Revd Dr Ofula Kenneth

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Tutorial Fellow in World Chrisitianity

Ofula joined Wycliffe Hall in September 2023, having completed a PhD in World Christianity and history of religions in May 2023 at Princeton Seminary, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is a priest in the All Saints Cathedral Diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya and holds an MA from Princeton Seminary and a BA in political science and public administration from Moi University, Kenya.

His dissertation titled “A River Between: Re-imagining Indigenous Puberty Rites in the Anglican Church of Kenya” under the supervision of Professor Afe Adogame, explored the ways in which indigenous worldviews influence construction of social realities and negotiation of Christian identity in the various Anglican Christianities. As a case study, he used Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s account in The River Between to examine the resurgence of indigenous puberty rites in Anglican congregations in Kenya. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, International Sociological Association Research Committee for the Sociology of Religion and African Association for the Study of Religion.

He is married to Mercy, a teacher of English, Literature and Christian Educator, and they have a daughter, Imani

Research Areas:

  • World Christianity
  • African Indigenous Religions
  • Ritual theory and practice

Research interests:

  • Intersection of African indigenous worldviews and Christianity, World Christianity in African literary writings, indigenous African religions in global perspective, rites of passage, religion in African democracies, adolescents and youth formation.