Canon Professor Dr John Mbiti

Canon Professor Dr John Mbiti

Professor Mbiti is the author of many published books and considered by many to be a father of African Christian Theology. Born in Kenya, Mbiti studied in Uganda and the United States, taking his doctorate in 1963 at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught religion and theology in Makerere University, Uganda from 1964 to 1974 and was subsequently director of the World Council of ChurchesEcumenical Institute in Bogis-BosseySwitzerland. He has held visiting professorships at universities across the world and published extensively on philosophy, theology and African oral traditions.