Philomena Njeri Mwaura
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Philomena Njeri Mwaura is a Kenyan theologian who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Kenyatta University. She has written in the areas of African theology and mission.
Early life and education[edit]
Mwaura has a Bachelor of Education and received a Master of Arts[1] in 1984 with a thesis on the Akurinu churches.[2] She received her PhD from Kenyatta University[3] in 2001 with a thesis titled A theological and cultural analysis of healing in Jerusalem church of Christ and Nabii Christian church of Kenya.[4]
Career[edit]
Mwaura was Coordinator of the Theology Commission and Women's Commission (Africa Region) of the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians[5] and president of the International Association for Mission Studies.[6] She is a member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and Chair of the Collaborative Centre for gender and Development in Kenya.[5]
Mwaura teaches in the Center for Gender Equity and Empowerment at Kenyatta University in Nairobi,[3] and was previously its director.[5] She is on the advisory council of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography.[7]
Research[edit]
Mwaura's research is in African Christianity, new religious movements and religious education.[3] She was co-editor of Theology in the Context of Globalization: African Women's Response and Challenges and Prospects of the Church in Africa.[3] Mwaura argues that the founding of churches by women in Africa is "the ultimate act of religious independency and self-determination".[8]
Selected publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Mwaura, Philomena N.; Hinga, T. M.; Kubai, A.; Ayanga, H. (2008). HIV/AIDS, Women and Religion in Africa: Ethical and Theological Responses. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications. ISBN 9781875053698.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri; O’Malley, Steven (2016). Patterns of Urban Christianity in East Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers.
Chapters[edit]
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2007). "Gender and Power in African Christianity: African Instituted Churches and Pentecostal Churches". In Ogbu U. Kalu (ed.). African Christianity: An African Story. Africa World Press. ISBN 9780620336475.t
- Parsitau, Damaris Seleina; Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2010). "Gospel Without Borders: Gender Dynamics Of Transnational Religious Movements In Kenya And The Kenyan Diaspora". In Afe Adogame (ed.). Religion Crossing Boundaries. Brill. pp. 185–209.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2012). "Woman Lost in the Global Maze: Women and Religion in East Africa Under Globalization". In Sheila Briggs; Mary McClintock Fulkerson (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927388-1.
- Maura, Philomena N.; Parsitau, Damaris S. (2016). "Perceptions of women's health and rights in Christian New religious movements in Kenya". In Ezra Chitando; Afe Adogame (eds.). African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa:Emerging Trends, Indigenous Spirituality and the Interface with other World Religions. Routledge. pp. 175–186. doi:10.4324/9781315566047. ISBN 9781317184218.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2018). "Reconstructing mission: The church in Africa in the service of justice, peace, and reconciliation". Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa. Routledge.
Journal articles[edit]
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2005). "A spirituality of resistance and hope: African Instituted Churches' response to poverty". ORITA: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1–2): 65–83.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2007). "Integrity of mission in the light of the gospel: bearing witness of the spirit among Africa's gospel bearers". Mission Studies. 24 (2): 189–212. doi:10.1163/157338307X234842.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2008). "African Instituted Churches in East Africa". Studies in World Christianity. 10 (2): 160–184. doi:10.3366/swc.2004.10.2.160.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2008). "Stigmatization and discrimination of HIV/AIDS women in Kenya: A violation of human rights and its theological implications". Exchange. 37 (1): 35–51. doi:10.1163/157254308X251322.
- Mwaura, Philoeman Njeri (2009). "Human Identity and the Gospel of Reconciliation: Agenda For Mission Studies and Praxis in the 21st Century: An African Reflection". Mission Studies. 26 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1163/157338309X446755.
- Parsitau, Damaris Seleina; Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2010). "God in the city: Pentecostalism as an urban phenomenon in Kenya". Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae. 36 (2): 95–112.
- Mwaura, Philomena Njeri; Martinon, Constansia Mumma (2010). "POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN KENYA AND LOCAL CHURCHES'RESPONSES: THE CASE OF THE 2007 POST‐ELECTION CRISIS". The Review of Faith & International Affairs. 8 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1080/15570271003707812. S2CID 143546054.
References[edit]
- ^ "Prof. Philomena Njeri Mwaura". Kenyatta University.
- ^ Njeri, Philomena (1984). The Akurinu churches: a study of the history and some of the basic beliefs of the Holy Ghost Church of East Africa 1926-1980 (Thesis thesis). University of Nairobi.
- ^ a b c d Lowery, Stephanie A. (2020). "9 African Women Theologians You Should Know About". The Global Church Project. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2007). "Gender and Power in African Christianity: African Instituted Churches and Pentecostal Churches". In Ogbu U. Kalu (ed.). African Christianity: An African Story. Africa World Press. p. 429. ISBN 9780620336475.
- ^ a b c "Philomena Njeri Mwaura". William Carey International University.
- ^ Mwaura, Philomena Njeri (2011). "Woman Lost in the Global Maze: Women and Religion in East Africa Under Globalization". The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology. Oxford Handbooks Online. pp. 250–279. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199273881.003.0012. ISBN 978-0199273881.
- ^ "Advisors". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Hackett, Rosalind I.J. (2017). "Women, Rights Talk, and African Pentecostalism". Religious Studies and Theology. 36 (2): 245–259. doi:10.1558/rsth.35161.
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