*Laurenti Magesa

Institution Jesuit School of Theology, Hekima University College

Position Professor

Prior Educational Background

January- May 2015: Research Scholar at DePaul University, Chicago, USA
August 2011- May 2012: Research Scholar at Woodstock Theological Centre, Washington, DC
2009 - present: Lecturer in Theology at Hekima University College, Tangaza University College, and Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
2001: Visiting Scholar at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, UK
1995: Scholar in Residence at Maryknoll School of Theology, NY. USA
1995: Visiting Scholar at Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. USA
1989 - present: Lecturer in Theology at Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
1986 - present: Supervisor of several M.A. and Ph.D. theses
1986 -1991: Lecturer in Theology at Catholic Higher Institute of Eastern Africa (CHIEA), Nairobi, Kenya
1976-1977: Lecturer in Theology at Kipalapala Major Seminary, Tabora, Tanzania

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Recent Publications

2016: The Post-conciliar Church in Africa: No Turning Back the Clock (Nairobi: CUEA Press).
2013: What Is Not Sacred? African Spirituality (New York: Orbis Books).
2010: African Religion in the Dialogue Debate: From Intolerance to Coexistence (Lit Verlag).
2006: Rethinking Mission: Evangelization in Africa in a New Era (Eldoret: Gaba Publications).
2004: Anatomy of Inculturation: Transforming the Church in Africa (New York: Orbis Books).
2002: Christian Ethics in Africa (Nairobi: Acton Publishers).
2001. Le Catholicisme Africain en mutation: des modelles d’eglise pour un siècle nouveau (Yaoundé).
1997. African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life (New York: Orbis Books). Translated in German as Ethik des Lebens: Die afrikanische Kultur der Gemeinschaft (Freiburg).

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