Research Areas

Human Sexuality, Albinism, Theology and COVID-19, ,

Profile

Dr. Jones Hamburu Mawerenga is a Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at the University of Malawi.

Publications

• Journal Article
  Mawerenga, J. H. “A Missio-Pneumatological Reading of Acts 2: A Classical Pentecostal Perspective.” In The Reader, the Text, and the Two Horizons, essays in honor of the late Prof. Welile Mazamisa. (ed). Phumezi Hombana. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (2026)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Maw erenga, J.H. “Religion, Witchcraft Accusations, Violence and Security in Malawi.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Violence and Security in Africa. (eds) Mlambo O.B., and Chitando E. Palgrave. (2026)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga J.H. and Lwinga G. “Lake Malawi: A Resource and Driver of Development.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Africa's Resources and Development (eds.) Mlambo O.B., and Chitando E. Palgrave. (2026)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga J.H. and Godwins Lwinga. Feminist digital citizenship in Malawi: Mwiza Chavura’s Rape Song.” In Digital Feminist Citizenship in Africa (eds.) Tony Roberts and Tanja Bosch. Zed Books. Bloomsbury. (2026)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga J.H. “A multi-faith higher education chaplaincy in Malawi.” In Enhancing Student Support in Higher Education in Southern Afriica.. (eds.)Francis Machingura and Shamiso Christine Madzivire, Routledge (2026)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga J.H. “The Church’s Prophetic Diakonia in Malawi.” In Diaconia -Acts, Understandings and Stories of Service in a Pluralistic Southern Africa. (eds.) Johannes Knoetze and Jacques W. Beukes. Barnabas Academic Publishers. (2025)
  https://clf.co.za/open-resource/diaconia-acts-understanding-and-stories/

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J. H., & Mkhutche, W. Decolonising the African Radio: Changes and Continuities in Malawi. In The BBC's Legacy in Africa (pp. 16-30). Routledge. (2025)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003616184-2/decolonising-african-radio-jones-hamburu-mawerenga-wonderful-mkhutche

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J. H., & Lwinga, G. (2025). Courtroom interpretation and the dilemma of the poor and illiterate as accused and witnesses in court. In Discrimination and Access to Justice in Africa (pp. 219-235). Routledge. (2025)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003569435/discrimination-access-justice-africa-wellman-kondowe-paul-svongoro?refId=54bf3b3f-c2b7-4e32-b4c7-3ef168b48148&context=ubx

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J.H. “Religion and the Construction of African Feminist Epistemology.” In African Feminist Epistemology: Harnessing African Feminist Knowledge Through Women’s Lived Experiences. (eds) Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira, June Jane Ombara, Beatrice Kizi-Nzovu and Esther Kathini Kyalo. African Women Studies Centre, Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub, University of Nairobi. (2025)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga J.H. and Wonderful Mkhutche. (2025). “God-fearing Nation: The State, Religion and Public Policy in Malawi, 1964-2024.” In Malawi at Sixty. (eds). Gift Wasambo Kayira, Kenneth Ross and Mzee Hermann Mvula. Mzuni Press and Kachere Series (2025)
  https://africanbookscollective.com/books/malawi-at-sixty/

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• Journal Article
  Mawerenga, J. H. (2024). John Chilembwe’s Praxis. African Theological Journal for Church and Society, 5(1), 179-210. (2024)
  https://atjcs.netact.org.za/index.php/netact/article/view/140

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• Journal Article
  Mawerenga, J. H. (2024). The Nexus Of Politics, Religion, and Violent Extremism in Malawi. African Theological Journal for Church and Society, 45-65. (2024)
  https://atjcs.netact.org.za/index.php/netact/article/view/160

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J. H. (2024). Violence Against Persons with Albinism in Malawi. In The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa (pp. 699-719). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. (2024)
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-40754-3#page=714

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J.H. (2024). Men Who Love Other Men in Malawi. In: Chitando, E., Mlambo, O.B., Mfecane, S., Ratele, K. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49167-2_37 (2024)
  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-49167-2_37

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J. H. (2024). Fortune in the Bones: An Intersectionality of ATR and Albinism Discourse in Malawi. African Traditional Religions Revisited: Dynamics in Indigenous Religions in 21st Century Africa; Essays in Honour of Monsignor Professor Joseph Chaphadzika Chakanza. (2024)
  https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/entities/publication/f84e9dce-00fb-4079-8de0-5ebfdec9d7f7

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J.H. (2024). “Intersections among Vaccine Hesitancy, Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic.” In Covid-19 and Psychological Distress in Africa Book. (ed) Yamikani Ndasauka. Routledge (2024)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003425861/covid-19-psychological-distress-africa-yamikani-ndasauka

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, Jones Hamburu. "Religious homophobia and inequality in Malawi." Religion and inequality in Africa: 125-140. In Religion and Inequality in Africa (pp. 125-140). (Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion & Cultures). Bloomsbury. (2024)
  https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/religion-and-inequality-in-africa-9781350307414/

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J.H. “Evangelism in Southern African Classical Pentecostalism.” In Evangelism: Perspectives from an African Context (ed) Knoetze, J.J. Barnabas Academic Publishers. (2024)
  

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• Journal Article
  Mawerenga, J. H. (2023). The trilogy of the coronavirus disease, religion, and the health of African women. Pathways to African Feminism and Development: Journal of the African Women Studies Centre, 8(1), 57-73. (2023)
  https://uonjournals.uonbi.ac.ke/ojs/index.php/aws/article/view/2055

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• Journal Article
  "Theological Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Malawian Perspective" In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 56, No 1 | a2792 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v56i1.2792 | https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2792 (2022)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Mawerenga, J.H, & Knoetze, J.J. (2023). “Mission as theological education (Curriculum) in Africa.” In Mission as the Labour Room of Theology. 315-329. (eds) Knoetze, J. J. CLF Publishers. (2022)
  

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• Journal Article
  "We are Human, Like You: Albinism in Malawi - Implications for Security" J. Hum 29 (1), 2021 (Journal of Humanities, University of Malawi) https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jh/issue/view/19971 (2021)
  

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• Journal Article
  "Rethinking Ecclesiology and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi" Vol 2 No 2, (2021): African Theological Journal for Church and Society https://atjcs.netact.org.za/index.php/netact/article/view/47 (2021)
  

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