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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?
The Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UCSIA) at the University of Antwerp announces a call for papers for the 2022 Summer School. The new extended deadline is on 25 May 2022.
Dear ATW users, dear friends,
For many Christians who follow the western (Latin) calendar of the church, the period of Lent which began a little over a month ago will end today, Friday 15th April. Celebrated as Good Friday, the church marks the vicarious death of Christ at the hands of his own people in the first century. This event will be followed by Easter, when the church celebrates the resurrection of Christ from the dead.
ATW announces an exciting position at Calvin University’s Nagel Institute.
Brill recently released an open access publication titled - Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity in a Global Context.
Christianity, like many of Africa’s indigenous and other religions, is a religion of sacrifice. At the heart of the Christian gospel is the message of God who sacrifices his only begotten son for the forgiveness of human sin. Therefore, at conversion, African Christians who have found salvation in the cross of Christ, seek ways by which they can understand the meaning of Christ’s sacrificial and vicarious death on a cross.
Our partner university, the PThU Amsterdam/Groningen, Netherlands advertises a fully funded PhD position that might be of interest to you.
KADOC, the Interfaculty Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society at the Catholic University (KU) Leuven, Belgium invites applications for its 2022 Fellowship Program. As one of the leading cultural heritage institutions in Belgium, KADOC is an international research centre focusing on the societal legacies of religion and its material and immaterial manifestations in modern society.
On the 1st April every year, the Global Research Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary, accepts application for a six-month residential fellowship for post-doctoral scholars from the Global South.
The Zukunftskolleg Konnect announce fellowships that support early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America who wish to conduct a short research stay associated with one of the thirteen departments at the University of Konstanz.
In keeping with its primary aim of serving as the foremost platform where issues relating to African Theology could be shared to a much wider audience, African Theology Worldwide has assembled a 248-item bibliography on the theme of forgiveness and reconciliation in South Africa.
For many people across the globe who follow the western calendar of the Christian church, advent is that period when they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also prepare for the Second Coming of Christ.
In an increasingly interconnected world where diversified cultures, religions and philosophies are seeking to forge new or re-negotiate existing relationships, Religious Education (often called RE) has gained attention and has been placed at the heart of political debates and educational agendas of nations.
The Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University in the Norwegian capital Oslo, announces one Ph.D.-scholarship affiliated with the research project “RomForsk: Teaching and learning religion and ethics in virtual spaces.”
As ATW moves closer to celebrating its first anniversary, we are proud of the emerging status of our website as the primary avenue promoting research in African Theology. For this reason, we would like to spotlight for the attention of our users, the Internet Portal section of ATW’s website.
