Fellowships
Each year, CHART offers one Doctoral Fellowship to a student in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics. Fellowships have been created with the specific purpose of encouraging rigorous and cutting-edge fieldwork in the area of HIV and AIDS, Religion and Theology. They provide the opportunity for residential students to return to their home context in order to undertake field work. Each fellowship holder is expected to present a seminar paper in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics on completion of field work and also to publish the paper in a peer-reviewed journal.
Babatunde Fadefoluwa Ogunbanwo
2009
Right Reverend Babatunde Fadefoluwa Ogunbanwo's doctoral study is titled; "A socio-scientific reading in the Yoruba context of selected texts in Luke's Gospel portraying Jesus attitude to outcasts: implications for Anglican Dioceses in Ijebu-Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria in the HIV and AIDS era". During his fieldwork he conducted focus group discussions and held contextual Bible studies in three areas in Yoruba, Nigeria. The CHART fellowship has allowed him to carry out these discussions.
Michael Mbona
2010
Reverend Michael Mbona's doctoral study is titled; "The response of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United Methodist Churches to HIV and AIDS in Manicaland, Zimbabwe (1985-2007)”. During his fieldwork Reverend Mbona conducted work in three churches in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. This has included fifty-six interviews with Bishops, Clergy and members of the National AIDS Council. The CHART fellowship has enabled him to achieve his targets of collecting data over an extended period of time.
Innocent Iyakaremye
2011
Rev Innocent Iyakaremye whose doctoral study is titled; "Reclaiming Wesleyan health care ministry from a gender perspective”.The CHART fellowship has enabled him to carry out field work in Southern KwaZulu-Natal. He will be presenting these findings at a seminar later in 2012.
Corneille Nkurunziza
2012
Mr Corneille Nkurunziza’s doctoral study is entitled “African Pentecostalism in an Era of HIV and AIDS: Envisioning a Transformational Missiology for Burundian Pentecostal Churches". The CHART fellowship has allowed him to conduct his field work in Burundi.
Lucy Chibambo
2012
Mrs Lucy Chibambo’s doctoral study is entitled “HIV and AIDS and Pastoral Care for Bereaved Older Women: A case study of Dzenza Congregation Women’s Guild Members of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Lilongwe – Malawi". The CHART fellowship has allowed her to conduct her field work in Malawi.