PROFESSOR NISBERT TAISEKWA TARINGA
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Fulbright Scholar
DPhil (2009), MA (1993), BA Hons (1991), Grad.CE (2000), DipRS (1989) University of Zimbabwe.
MA Intercultural Theology,(2005) Radboud University, The Netherlands.
Certificate of Completion, Fulbright Scholarship Program, (2016).
Certificate in Utilizing New Media and Technologies in Research and Teaching, University of Bayreuth, Germany and Moi University, Kenya (2012).
Certificate in Transfer of Africa-Related Alumni Knowledge, University of Bayreuth, Germany and Moi University, Kenya (2010).
Certificate in Religion and Order: Empirical Methods for Social Research (University of Bayreuth, Germany (2008).
Certificate in the Study of the United States Institute on Religious Pluralism in the United States, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA(2006).
Research Profile
Area of Specialization: Phenomenology of Religion/World Religions
Research Focus/Area
Religions and contemporary issues such as ecology, gender, disability, health and wellbeing, sexuality, animals in religions and religions and human rights and methods and theories in the study of religions.
Research Fellowships:
Visiting Fulbright Research Scholar, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA(2016)
Visiting Research Fellowship, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany (2014).
Research Contracts
Nagel Institutes for the Study of World Christianity: Children’s Theology in Zimbabwe.2016-2017
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Phenomenology of Religion
Introduction to World Religions
Methods and Theories in the Study of Religions