The research group Modernity and Society of the research unit of History and the Research Unit Systematic Theology and the Study of Religions of the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), are offering two fully-funded PhD positions, each for a duration of four years. Successful candidates are expected to conduct research on the project theme: “The Decolonization of the Roman Catholic Church in the DRC / Zaire, 1960s-2000s.”
As Christianity continues to expand across the African continent and among the African diaspora, scholars interested in understanding the theological embroidery offered by African Christian constituents have gathered pace. More often than not, the scholarly initiatives to study recent African Christian developments have come from non-African voices and sources.
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark is offering two PhD positions.
African Christianity is usually presented as being closer to the world of the Bible than originally thought. However, the question that is often not explored is how does hermeneutics functions within African Christianity and the specific theologies it produces?
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