Lutheran Theological Education and general education in South Africa and Africa
Church Archives & Oral History
Capturing Local Congregational or Parish History
Black Theology & African Theology
Church History
Lutheran Theological Education and general education in South Africa and Africa
Church Archives & Oral History
Capturing Local Congregational or Parish History
Black Theology & African Theology
Book Chapters
Mashabela, K. 2024. Discerning African women’s call for an equality, inclusive and liberation centred theological education in South Africa: A study case of Jese Mkhize. In 500+ Years of Lutheranism: The Reformation Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow African Perspectives edited by H Moyo & SS Chisale. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications.
Mashabela, James Kenokeno 2004. Manas Buthelezi b. Lutheran South Africa, Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Republished in 2023 in Journal of African Christian Biography, 8(4).
Mashabela, J.K. 2025. Manas Buthelezi the Radical Political Activist in the 1980s and 1990s in South Africa: He is an Alumni of Theology of Politics, Black Theology, 23:1, 3-18, DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2025.2465228
Mashabela, J.K. 2025, ‘The presence of Pentecostalism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa’, African Journal of Pentecostal Studies 2(1), a42. https://doi. org/10.4102/ajops.v2i1.42
Mashabela, J.K. 2025. ‘The University of South Africa’s contributions to Lutheran theological training in higher education’, Verbum et Ecclesia 46(3), a3352. https://doi.org/10.4102/ ve.v46i3.3352
Mashabela, J.K., 2024, ‘Revisiting African Spirituality: A reference to Missiological Institute consultations of 1965 and 1967’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 80(2), a9022. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v80i2.9022
Mashabela, J.K. 2024. “The Disruption of Migrant Labour on the Labourer, Family, Community, Land and Religion or Church in South Africa During the 20th Century: 2023 CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 50 (3):12 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/16322.
Mashabela, James Kenokeno. 2024. Lutheran Theological Education to Christian Education in (South) Africa: A Decolonial Conversion in the African Church. Religions 15: 479. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15040479
Mashabela, Kenokeno. 2023. “Training of African Independent Churches Students at the Umphumulo Lutheran Theological College”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 49 (3):15 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/14157.
Mashabela, James Kenokeno. 2023. Africa Independent Churches as Amabandla Omoya and Syncretism in South Africa. Religions 14: 1369. https://doi.org/10.3390/ rel14111369
Mashabela, K., & Madise, M. (2023). An ongoing search of constant and sustainable Lutheran Theological Education in South Africa in the 21st century. Acta Theologica, 43(1), 60–79. https://doi.org/10.38140/at.v43i1.7039
Mashabela, Kenokeno. 2022. “The Agenda of Simon Sekone Maimela As Student Political Activist in the Black Consciousness Context at Umphumulo Lutheran Theological College”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 48 (2):16 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/10571.
Mashabela, Kenokeno, and Mokhele Madise. 2022. “A Threefold of Lutheran Theological Institutions in the Midst of Theological Education in South Africa: 1960–1993”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 48 (3):17 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/10063.
Mashabela, J.K., 2017, ‘Africanisation as an agent of theological education in Africa’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), a4581. https://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4581
Mashabela, James Kenokeno. 2017. “Healing in a Cultural Context: The Role of Healing As a Defining Character in the Growth and Popular Faith of the Zion Christian Church”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 43 (3):14 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1909.
Mashabela, James Kenokeno, and Mokhele Madise. 2016. “MANAS BUTHELEZI: THE CHURCHLEADER, LIBERATION ACTIVIST AND SCHOLAR IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT”. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 42 (1):86-95. https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/506.
I presented a paper “The disruption of migrant labour on the labourer, family, community, land and religion or church in South Africa during the 20th century” at the Annual Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA) Conference theme “The Church and Migration from colonial times to the present day” held on 17-19 August 2023 at the University of Free State, Bloemfontein.
I presented a paper entitled “Discerning African women’s call for an equality, inclusive and liberation centred theological education in South Africa: A case study of Jase Mkhize” at a Joint of the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) and the Circle of Concerned Africa Women Theologians Conference, UNISA on 24-27 July 2022.
I presented paper “Revisiting African Spirituality: A reference to Missiological Institute consultations of 1965 & 1967” at The School of Humanities in The College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in collaboration with VukaniBantuTsohangBatho and the Council for World Mission Black Theology of Liberation International Conference dated 15-17 November 2022.
2021 Annual Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA) Conference, I presented a paper entitled “The agenda of Simon Sekone Maimela as a student political activist in Black Consciousness context at Umphumulo Lutheran Theological College”
2021 UNISA Garmin Quality Community Virtual Conference, Managing and Rethinking Quality amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, University of South Africa, I presented a paper entitled “College of Education Quality Assurance & Enhancement unit and UNIDrive at the University of South Africa in the midst of Covid-19”.
2018 Church History Society of Southern Africa Annual Conference, Church and Empire, University of KwaZulu-Natal, I presented a paper entitled “The space and role of women in the Lutheran Church of Southern Africa: the co-Lutheran ministry of the baptised of all believers (1960 - 2016)”
2017 I presented a paper on “Manas Buthelezi on religion and race: A dialogue with Simon Sekone Maimela” at Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race Conference, Howard University, Washington DC.
2016 I presented a paper on “Healing in a cultural context: The role of healing as a defining character in the growth and popular faith of the Zion Christian Church” at a Third Joint Conference for Societies of Religion and Theology, University of Pretoria.
2016 I presented a paper “Africanisation as an agent of theological education in Africa” at College of Human Science: Department of Philosophy, Systematic and Practical Conference, University of South Africa
2015 I presented “Manas Buthelezi: The church leader, liberation activist and scholar in the South African context” at Lutheran Theological Institute and University of KwaZulu Natal Joint Conference in Honour of Bishop Emeritus Dr Manas Buthelezi 80 years’ birthday, Lutheran Theological Institute, Pietermaritzburg.
Member of the Church History Society of Southern Africa.
Member of the Southern African Missiological Society.
A historical establishment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa organisations such as Prayer Women’s League, Prayer Men’s League, Prayer Youth League and a recent Prayer Women’s Fellowship.
Capturing local congregational or parish history through oral history and archives.
