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Dorothy Tembo

Senior Lecturer, Theology and Religious Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-5567
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Brief profile


  • Dorothy Tembo earned her Ph.D. in Religions from SOAS, University of London in 2018. Her research focuses on the interplay between colonialism and Christianity, specifically investigating the dynamics of missionary efforts and African agency in the context of colonial Malawi. Employing historiographical methodologies, Tembo critically examines how mission work influenced the formation of ethnic identities, gender roles, African marriage practices, and indigenous religions within colonial Mala... Read more

Research fields of focus

19th-century Christian mission movements, Gender, Colonialism, Identity, Ethnicity

Education/Academic Qualification


No education data available.

Undergraduate courses


  • TRS121 - Church History ( Mideaval Church
  • TRS115 - Introduction to content and Growth of the Old Testament
  • TRS125 - Introduction to Traditional Religion
  • TRS221 - Religious Studies 2: Introduction to Islam in Africa
  • TRS121 - Church History ( Mideaval Church
  • TRS121 - Church History ( Mideaval Church
  • TRS121 - Church History - Medieval
  • TRS221 - Church History; African
  • TRS124 - African Traditional Religion
  • TRS424 - Missiology
  • TRS111 - History of the Early Church
  • TRS115 - Biblical Studies - Introduction to Old Testament
  • TRS414 - Modern Malawian Church History
  • TRS111 - Church History: Early Church
  • TRS115 - Introduction to Biblical Studies (OT) and Church History
  • TRS414 - Modern Malawian History

Postgraduate courses


  • MTR515 - CHURCH HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  • MTR525 - CHURCH AND SOCIETY
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Publication Year

2025

Faith and food in rural Malawi: an investigation into the sociocultural determinants of household food security

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo, Laston Petro Manja,...

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2025, doi: 10.1080/15528014.2024.2407195

Sociology Economic growth Economics Geography Business

2024

Christian Femininity in Independent Africa

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : book-chapter

Publication Year: 2024, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48270-0_36

Sociology Gender studies Femininity

The Religious Landscape of Malawi and Prospects for Covenantal Pluralism

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2024, doi: 10.1080/15570274.2024.2414583

Religious Pluralism Religious freedom Sociology Political science Epistemology

Mission Rivalries, Conflicts, and the Construction of Protestant Christian Identities in Colonial Malawi

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2024, doi: 10.1177/23969393231182440

Evangelism Sociology Political science Gender studies Philosophy

Nehanda : Women’s Theologies of Liberation in Southern Africa (Circle Jubilee Volume 3)

Research output : book

Publication Year: 2024, doi: 10.20378/irb-95198

Liberation Chemistry Sociology Thermodynamics Physics

Lenshina Alice Mulenga

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : book-chapter

Publication Year: 2024, doi: 10.4324/9781003460978-18

Computer science Art Art history Alice (programming language)

2022

God, missionaries and race in colonial Malawi

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.1080/03057070.2022.2177437

Sociology Political science Gender studies Philosophy Colonialism

Protestant Missionaries’ Understanding of and Attitude toward African Religion in Colonial Malawi

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2022, doi: 10.1177/23969393221098142

African Studies Denial African culture Sociology Political science

2021

Missionaries and the Construction of Christian Homes: Examining the Formation of African Social Identities in Colonial Malawi

Author(s) : Dorothy Tembo

Research output : journal-article

Publication Year: 2021, doi: 10.1177/2396939320987554

Sociology Political science Gender studies Colonialism Law

Education, Communication and Democracy in Africa

Author(s) : Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu, Victor Chikaipa,...

Research output : book

Publication Year: 2021, doi: 10.4324/9781003125440

Political science Law Politics Democracy

Awards

Professional Services

Funding and grants acquired

  • Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    Unknown - Present
  • Funder
    Carnegie Corporation of New York
    New York, New York, US

  • Writing Religion and Social Transformation in Africa: Publishing and Mentoring Workshop for Early Career Arts, Humanities and Social Science researchers

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    Unknown - Present
  • Funder
    British Academy
    London, England, GB

  • Commonwealth Scholarship, PhD Religions, SOAS, University of London

  • Type
    Award
  • Period
    Unknown - Present
  • Funder
    Commonwealth Scholarships Commission
    London, GB

  • The Nature of God and the Problem of Evil and Suffering in African Philosophy of Religion: The Case of Chewa, Tumbuka, and Sena Ethnic Groups in Malawi.

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    Unknown - Present
  • Funder
    Global Philosophy of Religion - Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion
    Birmingham, GB

  • Towards Transformative Governance of Food Loss and Waste in Southern Africa

  • Type
    Grant
  • Period
    Unknown - Present
  • Funder
    International Development Research Centre
    Ottawa, Ontario, CA
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Employment and positions held

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    University of Malawi Chancellor College — Not specified
  • 2009-11 - Present
  • Zomba, Southern Region, MW

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