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

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

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

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

Books

  • 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

Journal articles

References

  1. "Prof. Philomena Njeri Mwaura". Kenyatta University.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lowery, Stephanie A. (2020). "9 African Women Theologians You Should Know About". The Global Church Project. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Philomena Njeri Mwaura". William Carey International University.
  6. 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.
  7. "Advisors". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  8. 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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