The Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy has two sections, that is the philosophy section and the religious studies one. The department visualizes to become a chief benefactor for spiritual and ethical service provision in the Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies in particular and the world in general. The department has an obligation to cultivate proficient, fit and pioneering graduates who would neatly fit in the fast-changing global village. High spiritual formation, Unhu/Ubuntu, integrity, ethical leadership, and humility are the cherished values the department seeks to inculcate in its learners. The department is keenly intricate in research that seeks to detect the role of ethics, leadership and religion in transmuting people and societies for better livelihoods and cultivation of peace. Philosophical, religious, and ethical reflections in the changing global village are core to the department’s mandate. The department strives to undertake transformative research that immensely and ornately contributes to sustainable human development.
VISSION
To be the leading department in transformative research, spiritual formation, tranquility, and ethical leadership
MISSION
Empowering the world through high spiritual formation, Unhu/Ubuntu, integrity, ethical leadership, and humility.
Objectives
The department is anchored on the following objectives:
- Teaching
- Community engagement in spiritual formation and ethical leadership.
- Develop proficient and pioneering graduates who can perpetuate peace, tranquility, ethical leadership, and humility.
- Fostering transformative research that immensely and ornately contributes to sustainable human development.
- Transmuting societies through ethical leadership.
- Bachelor of Arts Honours in Ethics and organisational Leadership
- Bachelor of Arts Honours in Religious Studies and Theology
- Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Theology (BRST) – (Being Phased Out)
- Bachelor of Arts Honours in Ethics and Organisational Leadership (BAHEOL)
- Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) programmes
- Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil) programmes
- Pastors
- Chaplains
- Training Coordinators
- Managers
- Programme coordinators
- Programme Directors
- Project Officers
- Compliance Officers
- Disaster Response Officers
- Field Officers
Department Chairperson
