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