Bongmba: Hatt Service Award Winner
Toyin Falola
Elias Bongmba
2020 Ray L. Hart Service Award Winner
The AAR is pleased to announce that Elias Kifon Bongmba is the recipient of the 2020 Ray L. Hart Service Award.
Elias Bongmba is Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Christian Theology and Chair of the Department of Religion at Rice University. A scholar of comparative philosophy, African religions, and Christian theology, he has published influential books and articles on African witchcraft, the African Church's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, comparative hermeneutics, and African theology, ethics, and literature. In 2007 he was awarded the Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Work in Caribbean Thought.
Professor Bongmba has served on a variety of AAR steering committees, committees of the board, and juries. His record of service extends far beyond the walls of the academy. He has
advised governmental, educational, and church bodies both in his native Cameroon and throughout Africa. Bongmba has also lectured throughout Africa on social justice issues, including poverty, gender, disability, and homosexuality. He has been editor-in-chief
of the Journal of Religions in Africa, and has served for the past ten years as president of the African Association for the Study of Religion.
Congratulations to Elias Bongmba on receiving this important award!
Information about the award program is available here.
Harrow, Kenneth
kenneth harrow
professor emeritus
dept of english
michigan state university
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