Institution
Santa Clara University
Position
Asscociate Professor, Religious Studies
Email Address
thinga@scu.edu
Recent Publications
- Books: African, Christian , Feminist : The Enduring Quest for What Matters : Orbis Books 2017
- Women , Religion and HIV AIDS in Africa: Responding to Ethical and Theological Challenges : Cluste Publsihes Pietermaritzburg 2008
- Chapter in Books: The Hummingbird Spirit and Care of Our Common Home: An Afro-Theoethiccal Response to Laudato Si. In Krista Hughes Et al: Ecological Solidarity : Mobilizing Faith and Justice in An Entangled Wold: Penn State 2019 (November 7th )
- Of Kente Cloth, Rainbow Nations and the Virtue of Pluralism: Navigating the Beauty and Dignity of Difference in Africa. In Cassarella Peter and Muniiry Sirry (ed: Finding Beauty n the Other. Theological Reflections Across Traditions Crossroads 2019
- Climate Change and the Energy Water Food Nexus : Afro-Faith Responses to Ethical Imperatives: In Erin Loathes , Ed Light for a New day: Interfaith Essay son Energy Ethics (November 2016)
- Teaching to Transform : Theological Education, Global Consciousness and the Making of Global Citizens. in Kwok Puilan et al eds:Teaching Theology In a global Transnational Contexts: Baylor University Press 2015
- Of Empty Granaries, Stolen Harvest ad the Weapon of Grain : Applied Ethics in Search of Sustainable Food Security in Africa in Vincini et Al es, Just Sustainability , Ecology , Technology and Resource Extraction (Orbis 2015)
Professional Activities and Affiliations
- CTEWC 2006 to-date
- AAR 1994 to-date
- Circle Of Concerned African Women Theologians 1989 to date (Founder Member)
- AASR African Association for the Academic Study of Religion (founder Member 1992 to date)
Forum Submissions
- The Moral Imperative of (Catholic) Peace Building Lessons from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
- The Rhythms of Black Folk and The Enduring Quest for Somebodiness: A Reflection in Light of Black History Month 2022
- Of Hummingbirds And The Wrong Bus Syndrome: Reflecting On Prof. Wangari Mathai’s Moral Vision In Light Of Climate Change
- COVID-19: Reflecting on the Ethical Ramifications of Flattening the Curve
- Covid-19’s WASH Factor- A Solution for the Syndemic?
- Embracing Care-Mongering in the Age of COVID-19
- Sabona: Reflections on the Moral Significance and Imperative of (Truly) Seeing
- Justice, Dignity, Accompaniment and the Theo-Ethical Challenge of “Neurodiversity:” A Reflection
- Acknowledging Cucu/Pim/Grandma Power: Agency, Wisdom and Elder(ly) Civic Engagement
- Kwanzaa’s Nguzo Saba: A Timely and Much Needed Retrieval of Afro Ubuntu Ethics for Enhanced Flourishing in the African Diaspora and Beyond
- Standing in Healing Solidarity with Lumo Sinai (and Thousands Like Her): Acknowledging One Man Who Does
- Remembering and Honoring Professor Sr. Anne Nasimiyu Wasike : A Concerned, Socially Engaged and (not so) Little Sr. of St Francis
- Left to Tell, Left to Heal (each other) through Story and Testimony: Her-Stories of African Women’s Quest for Justice and Healing in Contexts of Transition