Isabel Mukonyora, Ph.D.

Western Kentucky University

Expertise

Early and Modern Christian Thought
Old and New African Religions
Women, Religion and Ecology

Courses/Seminars

Introduction to Religion/Early Christian Thought/Modern Christian Thought/Christianity in Africa/Women and Religion/Creation, Desturction and Hope (EcologySeminar)/Postcolonial Christianity.

Honors & Awards

Marquis, Who is Who of American Women 2008
WKU Summer Research Scholarship 2009
WKU Regular Faculty Scholar 2006/7, Western Scholar Fall 2006; Junior Scholarship Award 2004/5
Carter G Woodson Postdoctoral Fellow 2001-2002 at University of Virginia
"O" Visa - US Immigration and Justice Department 2002
Senior Fulbright Scholar 2000-2001 at University of Virignia
British Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Oxford, England 1992-1995

Links

Masowe Wilderness Apostles in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, ed. Bron Taylor. London: Concilium

Isabel Mukonyora

Abstract

This article introduces Masowe Apostles as an environment-conscious movement whose rituals and religious language tie experiences of marginality and suffering to ideas of barrenness and infertility, while good fortune and blessings related to giving birth and nurturing life give expression to a way of understanding God as the source and protector of life. Students of religion will find in Masowe Apostle teaching the foundations of an eco-theology supported by ritual behavior which communicates religious truth through symbols suggesting the immanence of God as a healing power.

Suggested Citation

Isabel Mukonyora. "Masowe Wilderness Apostles in Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, ed. Bron Taylor. London: Concilium" 2005

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Selected Works of Isabel Mukonyora, Ph.D.