Consortium Members
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Godwin Adeboye
University of the Western Cape
tr:cvGodwin Adeboye is a First-Class graduate in religious studies from the University of Ibadan, in addition to a Master in Philosophy of religion from the same. Also, he has earned his academic development from University of Pretoria, South Africa (MTh), VID Specialized University, Norway and ECWA Theological Seminary Igbaja, Nigeria. He is the winner of the Does God Exist International Science and Faith scholarship essay competition in Michigan, 2013
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Akca, Ayşe Almıla
Institute for Islamic Theology at Humboldt-University Berlin.
tr:cvDr. Ayşe Almıla Akca received her PhD at the Institute of Islamic Studies/Freie Universität Berlin in 2018 with an ethnographic study on legitimisation and authorisation of Islamic knowledge in mosque associations in Germany (awarded with the DAVO-Dissertationspreis 2019). Her research includes Islamic-religious knowledge and religious practices of Muslims in Europe, Practical Theology and ethnographic research.
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Stork, Juliane
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
tr:cvJuliane Stork (born 1991 in Berlin) is the John S. Mbiti Research Fellow at the Research Programme for Religious Communities and Sustainable Development. She pursues a PhD on "The Production of Theology in African Independent Christianity - the Case of Ecology in the Zion Christian Church in South Africa".
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Gallant, Muhammad Ridwaan
Muslim Judicial Council
tr:cvHe is presently the Head of the Environmental Desk at the Muslim Judicial Council. He is also the MJC representative on SAFCEI. He has been the Imaam and Khatib at various Masajid in Cape Town.
He is very active in supplying the community information on environmental ethics. He is presently starting eco-congregations in the communities. He has published many research papers on Islam, Science as well as on Environmental issues at various conferences in many countries. -
Maheshvari Naidu
University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Öhlmann, Philipp
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
tr:cvPhilipp Öhlmann is the head of the Research Programme in Religious Communities and Sustainable Development. Philipp conducted extensive research on African Initiated Churches and development cooperation. He is the executive editor of the newly-established open access journal Religion & Development. Prior to his academic career, Philipp worked as a programme officer for inter-church aid at the German Protestant Churches' Development Agency, Brot für die Welt.
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Sakupapa, Teddy
University of the Western Cape in South Africa
tr:cvTeddy Chalwe Sakupapa is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Theology and teaches ecumenical studies and social ethics. Originally from Zambia, his research traverses the fields of ecumenical studies, systematic theology and social ethics, decoloniality, African theology and the history of Christianity in Africa on which he has published several articles and book chapters. He is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Tradition.
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Geke van Vliet
University of Pretoria
tr:cvGeke van Vliet is joining SAGRaS as a PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria. She has finished a Research Master in Theology and a Master of Divinity at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Next to her studies, she has worked as a youth worker in the Protestant Church in Amsterdam. Within SAGRaS she will focus on the contribution of especially young people in mainline churches in South Africa and Germany to socio-ecological transition.
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van Wyk, Tanya
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
tr:cvDr Tanya van Wyk is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics and Spirituality at the Faculty of Theology and Religion. Her current research foci include political theology, feminist theology and ethics and religion and sustainable development with a focus on gender equity. She is the Chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee of her Faculty and is currently a research fellow with the Programme for Religious Communities and Sustainable Development at Humboldt University.