Conversations in Global Anglican Theology

Michael Battle is the Extraordinary Professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and formerly taught at General Theological Seminary in New York where he was the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and later given one of the highest Anglican Church distinctions as “Six Preacher,” by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Battle has published nine books, including Reconciliation: the Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, and Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me. He lives in Knightdale, North Carolina. Thandi Gamedze is a post-doc fellow at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. She has researched churches as educational sites and was a contributor to Relentless Love: Living Out Integral Mission to Combat Poverty, Injustice and Conflict by Graham Joseph Hill. Thandi lives in Cape Town, South Africa.   Stephen Spencer is the Advisor on Theological Education in the Anglican Communion and Lambeth Conference Implementation. He is Canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania, and was the Link Officer for the diocesan Companion Link with the Dioceses of Mara, Rorya, and Tarime in Tanzania when he was in the Diocese of Leeds. Stephen lives in Tanzania.   Rose Hudson Wilkin is the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury. A former member of the General Synod of the Church of England, she has also represented the Church of England at the World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe and Brazil. She was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Commission as well. Rose lives in Canterbury, England.   Simon Chul Lai Ro is the Dean of the Graduate School of Theology at Sungkonghoe University in South Korea, and he is in charge of their Centre for Chaplaincy Studies. He was the port chaplain at The Mission to Seafarers in Busan, South Korea and Yokohama, Japan. Ro is a member of the Anglican Seminary Deans' Network, as well as the Asia Theological Accompaniment Programme, organized by the United Society Partners in the Gospel. He lives in Bucheon, South Korea.   Henry Mbaya is a professor in the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is an Anglican priest and his research is focused on the Anglican Church’s missionary approach to African culture between the 19th to 21st centuries. He lives in South Africa.   Thokozile J. Mbaya is a Ph.D. Student at VID Specialized University in Stavanger, Norway. Her current research is focused on investigating the role of the Anglican Church in addressing sexual health challenges in Cape Town (SA) communities. Thokozile lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Thabo Makgoba is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. He is the Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape and has been a panelist and discussion leader at multiple World Economic Forums. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.   Wilhelm Verwoerd is a senior researcher and facilitator at the Center for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, and is the author of Verwoerd: My Journey Through Family Betrayals. He lives in South Africa.