A. PERSONAL DETAILS CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: DR. PETER MUTUKU MUMO DATE OF BIRTH: 22 ND SEPTEMBER, 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH: NATIONALITY: MARITAL STATUS: ADDRESS: IVETI LOCATION, MACHAKOS COUNTY KENYAN MARRIED WITH CHILDREN DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES, P.O. BOX 30197-00010 NAIROBI OR P.O. BOX 829-90100 MACHAKOS TELEPHONE: 318262 EX. 28447 MOBILE NO: 0722-221714 EMAIL: petemmumo@yahoo.com OR peter.mumo@ Uonbi.ac.ke B. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 1968 1975: Attended Kituvu Primary School Sat and passed C.P.E. 1975 1976 1979: Attended Tala High School (O-level) attained E.A.C.E. (1979) 1980 1981: St. Mary s School Yala (A-level) Passed K.A.C.E. 1981 UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1
1983 1986: University of Nairobi Graduated with Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours, Studied Religious Studies, Philosophy and History POSTGRADUATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1987 1989: University of Nairobi Graduated with Masters of Arts in Religious Studies Thesis Title: A Study of Christian Sunday School Programme in Africa Inland Church : Machakos District, Kenya. 1992 1998: University of Nairobi Graduated with Ph.D in Religious Studies Thesis Title: A Study of Theological Education in Africa Inland Church Kenya. It s Historical Development and It s present State. C. SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1981 1983: Taught as an untrained teacher in Kithunguini Secondary School 1983 1986: During university closures and long vacations taught at Kithunguini Secondary School. 1986 Posted by T.S.C. to Mukaa Secondary School 1988 1990: Posted by T.S.C. To Nairobi School D. UNIVERSITY TEACHING 1990 to the present 1990 Employed by University of Nairobi as a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Religious Studies 1991 Promoted to the post of Tutorial Fellow 1993 Promoted to the post of Lecturer E. COURSES TAUGHT UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI (BOTH B.A. AND M.A.) Comparative Religion, General Church History, History of Christianity in Africa, History of Christianity in Kenya, Religion, Culture and Communication, African Religion, Christian Theology in Africa, Religions of Eastern Africa, Religion, Education and Development and Theology and Culture. 2
F. STUDENT SUPERVISION Successfully supervised 14 MA Candidates and 1 Ph.D Candidate G. COURSES TAUGHT OUTSIDE U.O.N. 1996 St. Paul s University, African Traditional Religion. Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, (NEGST) African Church History 2000 (NEGST) Early and Medieval Church History 2001 (NEGST) History of Reformation and Modern Church H. RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES 1987 1988: Researched for M.A. thesis 1993 1997: Researched for Ph.D thesis 1993: Presented a paper entitled: The Role of Christian Education in the Socialization Process in Kenya, to the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT). 1994: Conducted a research in Coast Province for the World Council of Churches (WCC) on the Use and Mis-use of Power. 1996: Presented a paper entitled: Religion and Development, to Church Leaders in Kenya in a seminar organised by N.C.C.K. 1997: Presented a series of papers to a workshop organised by NCCK for Pastors on Religion and a Pluralistic Society. 1998: Participated in Research by NCCK on clashes in Likoni coast province Of Kenya 1999: Presented a paper entitled: A Study of the History of Theological Education in Africa Inland Church, to a Seminar organised by Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi. 3
2000: Presented a paper entitled: Theological Education: Its contextualization and use in African Churches to workshop organised by Church History Association of Kenya. 2001: Presented a paper entitled: Discipline in the Church with a human face in seminar organised in honour of the late Prof. Hannah Kinoti. 2004: Presented a paper entitled: Prejudices associated with African traditional medicine in symposium organised by Association of Theologians in Eastern Africa. 2005: Presented a paper entitled Religion and Politics: A Case study of schools sponsorship in Kenya in workshop organised by Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians. PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Psychological aspects of African Healing in Hekima Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences Vol. IV NUMBER 1, (2009). Books and chapters Holistic Healing: An Analytical Review of medicine-men in African Societies in Thought and Practice a Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya Vol.4, NO.1 (2012). Sunday schools as the Foundation of Christian Nurture and their Relevance for Theological Education in Africa (Accepted for publication by WCC in 2013). Contribution of Theological Education in the Growth and Expansion of Africa Inland Church in Kenya. (Accepted for publication by WCC in 2013) Author for the following distance learning modules: - CRS 103: Comparative Religion I - CRS 204: Religion Culture and Communication - CRS301: Church History I - CRS 403: History of Christianity in East Africa - CRS 608: Religions of Eastern Africa. Administrative Responsibilities 4
1990 1996 Chairman of Time-Tabling and Examination Committee in Department of Religious Studies. 1997 2005 Chairman of Curriculum Development in the Department of Religious Studies 2004 2005 Acting Chairman, Department of Religious Studies 2006 present Chairman of Curriculum Development in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Editorial Board Membership 2005 2009- Editorial Board member of Hekima Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Membership to Professional Associations - Association of Theological Institutions of East Africa - Association of Theologians in Africa - Association of theologians in East Africa Other National Responsibilities 1982 1983 Headmaster Kithunguini Secondary School 1993 2013 - B. O. G member Kithunguini Secondary School 1998 2002 - B.O.G member Mikuini Secondary School 2002 2013 - Chairman B.O.G, Mikuini Secondary School 2002 2006 Chairman of Church History Association of Kenya 2001 2009 External Examiner St. Paul s University Limuru 2001 2002 Supervisor and internal examiner for School of International Training Nairobi. 2000 2005 Facilitator for exchange programme Kalamazoo College in U.S.A. 2002 2004 - Second marker for scripts from World Vision Uganda For the Oxford centre for mission studies postgraduate programme in 5
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