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Teresia Hinga

United States
Institution Santa Clara University
Position Asscociate Professor, Religious Studies
Email Address thinga@scu.edu
Prior Education Background
  • PHD, 1990: Lancaster University (England)
  • MA Religious Studies, 1980: Nairobi University
  • Bachelor of Education (BED) 1977: Kenyatta University
Research Interests
  • Biblical Ethics
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Economic Ethics
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Ethics and Education
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Globalization
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • Inculturation Theologies
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Liberation Theologies
  • Political Ethics
  • Postcolonial Theories
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Nairobi 2012
  • Trent 2010
  • Manila 2008
  • Padua 2006
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