Dr Simangaliso R. Kumalo

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1 Dr Simangaliso R. Kumalo BTH (UN), BTH HONS (UN) MTH (UNISA), PHD (UKZN) Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3201 South Africa. Tel: +27 (0) Fax: +27 (0)

2 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Qualifications PhD University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa in Theology and Development. Thesis: Education for Social Transformation in South Africa: A Methodist Approach Masters University of South Africa, South Africa. Majored in Urban Mission and Development. The Dissertation was: Mission in Communities of the Poor, the Case of Ivory Park Methodist Church, and Midrand Bachelor of Theology Honours University of Natal, South Africa. Theology and Development Bachelor of Theology University of Natal, South Africa. Majored in Practical Theology, Systematic Theology PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Academic Leader, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics University of KwaZulu-Natal from January 2012 Acting Head of the School of Religion Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, from February December 2011 Director Ujamaa Centre for Community Development and Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa from January 2012-present Deputy-Director Ujamaa Centre for Community Development and Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, January 2008-December Academic Coordinator: Ministerial Studies School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2009 to 2011 Senior Lecturer School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2007 Lecturer/Director or the Religion and Governance Programme School of Theology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, January 2003 to present Lecturer School of Theology, the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, July 2002 Part-time Lecturer in theological studies John Wesley College, Soweto Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa, January to June 2002 Resident Pastor Ivory Park Methodist Church, Midrand, South Africa, January July 2002 Researcher on Theology in South Africa The Institute of the Study of the Bible in Southern Africa, which is housed in the School of Theology at the University of Natal, (when I was a B.Th. student)

3 AWARDS Won of 2010 University of KwaZulu Natal top 30 researcher Won Mellon Foundation Award for best emerging research Won of 2003 a Scholarship to Duke University Won the E. Flowerdale Memorial Award for probationer who made best progress in his years of probation Listed by the Mail & Guardian 2000 amongst the top 100 people who have made their marks in their fields MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES 2000-Listed by the Mail & Guardian amongst the top 100 people who have made their marks in SA 2002-Member of the Board of Directors of the ISB-Worker Ministry Member of the Board of Directors, Built Environment Support Group 2003-Publicity officer of the School of Theology 2003-Co-coordinator Theology and Democracy training programme Member of the board of the Institute for Urban Ministry 2004-Chairperson of the School Governing Body Russell High School 2006-Member of the Board of Governors, Epworth High School 2006-Council member of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) Member of Board of Directors International Institute for Development and Ethics (IIDE) Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Practical Theology in South Africa Chairperson of the Maurice Webb Trust Member of the Editorial Team of the Critical Investigation in Humanitarianism in Africa Blog Regional Deputy President of the World Methodist Historical Society Chairperson of the Indaleni Mission Institution s Alumni Project Member of the Steering Committee of the Research Project on Religion as Social Capital AUTHORSHIP OF BOOKS 2012 Kumalo, S Pastor and Politician: Essays on the Legacy of JL Dube, the First President of the African National Congress. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications 2009 Kumalo, S Methodists with a white history and a Black Future. Johannesburg: Upper Rooms Kumalo, S From Deserts to Forests: A Model of Practical Theology Pretoria: CB Powell.

4 EDITORSHIP OF BOOK Kumalo, S. (ED) Religion and Politics in Swaziland: The Contributions of JB Mzizi to religion, culture and Politics. Bloemfontein: SUN PRESS. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 2013-Kumalo, RS. Facts and fictions in the development of Church and state relations in the South Africa from Journal of Church and State (Online) 2013-Kumalo, RS. Meet the Cowboy turned renegade missionary: William Cullen Wilcox. Studia Historiae Ecclessiascae August.2013.Vol. XXX1X Kumalo, RS. US and Them in the one and undivided Church. Journal of Gender and Religion. Journal of Gender and Religion 2012-Kumalo, S. & Richardson, N. Seth Mokimi and education for ministry: What s in a name? vol 38 No 2 August Missionalia 2011-Kumalo RS. Mission is Money and Money is Mission: Methodist Ecclesiology in South Africa, Studia Historiae Ecclessiascae 2009-Kumalo, R. The People Shall Govern. Scriptura Vol. 101 (2009:2), Kumalo, R. S. Teaching in Community with Others: A Transformation-Centered Approach to CE. Journal of Constructive Theology. Vol 14.2, / Kumalo, R.S. Faith and Politics: The Legacy of Inkosi Albert Luthuli. Studia Historae Ecclesiasticae, vol xxxv. No 1. May Kumalo, R. S. Commemoration of Martyrs of the Struggle as Contested Terrain in a Democratic South Africa: The Case of Inkosi Albert Luthuli. Journal of theology for Southern Africa. 135, November 2009, Kumalo RS. Religion in Post-Polokwane Politics: Mvume Dandala and the Congress of the People (COPE). Theologia Viatorum: Journal of Theology and Religion in Africa. Vol 33 No 3. December Kumalo, S. An oasis in a desert of segregation : factors that led to the rise and decline of the Edendale Lay Ecumenical Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Studia Historae Ecclesiasticae, vol 35. December 2009, Kumalo, R.S. Faith and Politics: The Legacy of Inkosi Albert Luthuli. Studia Historae Ecclesiasticae, vol xxxv. No 1. May Kumalo, R. S. Commemoration of Martyrs of the Struggle as Contested Terrain in a Democratic South Africa: The Case of Inkosi Albert Luthuli. Journal of theology for Southern Africa. 135, November 2009, Kumalo, R. S. Teaching in Community with Others: A Transformation-Centered Approach to CE. Journal of Constructive Theology. Vol 14.2, /2009.

5 2008-Kumalo, R.S. Doing Prophetic Theology between God and the Monarchy in B. Mzizi. Missionalia, vol 36 No 2/3 Aug/Nov Swaziland: the Legacy of Joshua 2008-Kumalo, RS.Transforming Methodism in South Africa: The Journey to the New Land Programme. Missionalia. February Kumalo, Simangaliso. John Langalibalele Dube and the Struggle for the Freedom of Religion. Missionalia, August Kumalo, Simangaliso. Transforming Methodism in South Africa, The Journey to the New Land Programme. Missionalia February, Kumalo, Simangaliso. Teaching to Transform: Towards a Model of Transformation Centered Christian Education. Journal of Practical Theology, March Kumalo RS. The Palace, the Parish and the Power: Church-state relations in Rwanda and the genocide Kumalo, Simangaliso. Methodism in SA: The Teaching Ministry of five Native Agents, Studia Historae, Ecclesiasticae. Vol xxx11, no 2, 2006, Kumalo, Simangaliso. Methodism in SA: The Teaching Ministry of five Native Agents, Studia Historae, Ecclesiasticae. Vol xxx11, no 2, 2006, Kumalo, Simangaliso. Doing Christian Education at the edges in South Africa: A Review of the work of Bongani Mazibuko as a Christian Educator and Missiologist. Studia Historae Ecclessiasticae vol xxx1, no 2 October Kumalo, Simangaliso. Southern African Sources for an Authentic CE for Social transformation, JTSA122, 2005, Kumalo, Simangaliso. Prophetic Christianity in Africa in the Context of Globalization, Missionalia, 34, 2005 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 2012 Kumalo, Simangaliso, Doin Theology in Rhythm with Africa: Steve de Gruchy s Theology of Development. In Cochrane, Living on the Edge: The Legacy of Steve de Gruchy. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications Kumalo, RS. The Bible in and through Mission and Mission in the Bible in in Postcolonial Africa. In Emma-Wild-Wood & Peniel Rajkumar (ed). Foundations for Mission. (Oxford: Regnum, 2012), Kumalo, RS. The Impact of Global Religious Transformation on Social Cohesion and Social Development in Cultural Contexts with Specific Reference to the South African Context. University of Humboldt, Berlin Kumalo, S. Church and state in South Africa after apartheid in Daniel P. (Ed) Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Kumalo, S. Commemoration of Martyrs of the Struggle as Contested Terrain. In Gardzelidze, T & Guiddo, D. (ed) A Cloud of Witnesses. Geneva: WCC Publications ( ).

6 2009 AB Xuma and the Politics of Racial Accommodation versus Equal Citizenship and its Implications for Nation-building and Power-sharing in South Africa. In Du Toit, C Power sharing and Citizenship in South Africa. Pretoria: UNISA Press Kumalo, Simangaliso The price to pay for democracy in From Our Side: [Ed,) Steve de Gruchy, Sietse Stribos, Nico Koopman Kumalo, Simangaliso. Church Planting: A Tool for Rebuilding Our Communities in De Beer, S. (Ed) The Hidden Treasure: Rebuilding our Communities in the name of Jesus. Pretoria: Institute for Urban Ministries. Cape Town: Salt Print 2002 Kumalo, Simangaliso Church Planting in informal settlements as vehicles for community development. In Millard, J Ministry in informal settlements and elsewhere [Ed.] Millard Joan. Desktop Publication PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS Mkasi M. A Threat to Zulu Patriarchy and the Continuation of Community : Traditional Healing As sacred Safe Space for female sangomas in Same Sex Relationships. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa. January RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND REPORTS Principal researcher for on Religious Communities and Organization in the UMgungundlovu and EThekwini Municipalities. Sanctioned and sponsored by the Office of the Premier Participated as researcher for the project on Pioneers of the African Renaissance. Sanctioned and sponsored by the Office of the Premier 2006-Principal researcher on the life legacy of UNtsikana ka Gaba. Project was sanctioned and sponsored by the National Departments of Arts and Culture. OTHER PUBLICATIONS- MAGAZINES 2008-Kumalo, Simangaliso Theology has to be put into practice for it to make a difference. Southern Anglican Cross Kumalo, Simangaliso The Church has to put its house in order then talk Good Governance. Southern Anglican Cross June Kumalo, Simangaliso Mission in Transition: Partnerships in Mission 2000, Interpreter Magazine, USA PUBLICATIONS- MAGAZINES 2008-Kumalo, Simangaliso Theology has to be put into practice for it to make a difference. Southern Anglican Cross October 2008, Kumalo, Simangaliso the Church has to put its house then talk Good Governance. Southern Anglican Cross June

7 NEWSPAPERS Kumalo, RS. He worked for the pursuit of happiness for all : Remembering the Rev Dr KEM Mgojo Natal Witness 04 April 1932 d. 02 September Kumalo, RS. The legacy of Charlotte Maxeke. UKZNINDABA. Vol 8. No 8, August 2011, p Kumalo, RS. What would the father of the ANC say about Africa Today? The Witness,Sept 30, 2011, p Kumalo, RS. Tutu: Saint or Sinner. Daily News 11 October 2011, p Kumalo, RS Returned to Memory. The life and legacy of Nokutela Dube. The Witness July 18, 2011, p Kumalo RS. Religion is no pie in the sky. Daily news 28 June 2011, p Kumalo, RS. The Role of the Church in the 21 st Century: Towards an Afro-centric Church. SA Outlook. Special Edition 11.3/11.4, 2010, RECOGNITION FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS Invited by Drake University, US to give lectures on religion and citizenship in South Africa. November In 2012, I was part of a team that designed a Masters Programme in Gender, Health and Religion between the University of KwaZulu Natal, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology and Makumira University in Tanzania In 2011 I was part of a team that designed a Programme for International Graduate Programme on Religion and Culture Exchange that is offered by the University of Stellenbosch and Humboldt University in German. In 2011 I was part of a team that designed a Programme Programme for PhD Seminars between The University of Oslo, Union Theological Seminary and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2010 I was part of a team that negotiated and facilitated the partnership between Emory University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2009, I was part of a team that designed an Exchange Programme for Masters Students between University of Oslo and University of KwaZulu-Natal. Since 2006 I have been external examiner for the University of Stellenbosch, Zululand and UNISA. In 2004 and 2008 was external examiner for the College of the Transfiguration, Grahamstown. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I have also continued facilitating the JLDube Annual Memorial Lectures which I founded 9 years ago. This lecture has become a very important annual event for the university through which experts on social, political and religious issues are brought to the university to share their insights or research and generate discussion. This lecture has become a university one and the only one which is jointly owned by two schools as it is owned by the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics and the School of Education. It has facilitated collaboration and intellectual discussions between the two schools. Through this project we have been able to market the work of the university to leaders. For instance in 2012 the Lecture was delivered by the Minister of Arts and Culture Mr. Paul Mashatile. (See appendix) I have continued my work as the Director of the Ujamaa Centre for Community Development and Research which is a Centre of the University. The Ujamaa Centre facilitates field-research for theology students especially those focusing on Biblical Studies. My responsibility as the director has been to promote the vision of the Centre, interact with funders and to manage its. Daily operations.

8 January 2010, I founded Brentwood Pre-school in Tumbleweed, Howick for poor and vulnerable most of who are orphaned as a result of HIV&AIDS. Currently the pre-school has a total number of 92 children and are served by a staff of 5 people. The aim is to provide pre-school education in a safe and caring environment. This project has also become a service-learning centre for University students who would like to do field work and action-research work. We make sure that research ethics guidelines are adhered to strictly whilst at the sometime allowing the students to benefit by implementing their theory in a real practical situation. In 2010 I was appointed chairperson of the Maurice Webb Trust which supports projects that do research and development work on issues on race relations in South Africa. Through my involvement in this Trust we have been able to fund research projects in the School of Social Sciences, the Maurice Webb Unit, and the Centre for Critical Justice and the Ujamaa Centre. All these are centres of the university and they have benefitted through my leadership at Maurice Webb Trust. So I have indirectly contributed to the bringing of third-stream funds to the university through my involvement in community organizations. February 14, was invited as a speaker at various governmental and NGO events organized to celebrate freedom, democracy and Human Rights. Made presentations at the Office of the Premier, Pietermaritzburg, UMgungundlovu District Municipality, and Interdenominational Ministers Association of South Africa (IDAMASA). January14, 2010-eas invited to conduct training sessions on Theological Education, Church and Politics and Ministerial Formation for the Methodist Church of Southern Africa s interns. December 10, 2009-was invited as guest speaker by the Swaziland Council of Churches at the International Human Rights celebrations in Manzini Swaziland July 26, 2009-was invited to be the guest speaker at the National Conference of the Black Methodist Consultation. Religious Leaders in the shaping of Public Policy May was invited as guest speaker at the Grahamstown Synod of the Methodist Church and was asked to speak on the Prophetic Ministry of the Church in post-apartheid South Africa. May 13-15, 2009 was invited as guest- speaker at Natal West District Synod of the Methodist Church. Delivered a presentation called: The Interface between Faith and Democracy. March 13, was panellist at UKHOZI FM on the topic Clergy and Party Politics in South Africa. 22 April 2007 was panellist on the news radio-station, SAFM on the topic of The Journal of Theology for Southern Africa To date have continued with my work in the Religion and Governance, organized and facilitated 4, one-week seminars per year, on Theology and Democracy. Over 1250 students, community and religious leaders including women and youth from the province of KZN, South Africa and SADCC region have been trained through seminars over the years To date have organized and facilitated 9 John Dube Annual Memorial Lectures in the past 10 years as part of the Religion and Governance Programme. The following dignitaries have been our guest speakers, Musa Zondi MP, Rd. Wesley Mabuza Chairperson of the Commission Multi-cultural and Multi-religion. Inkosi Mpiyezintombi Mzimela President of the House of Traditional Leaders, Bishop Lunga Sibotho Bishop of the Ethiopian Church of Southern Africa, Mrs Zanele Hlatshwayo Mayor of UMgungundlovu District Municipality and Mike Muendane former MP and Independent Consultant on Pan Africanism, Dr Mvume Dandala former MP and President of Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, Prof Itumeleng Mosala, Prof Cherif Keita (Carlton College US) and Mr. Paul Mashatile, Minister of Arts and Culture. The lecture is located at the School of Religion and Theology at the Pietermaritzburg Campus To date I have been a regular guest on UKHOZIFM, (SABC Radio Zulu), radio metro, TV1KZN, SAfm etc. as a scholar in the field of politics and human rights, ranging in topics from the, children s bill, politics and religion, culture and religion.

9 PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES IN THE LAST 3 YEARS My work has been recognized by my peers-both local and international. This has led to me being invited to deliver lectures in institutions both local and overseas. The following table is of the presentation I have made in different parts of the world as a response to invitations by my peers in the field of theology and social transformation. Date of conference Place Society Title of Presentation 17 October 2011 University of Oslo, Norway University of Oslo Religion and Violence in Africa. 23 October 2011 Mozambique UCCSA Drinking from our own wells. 24 February 2011 Pretoria International Conference for Youth Pastors Speaking to the World: Articulating the Voice of the Local Theologian in a Global Context. Plenary Address 2010 Humboldt University, Berlin Practical Theology 2010 Atlanta, US American Academy of Religions The Impact of Global Transformations on Social Cohesion and Social Development in different contexts with Specific Reference to South Africa. Steve de Gruchy: An Interpretation of some main Themes in his work on Theology and Development February Bossey Switzerland Edinburgh 2010 CBS Mission June University of Joint Theological Theological education Stellenbosch Conference for SA in the Edendale Lay 30 July- 3 August 2009 Catholic Theological Union Seminary - Chicago International Association of Practical theologians Ecumenical Centre Church and Democracy in SA 2010 University of Oslo 200 years celebration since the founding of the University of Oslo 2011 November Humboldt University Conference on the Impact of Religion and Violence in a Pluralistic Society Religion and Globalization in other contexts

10 Globalization and Religion November Humboldt University Research on Science and Religion 2012 December 5 University of California-Irvine July 2012 Akrofi-Kristaller Institute-Ghana, Accra CIIHA Blog Conference Graduate Seminar September 2012 Wittenberg, Germany Societus Homiletica Conference May 2013 Humboldt University, Germany Guest Lecturer for Summer School The Role of the Church in the Promotion of Human Rights in South Africa Humanitarian AID and Asset or Liability for Africa s Development: Perspectives from Africa. Asset or Liability: The role of religion in the development of democracy in South Africa. Who is Preaching, the Preacher or the Liturgy: A response to Bishop Mondeus s? Religion and Ethics in a Globalized World SABBATICAL LEAVE January 2009 I was on Sabbatical Leave and spent some time at Humboldt University, Germany where gave some lectures. I also wrote a paper which was published in a book as a chapter. Then I visited Drake University in Iowa, US where I gave some lectures as a visiting scholar. VISITING LECTURER Drake University, US October 2013 Humboldt University, Germany October 2012 University of Oslo July 2010 University of Swaziland December 2007 BOOKS IN PROGRESS The Spirit of Freedom an investigation of the spiritualties of the twelve leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and how it has impacted on the policies of church and state relations in South Africa. Drinking from our African wells : Methodist organizations as sources of faith

11 SUPERVISION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Students who have graduated PhD Herbert Moyo