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Faculty of Theology prize for Stephen Kapinde
At the Dies academicus, the University of Basel honors young scientists, while the ceremony in St. Martin's Church and the awarding of honorary doctorates will be cancelled this year due to Corona virus restrictions. (Photo: University of Basel, Christian Flierl)
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We congratulate Stephen Kapinde who was honored by the Faculty of Theology for his doctoral thesis. In his research he describes the development of the relationship between the Anglican church and the state using post-colonial Kenya as a case study.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of Basel had to cancel the ceremony to mark its 560th Dies Academicus. Nevertheless, the university is honoring a number of young researchers for their outstanding achievements, among them Stephen Achola Asol Kapinde, a member of the Graudate Network African Studies.
The Faculty of Theology is honoring Stephen Kapinde for his doctoral thesis on non-European Christianity, in which Kapinde describes the development of the relationship between the Anglican church and the state using post-colonial Kenya as a case study. On the one hand, his thesis notes the church’s important role in the process of democratization and as an actor that reconciles and champions the rights of the most vulnerable members of society. On the other hand, Kapinde also acknowledges the church’s entanglement in corruption and issues of ethnicity, and its lack of cohesion in matters of human rights.
