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Name: Humphrey Mwangi Waweru (PhD)
Title/Qualifications: Rev. Dr.
Department/Unit/Section: Philosophy and Religious Studies
Contact Address: P.O. BOX 247-00621 Nairobi
Position: Lecturer
Area of Specialization: Religious and Biblical Studies
Research Interests: African (Culture, Religion, Philosophy) and The Bible
Personal Philosophy Statement: The ever growing body of literature in the African theology in the
past 20-30 years is reaching a near saturation point, in our times. We are at the crossroads, and the
question is ‘How can African theology survive the self repetition of mere cultural apologia or
contextualization stereotypes, and mature into a critical theoretical discipline responding to the
challenges of the postmodern world-order?’ Featured in the ‘The Bible and African Culture:
Mapping Transactional Inroads.’
1. Conference Presentations
S/
N
o
1
Presenter
Title of Paper
presented
City/Country Date of
Conference
Dr H.M Waweru
Public and Private
Ethical Initiatives
to Combat
Corruption in
Africa
Nairobi
Funding
(US$)
27th -29th Oct
2011
2. Research
S/
No
1
Researcher
Year
Title
Donor
Dr H.M
Waweru
2010
Kikuyu Age Grading System
Diocese of
Mt. Kenya
South
1
Funding
(US$)
1000
3. Book Publications
S/No.
Author
Year
Title
Publisher
1
Waweru
H.M.
2011
The Bible and
African
Culture:
Mapping
Transactional
Inroads
Zapf
Chancery.
Eldoret,
Kenya.
ISBN/ISSN
Reference
No.
ISBN 9789966- 15063-9
4. Funded projects
S/ No
Researcher
Year
Title
Granting Body
1.
Dr.
Humphery
Waweru,
2015
Mukurwe Wa
Nyagathaga
Shrine
Restoration
Murang’a County
Funding
(US$)
5. Publications
S/No.
Author
Year
Title
Journal
1
Waweru H.M.
2006
SMT Vol.
94, No. 3,
pp 333-348.
2
Waweru H.M.
2007
Reading the Bible
Contrapuntally: A Theory and
Methodology for a Contextual
Bible Interpretation in Africa
Postcolonial and Contrapuntal
Reading of Revelation 22:1-5
Vol. 121
No. 2, pp
139-162.
SMT Vol.
95, No. 2,
pp 171-184.
SMT Vol.
96. No. 2 pp
139-159.
3
Waweru H.M.
2007
Postcolonial and Contrapuntal
Reading of Revelation 22:1-5
4
Waweru H.M.
2007
5
Waweru H.M.
2008
African Worship- A means for
Christian Mission and
ScholarshipJesus and Ordinary WomenAn African Perspective,
2
Churchman
ISBN/ISSN
Reference No.
ISSN 0346-217
X
ISSN 0009-661
Vol.121 No. X
1, pp 23-38.
ISSN 0009-661
X
ISSN 0346-217
X
ISSN 0346-217
X
6. Consultancy and community service
S/
No.
Consultant(s)
1
Dr. H. M.
Waweru
Consulting
Person/ Body/
Organization
Openhand Kenya
Year
Title Consultancy Service
Payment
(US$)
2006
2011
Director
N/A
7. Affiliation to Professional Bodies
S/No Name of professional body
1
Society of the New Testament Studies of South Africa
2
Society of the New Testament Studies Kenya Branch
3
Journal of African Christian Thought
8.
Supervision of postgraduate students (if any)-NONE
S/No
Name of student
1.
Maluki Rose
Sex education among the
Ndusya
Christian youth: A case
C50/CE/14277/2009 study of Mathare Redeemed
Gospel Church in Nairobi
County, Nairobi.
Bett Geofffrey
A study of the contribution
Kiptoo
of the Roman Catholic
C50/CE/14271/2009 Church on environmental
conservation and
management in Kericho
County.
Julius Kithinji Bible and impunity:
Kiambi, MTh
Addressing impunity in
Kenya through a
postcolonial reading of
jexousia (authority) in Mark
1:21-28.
Kesis Rei Towet,
The Impact of Changes in
Historical Standards in
MA Selected Urban Seventh Day
C82/13400/2009
Adventist Churches in
Kenya
2
3
4
Thesis title
3
Status of project (e.g. First year
etc.)
Second Year (MA)
Second Year (MA)
Second Year (PhD)
Second Year (PhD)
9. External Examination (if any)
S/No Institution
Year
1.
2014
St Paul University
10. Conferences and Workshops Attended
1. The Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM) Programmes and expert committees
workshop at Maanzoni lodge, 25th-27th March 2015
2. Ministerial forum for ministers of social development for fasten African Region 24-26 Feb 2015: Hilton
Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
3. UNESCO/UNITWIN chairs consultative and sensitization forum April 22,2015 at University of
Nairobi
4. International Conference on African Languages and Literatures, Theme: From Asmara 2000 to Nairobi
2014:New Horizons and Trends in African Languages and literature, 6th-8th August 2014
5. Revision of the 1974 UNESCO recommendation on the status of scientific researchers. 18th August
2014
6. Capacity Building of youth Boda Boda Business Operators on Thika Super Highway 6-8th August 2013
7. Student Training Entrepreneurial Promotion Project at Kenyatta University, October 2013
11. Professional Courses
1. Teaching Methodology Held at Kenyatta University Center for Teaching excellence and Evaluation
12. Administrative positions held to date
1. National Chairman UNESCO clubs, Kenya
2. 2011-2013: Board member, Formal and Informal Education
3. Chairman-Curriculum Development- Institute of African Studies
4. University Public Lecture Committee Chairman- Institute of African Studies
5. A Staff University Mentor at Kenyatta University
Committee Member
6. Welfare- Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. Curriculum Development- Philosophy and Religious Studies
8. Kenyatta University Archives and Museum Centre- Institute of African Studies
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