radio
Station, Mombasa,
Kenya
August
2012
onwards
a weekly
programme on
ethical issues
such as
gender based
violence,
reconciliation,
good
governance,
witchcraft,
environmental
concern etc.
To be settled
after
consulting
donors who
may be
interested to
sponsor the
programme
Audience/Kenyans
participate by
asking questions
every Thursday at
8 pm to 10 pm. In
turn I offer
consultancy
services
2
Board Member
Canon Njumbi Mutira
Mixed Secondary
School,
Since
May 6,
2011
Board Member
-
3
Board Member
Mutira Nursing Home
Director &
Board Member
-
4
Civic
responsibilities
Diirector
-
5
Counseling
services
Mashinani Uwezesho
Programme of East
Africa
Youths and students
Since
April
2011
Since
2008
S/No
1
2
3
4
Since 2005, invited in various institutions
9. Affiliation to Professional Bodies
Name of professional body
A member of Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSS)
A Member of EATWOT Kenya chapter
A member of Kenya Nonfiction and Academic Authors' Association (KENFAA)
Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA)
10.
S/No
1
2
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
Name of award or
Awarding Organization/Body
Recognition
Exemplary performance
Kenyatta University
Rated the overall best
lecturer in the 2011/2012
Staff Performance
Contracts Evaluation
Results
Conferred “Academic
Preceptor” for
successfully supervising
a Master of Philosophy
candidate through to
completion
th
Rated the 4 best lecturer
of Kenyatta University in
the 2010/2011 Staff
Performance Contracts
Evaluation Results
Kenyatta University
5
Won a Post Doctoral
Research Fellowship,
6
Won a Post Doctoral
University of KwaZulu-Natal Research
Centre, South Africa, 2010 (received
Ksh 1.5 million for research).
University of KwaZulu-Natal Research
3
4
Year
th
24 December
2014
2011/2012

Grade description Excellent
Certificate awarded by Saint Alcuin
House Seminary, USA
April 3, 2012
Kenyatta University
2010/2011

Comp. Score - 2,4733

Good
Grade description - V.
14
2010
2009
Research Fellowship,
7
Andrew Mellon PostDoctoral Fellowship,
USA,
8
Academic scholarship for
study
9
Academic scholarship for
study
Archbishop Award
10
11
Student-lecturer
evaluations, Kenyatta
University
Centre, South Africa, 2009
(received Ksh 1.5 million for research).
Won an Andrew Mellon PostDoctoral Fellowship, USA, for year
2009. Received 1.5 million Kenya
shillings
Won a John Stott Ministries
Scholarship, USA, (2004-2006) to
study PhD
Won a CMS Scholarship, London, to
pursue a two-year M.A programme
Won an Archbishop Award after
attaining a First Class Diploma in
theology, from St. Paul‟s University,
Limuru, and being the best student in
Kenya – during the 1994/95 academic
year
Rated Grade A (above 95% average)
2009
2004
2002 – 2003
1994/95
2009-2014
1.
LOCAL, REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
11.1. As PhDs Internal Examiner and other local and international appointments
1. Invited to join the RELIGION Working Group for the Bandung+60 Conference that will take place in
Indonesia on October 26-31, 2015
2. Appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of South Africa (UNISA), August 2014.
3. October 2013, internal Examiner on” “Bible and Impunity: Addressing Impunity in Kenya Through a PostColonial Reading of Authority in Mark 1:21-28” by Julius Kithinji Kiambi, a PhD candidate, School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Kenyatta University.
4. October 2012, internal Examiner on “The Role of Lamentation in African Biblical Hermeneutics: A PostColonial Reading of the Bible among Gikuyu People of Kenya (1963-2012)” by Joseph M. Wanjao, PhD
candidate, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kenyatta University.
5. Post doctoral research Fellow, 2008-2011, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, tasked to research
on a variety of topics, some of which were published as shown above.
6. 2013,My book, Home-Grown Religions: A Guide to the Study of World's Religions is being used as one of
the main Texts in the University of Kabianga and Karatina University, for Masters Students in Religious
studies.
11.2
Review of professional periodicals plus External/internal Examination (if any) plus/or/and other
academic assignments
1. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Modern/Charismatic Pentecostalism as a form of „religious‟ secularization in
Africa,” for Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA), an
accredited Journal at UNISA, South Africa, February 13, 2015.
2. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Oral history sources as learning materials: a case study of the national University of
Science and Technology,” for the Oral History Journal of South Africa, (UNISA) October 7, 2014.
3. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Pastoralism and Violence in Northern Ghana: Socialization and Professional
Requirement”, for Online Journal of African Affairs, October 3, 2014.
4. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Impoverished Forever? Interrogating the South African Nationalization of Mines’
Discourse within the Ethos of the Proverbial Locust’s Hea”, for Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (Church History Society of
Southern Africa), UNISA, June 10, 2014.
15
5. Peer-reviewed an article on: “A Philosophical Look at Nyerere‟s ujamaa,” for Online International Journal of Arts and
Humanities (ISSN: 2277-0852), Manuscript Number: OIJAH-14-018, March 16, 2014.
www.onlineresearchjournals.org/IJAH
6. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Rejuvenating the Economies of Ogbese Rural Region, Nigeria,” for Herald Journal of
Geography and Regional Planning (ISSN: 2350–2185), Review Manuscript: HJGRP-14-055,
http://www.heraldjournals.org/hjgrp, February 2014.
7. Peer-reviewed an article on: “Gender and Land Dispossession in Zimbabwe: A Case of the Ndebele at Esigodini Area
1893 T0 2003,” for the Oral History Journal of South Africa, (UNISA) February 2014.
8. Peer-reviewed an article on: “James Baldwin and the Doctrine of the Black Revolutionary Theatre: An Analysis of Blues
for Mister Charlie,” for Net Journal of Social Sciences, www.netjournals.org, September 2013.
9. October 2013, internal Examiner on” “Bible and Impunity: Addressing Impunity in Kenya Through a Post-Colonial
Reading of Authority in Mark 1:21-28” by Julius Kithinji Kiambi, a PhD candidate, School of Humanities and Social
Sciences, Kenyatta University.
10. October 2012, internal Examiner on “The Role of Lamentation in African Biblical Hermeneutics: A Post-Colonial
Reading of the Bible among Gikuyu People of Kenya (1963-2012)” by Joseph M. Wanjao, PhD candidate, School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Kenyatta University.
11. Peer-Reviewer for the Global Research Journal of Education (GRJE-12-098), title: “School Mottos in Western Kenya
th
as a Reflection of Educational Values and Principles,” 4 October 2012.
12. Appointed as reviewer for Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa (JGRA), an accredited Journal in the University of
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, June 20, 2011
10. Peer-Reviewer for Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA),
th
an accredited Journal at UNISA, South Africa, 4 May 2010.
11. Peer-Reviewer for Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, University of Limpopo, an
accredited Journal in South Africa, September 2009.
12. Peer-Reviewer for Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, University of Limpopo, an
accredited Journal in South Africa, September 2009.
13. Peer-Reviewer for Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA),
an accredited Journal at UNISA, South Africa, October 2008.
14. Peer-Reviewer for Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, University of Limpopo, an
accredited Journal in South Africa, July 2008.
15. Appointed a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 27
June 2007, renewed in 2008.
th
16. Peer-Reviewer for Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae: Journal of the Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA),
an accredited Journal at UNISA, South Africa, February 2007.
17. Peer-Reviewer for Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa, University of Limpopo, an
accredited Journal in South Africa, April 2007.
11.
Supervision of postgraduate students:
POST-GRADUATE SUPERVISIONS (2007 - )
NAME OF
TOPIC OF RESEARCH
CANDIDATE
Moses Masamba Nthukah,
“Church and Holistic Growth:
Assessing the Contributions of
Student ID Number: 4050
Faith Based Organisation‟s
Transformational Development
16
NAME OF
UNIVERSITY
St. Alcuin House
Seminary, College of
Theology, Minnesota,
USA.
Status of project
(e.g. First year etc)
PhD completed and
awarded, October
2014
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Hezekiah M Muraya
Student Number:
C82/15298/05
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
John Mararo Gachoki
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Student number: 4042
Peggy Mulambya Kabonde,
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Student number: 205512387
Wilson Okonjo Adongo,
Reg. No. C50/CE/14545/2009,
Masters Degree in Religious
Studies Candidate
Humphrey Sibeko,
Masters Degree in Theology,
Candidate
Mwaro Baya, 2010-2012
Masters Degree in Philosophy
candidate
Ludiah Kasota Mwesa,
C82/10855/2008,
PhD Candidate
John Wega
PhD Candidate
Strategies for Poverty
Reduction in Mbeere District of
Kenya And Its Implications For
Practical Theology,”
Mundu Mugo Among the
Agikuyu Presbyterian
Christians: Examining Some
Beliefs and Practices in Nyeri
Presbytery (1908-2008)
Kenyatta University
PhD Completed,
th
graduated - 20
December 2013
“Alcoholism as A Challenge to
African Christian Spirituality:
Assessing Its Contribution to
the Spreading of HIV and
AIDS in Kirinyaga County,
Kenya.”
Ordination of Women:
Partnership, Praxis and
Experience of the United
Church of Zambia
St. Alcuin House
Seminary, College of
Theology, Minnesota,
USA.
Completed and PhD
degree awarded on
June 13, 2014
University of
Kwazulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa
Completed and
graduated on April
14, 2014
Historical Development And
Challenges Of Voice Of
Salvation And Healing Church
In Kenya
Kenyatta University,
Kenya
Completed - in the
final stages of
completion
Pneumatology And Spirits: An
Analysis Of Translatabilty Of
Christian And Primal Concepts
By The Zulu
Pentecostal/Charismatic
Churches
The Puritans Agitations:
A critical Evaluation of Counter
Reform Methodologies by the
Church of England against the
Puritan's Reforms and an
African Context
University Of
Kwazulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa
(completed 2011)
St. Alcuin House
Seminary, College of
Theology, Minnesota,
USA.
Completed April 3,
2012 and graduated
Utethyo Concept and Holistic
Growth: A Theological
Foundation of Social
Responsibility From The
Akamba Thought and Practice
Christian-Muslim Relations
With Special Reference to
Miraa (Khat) in Igembe North
District, Meru County of Kenya
Kenyatta University,
Kenya
Work on going –
proposal complete
Middlesex University
London in
collaboration with
Oxford Centre for
Mission Studies
(OCMS), UK
Kenyatta University
Working on
proposal
[email protected]
Mbogo Silas Njue
C50/CE/21643/2010
Master Of Arts Degree
0725707239
[email protected]
Church Participation In
Community Development: A
Case Study Of Christian
Community Services, Mount
Kenya East (CCSMKE),
Gachoka Division
17
Work in its final
stages of
completion
Nancy Kemunto Obwaya,
C50/CE/14567/2009
Masters candidate (MA)
[email protected]
Gwidi Baya Shokoa
C50/Ce/22686/2010
0721627619
Masters candidate (MA)
[email protected]
Onyiego Kemiro Bonface
C50/CE/22591/2011
[email protected]
Miriam Silantoi
C50/CE/26686/2011
0723888239
[email protected]
Ariemba Kemunto Susan
C50/CE/25842/2011
0720855775
MA student
Simon Musyoki Makau
C82/25171/2012
0725972724
[email protected]
Thembeka Mkabeni,
Masters Candidate
Belief in Witchcraft and Its
Effects on Family Stability in
Mosocho Division
Kenyatta University
Rewriting proposal,
for second
submission
Duruma Cultural Practices And
Their Impact To Christian
Marriage: The Case Of
Mabesheni, Kwale County,
Kenya
The Church attendance of
men in the Roman Catholic
Church, Nyabururu, Kisii
County
Kenyatta University
First proposal
defence done, 26
November 2013
Kenyatta University
Jumuiya Men‟s Fellowship
(JMF): A Critical Examination
of the Dynamics and
Implications of Men‟s
Fellowship in Maralal Parish,
Samburu Catholic Diocese,
Kenya
The Roho Msalaba Church: A
Historical, Structural Analysis
and Phenomenological
Organization
Kenyatta University
Concept paper
defence done in
January 2014,
rewriting second
proposal draft
Reworking proposal
for submission. First
draft complete by
November 2013
The Response of the African
Inland Church to
Pentecostalism in Matuu
Location
Integrating African Culture Into
The Church: The Methodist
Church Of Southern Africa‟s
Understanding Of Healing In
The Light Of African
Traditional Religions
Kenyatta University
18
Kenyatta University
University Of
KwaZulu-Natal,
Pietermaritzburg,
South Africa
Topic of proposal
clearly identified in
October 2013,
student reworking
the first draft
Concept paper
defence done in
January 2014
th
5
year
Sarah, Kamau,
Masters Candidate
Kande, Simon Maina
C82/25130/2011
0721312530
PhD Candidate
Ondieki Jane Serage
C50/CE/14546/2009
Masters Candidate
Muiruri Njuru
Reg. No. C82/24525/2010
Masters candidate
Robert K. Korir
C50/KER/CE/24244/2013
0721 827 180
[email protected]
Elizabeth Nancy Muriithi
0727 302 594/0734 366 408
[email protected]
Douglas Omosa Kireri
0729 584 775
[email protected]
Swin C. Mamati
0724 899 520
[email protected],
[email protected]
Rose Kaibunga,
C50/CE/252622/2013,
0725849409,
[email protected]
Lilian Ndungwa Kyalo,
C50/KER/CE/26645/2013
0726820773,
[email protected]
Evaline Birgen,
C50/KER/CE/27233/2013
0725327520,
[email protected]
Noah K. Kipkech,
C50/KER/24204/2013,
0720296611,
[email protected]
Lilian Ndungwa Kyalo
C50/KER/CE/26645/2013
0726820773
[email protected]
Inclusion of Children with
Disability into Selected
Integrated Islamic pre-schools
in Nairobi Province.
The influence of
Postmodernism on the
Evangelical Theology of
Spiritual Formation and
Christian witness amongst
selected Charismatic and
mainstream Churches in
Nairobi.
Topic not fully decided
Kenyatta University,
Kenya
Awaiting feedback
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
Kenyatta University,
Kenya
Proposal writing
Topic not fully settled
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
Bride-wealth Views and
Practices Among Christians in
Africa Inland Church, Bureti
District
Causes and Effects of Divorce
on Christian Marriages With
Special Reference to
Redeemed Gospel Church,
Embu East Sub-County,
Kenya
Church Drop by Believers
After Baptism in the SDA
Church, Bonchari
Constituency, Kisii County
Eschatology in African
Christianity With Reference to
New Holy Church
Kenyatta University
Proposal writing
Kenyatta University
Proposal writing
Kenyatta University
Proposal writing
Kenyatta University
Proposal writing
“Restoring and Preserving of
Traditional African Shrines for
Christian Worship by the
Akorino in Igembe South
Constituency”
“Influence of Money on Church
Leadership: A Case Study of
the AIC Church in Mitinyani
Region, Kitui County,”
“Role of the Faith Based
Organizations in SocioEconomic Development in
Kericho: A Case Study of the
Catholic Church in SocioSigowet Constituency,”
“The Electronic Church in
Urban Kenya and its
Implication on the Local
Church: A Case Study of
Nakuru North Sub-County,”
Influence of Money on Church
Leadership: A Case Study of
the AIC Church in Mitinyani
Region, Kitui County.
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
19
Jennifer Chepkorir
C50/KER/CE/25179/2014
Participatory Leadership
Issues Facing Women in
African Inland Church,
Chepalungu District, Bomet
County
Kenyatta University
Awaiting feedback
from the researcher
FELLOWSHIPS:

2014-2017: Appointed as a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (for a
st
renewable 3 years contract), University of South Africa (UNISA), from 1 August 2014.

2007- 2011: Made a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2009: Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2010: Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
RESPONSIBILITIES:
At Kenyatta University

2010 to date appointed by PRS Chair, the Co-ordinator of the Department in Mombasa Campus.
th

18 May 2012: Appointed Board Member of Chemchemi International Journal of School of Humanities and Social
Sciences, Kenyatta University

October 2010 - to date. Student mentor, KU-Mombasa Campus
At Other Institutions

2010. Chaired the fifth Session of Annual Conference of Church History Society of Southern Africa,
whose theme was, “Ecumenism: a historical perspective” which was held: the University of University of North
West, Potchefstroom, South Africa, August 16-18, 2010.

February 2008, appointed the National Co-ordinator for the Open Learning Diploma in Christian Ministries
& Civic Responsibilities, for Carlile College, Nairobi, which involved all administrative duties.
13. Publications in newspapers (as part of community outreach)
Opinions, columns and features:
2014, “David Gitari‟s autobiography a must-read for pan-Africanists,” November 21, 2014,
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/david-gitaris-autobiography-must-read-pan-africanists
2014, “Kanyari reflects moral bankruptcy of a nation,” The Star, November 17, 2014, http://the-star.co.ke/news/kanyarireflects-moral-bankruptcy-nation
2014, “Mandela, Sankara inspires us”, Kirinyaga Star, August/September 2014, pg 7.
2014, “Mandela and Sankara: Any lessons for Kenya?” The Star, August 3, 2014
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-181990/mandela-and-sankara-any-lessons-kenya
2014, “Leadership lessons from Mandela, Sankara,” The People Daily, July 29, 2014,
http://mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/peopledaily/?p=94944
2014, “Let's not celebrate Lupita and miss the lesson!” The People Daily,
12 March 2014 (opinion article)
www.thepeople.co.ke/61406/lets-celebrate-lupita-miss-lesson/
2014, “Remembering General Chui wa Mararo: Was Mau Mau a Revolution Betrayed?” The Star,
19 February 2014, pg 26 and 27 (feature)
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-155886/remembering-general-chui-wa-mararo-was-mau-mau-revolution-betrayed
2013, “Mandela was living testimony of struggle for justice, dignity is never in vain” The People Daily,
December 12, 2013 (opinion),
http://www.thepeople.co.ke/40692/mandela-living-testimony-struggle-justice-dignity-never-vain/
20
2013: “Mandela deserves his saintly status,” Weekly Citizen, volume 16
th
nd
Issue No. 49, December 16 – 22 , 2013, page 5.
2013, “UN rejection of deferral request: Any hidden agenda for ICC cases?” The People Daily, November
19, 2013 (opinion),
http://www.thepeople.co.ke/32948/un-rejection-of-deferral-request-any-hidden-agenda-for-icc-cases/
2013: “Combating terrorism in Kenya calls for borrowing of traditional methods,” Weekly Citizen, volume
th
16, Issue No. 38. September 30 to October 6, 2013, page 5.
2013: “Don‟t ban night passenger travel by bus,” Weekly Citizen, volume 16 Issue No. 35.
th
th
September 9 to 15 , 2013, page 5.
2013: “Kenya, Senegal, Zimbabwe elections point to renaissance in post-cold war Africa”, Weekly Citizen,
th
th
volume 16 Issue No. August 12 – 18 , 2013, page 5.
2013: “With every sector craving for higher pay, does anyone care for Wanjiku?” The People Daily,
http://www.thepeople.co.ke/8087/with-every-sector-craving-for-higher-pay-does-anyone-cares-for-wanjiku/
(July 3, 2013).
2013: “Lopsided priorities bleeding Kenya from all sides,” Weekly Citizen, volume 16
th
th
Issue No. 26, July 8 – 14 , 2013, page 5.
2013: “Is Kenya going through an epistemological crisis?” Weekly Citizen, volume 16
Issue No. 8, February 25 – March 3, 2013, page 5.
2013: “Akorino: The Search for Refined Christianity” (feature), Weekly Citizen, volume 16
Issue No. 6, February 11-17, 2013, page 10.
2012: “Lessons from Saitoti, Ojodeh Helicopter crash deaths,” Weekly Citizen, volume 15 Issue No. 25,
th
th
June 18 – 24 , 2012, page 5.
2012: “Reconciliation Is Always Hot Topic,” The Star, 25 May 2012,
http://www.the-star.co.ke/opinions/others/77417-reconciliation-is-always-hot-topic
2012. “Changing Kanu‟s name will be a betrayal,” Daily Nation, January 16, 2012,
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Changing+Kanus+name+will+be+a+betrayal+/- /440808/1308182/-/cfs107z//index.htm
2011. “Let Wangari Maathai be an Environmental Ancestral Spirit for Kenya,” (a two-page feature)
th
th
Weekly Citizen, volume 14 Issue No. 40, October 10 – 16 , 2011, pages 10-11.
th
2007 (8 April) “Popularity polls posing big threat to our unity”
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/08april07/editorials/comm1.html
th
2007 (20 January) “Time for church leaders‟ takeover?” in Kenya Times
http://www.timesnews.co.ke/20jan07/editorials/comm1.html
2005. “Africa still needs a political paradigm” in Kenya Times http://www.timesnews.co.ke/24nov05/insight/ins4.html
2005/11/24
2004. “We must start to appreciate our heroes” in Kenya Times www.kentimes.com/20oct04/editorials/comm1.html
2004/10/20
1996 “A theologian‟s view of Constitutional Review” People Weekly, 16/5/1996
Updated May 14, 2015
Sent to: [email protected]
21