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Hazel Ong'ayo Ayanga

Hazel Ong'ayo Ayanga is a female Kenyan theologian and a Professor of Religious Studies at Moi University, Eldoret . She is one of the notable member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.Hazel Ong'ayo Ayanga is known for her work on the care and empowerment of orphans and vulnerable children and women affected by HIV/AIDS.

Hazel Ong'ayo Ayanga
Born	10th January 1952 Luanda in Vihiga County, Kenya
Nationality	Kenyan
Occupation	Professor of Religious Studies
Title	Professor
Academic work
Discipline	African Theology
Sub-discipline	Feminist Theology
Institutions	Moi University, Kenya
Main interests	Care and empowerment of orphans, vulnerable children and women affected by HIV/AIDS

Early Life

Ayanga was born to Rev. John Ayanga and the late Rev. Rita Ayanga on 10^th January 1952 at Luanda in Vihiga County, Kenya.

Christian Life

Hazel is a member of the Anglican Church of Kenya.

Education Life

Hazel graduated with a post-graduate diploma in Librarianship in 1977 from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth in Cardiff, Wales. Through a scholarship awarded to her from the University of Nairobi, she managed to graduate with a Master of Arts in Religious Studies in 1987. She advanced her studies and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies from Moi University in 1999. Her doctoral thesis was on the secularization process and its impact on Christianity in Eldoret. Her research interests are on the care and empowerment of Orphans and Vulnerable children and women affected by HIV and AIDS. Thus, her post-doctoral studies at Yale University were in the area of Theological responses to HIV and AIDS.

Career

Hazel began her career as a senior librarian at Kenya National Library Services, Nairobi from 1975 to 1983. She then joined Kenyatta University as an Assistant Librarian in 1987. She began lecturing as a Tutorial Fellow in the department of Religion at Moi University in 1989. She became an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the department of Philosophy, Religion and Theology at Moi University, Kenya in 2009. She has taught many courses at the University with particular interest and emphasis on: Comparative Religion, Phenomenology of Religion, Contemporary Religious Thought, History of Christianity, History of the Development of Christian Doctrine,Women and Religion, Religion and Society, Emerging Theologies, Theories of Religion, Introduction to the Study of Religion, Introduction to Faith and Reason, Introduction to the Study of Philosophy and Religion, Interreligious Dialogue and Research Methods. Her current research interest is on Spirituality in Clinical settings, Religion and change in Africa and the centrality of ritual in human life.

Awards and Recognition

In 2019, she won the Indiana University Health and Values grant. In 2003, she earned a Course Competition Award from the Centre for Theology and Natural Sciences (CTNS) in Berkeley, California. Furthermore, she was awarded a Research Fellowship Award by the African Christianity project of the centre for the study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh in 1996.

Leadership and Responsibility

In her unpublished Curriculum Vitae, Hazel has demonstrated high levels of leadership skills. She served as the head of Department of Religion in Moi University between 2003 and 2005. She also served as a warden in Ladies Hostels J in Moi University between 1998 and 2005, and Ladies Hostels K between 2010 and 2013 in the same university.

Between 2004 and 2005, she was an external examiner, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Nairobi, Distant Education. She also served in the same capacity in Kenyatta University from 2010 to 2013. From September 2020 to date, she serves as an external examiner for Religion in the Department of Social Science Education at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

Community Engagement

From her unpublished Curriculum Vitae, Hazel has served as a member of the Board of Governors, Ebunangwe Secondary School in Vihiga County, Kenya between 2003 and 2005. She has also served as a vice-chairperson, Hill School Parents’ Teacher Association (PTA) in Eldoret between 1999 and 2001 and as a chairperson, Uasin Gishu Children’s services forum in Uasin Gishu, Kenya from 2006 to 2014. In addition, she represented School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University in the International Students Board between 2009 and 2018. She served as a member of advisory committee to All African Conference of Churches between 2008 and 2018.

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

Hazel served as the coordinator, Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Eastern Africa Region from 2007 to 2019. In 2002, she co-edited, with Mary Getui, a book entitled Conflicts in Africa: A Women Response, published by the Kenyan Chapter of the Circle.

Selected works

Simion, K., Koech, J., & Ayanga, H. (2022). An Investigation of Church Based Peace Building Models in Selected Churches in Kericho County. British Journal of Multidisciplinary and Advanced Studies, 3(1), 1-10.

Kamaara,E.,Nyongesa,P.,  Ayanga,H., Choge-Kerama,J.E., Chelagat,D., Koech,J.K., Mraja,M.,  Chemorion,K.E., Mothaly,J., Kiyiapi,L.,  Katwa,J., Odunga, J.  & James Lemons,J. (2020), “Hospital-based Spiritual Care for Mothers of Neonates at RMBH in Eldoret, Kenya: A Situational Analysis”, in Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 7(2).

Maua, A. C., Ayanga, H., & Kahiga, J. (2020). Christian Teachings on Marriage and Its Impact on Customary Marriage among the Iteso of North Teso. African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 5(4), 258-267.

Rutto, F., Ayanga, H., & Ngure, S. (2020). The Social Impact of Western Christianity on Marakwet Traditional Funeral Rites. African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 5(4), 278-289.

Kamaara, E., Nyongesa, P., Ayanga, H. O., Choge-Kerama, E. J., Chelagat, D., Koech, J. K., ... & Lemons, J. (2019). Hospital-based Spiritual Care for Mothers of Neonates at RMBH in Eldoret, Kenya: A Situational Analysis. Health & Social Care Chaplaincy, 7(2).

Nyongesa, P., Kamaara, E., Ayanga, H. O., Mothaly, J., Akim, S. P., Ivy, S., & Lemons, J. (2019). Integrating Spiritual Care into Maternity Care at a University Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya: Challenges, Lessons and Way Forward. Health & Social Care Chaplaincy, 7(2).

Seurey, C. K., Ayanga, H., & Kabera, E. C. (2019). Ng’ anyet: Death Rituals among the Nandi. The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies.

Ayanga, H. O. (2017). Contextual Challenges to African Women in Mission. International Review of Mission, 106(2), 295-306.

Ayanga, H. O. (2016). Voice of the voiceless: The legacy of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. Verbum et Ecclesia, 37(2), 1-6.

Ayanga, H. (2015). African cosmologies past and present. In Science, Religion and Society (pp. 325-331). Routledge.

Ayanga, H. (2015). AIDS, Science, and Religion in Africa. In Science, Religion and Society (pp. 649-653). Routledge.

Korir, S. K., & Ayanga, H. (2022). The Church as an Agent of Behavioural Change.

Christopher, S. K., Ayanga, H., & Choge, E. A Synthesised Nandi Anglican Ng’anyet Ritual: A Paradigm Shift In A Multi Religious World.

Ayanga, H. (2012). Inspired and gendered: The hermeneutical challenge of teaching gender in Kenya. Men in the pulpit women in the pew, 85-92.

Ayanga, H. O. (2011). Some preliminary notes on gender, culture and theology. Hekima Review, (44), 8-16.

Ayanga, H. (2010). Globalization: A theo-religious response. African.

Ayanga, H. (2008). Hospitality in the Context of Interfaith Relations. Deepening Faith, Hope and Love in Relations with Neighbors of Other Faiths, 2.

Ayanga, H. (2008). Waging peace: The role of religion in reconciliation process. religion and politics in Africa, 112-123.

Ayanga, H. (2008). Religio-cultural challenges in women’s fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. Women, religion and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Responding to ethical and theological challenges, 34-48.

AYANGA, H. (2008). Religio-Cultural Challenges in Womens Fight against HIV. AIDS in Africa.

Ayanga, H. (2005). Challenges to mission in contemporary Africa. Maarifa (Eldoret, Kenya), 1(1), 51-58.

Getui, M. N., & Ayanga, H. (Eds.). (2002). Conflicts in Africa: A Women Response. Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, Kenya Chapter.

Ayanga, H. (2002). Conflict as a Consequence of Secularisation: Its Impact on the Lives and Experiences of Women in Africa.

Ayanga, H. O. (1996). Violence against women in african oral literature as portrayed in proverbs.

Ayanga, H. O. A. (1986). Internal movements in the Anglican Diocese of Maseno North: With special reference to the East African Revival movement (Masters dissertation).

Hazel, A. Globalisation: A Theo–religious Response. African.

Edited Works

Bongmba, E. (2011). Women, Religion and Hiv/Aids in Africa: Responding to Ethical and Theological Challenges–Edited by Teresia M. Hinga, Anne Nkirote Kubai, Philomena Mwaura, and Hazel Ayanga. Religious Studies Review, 1(37), 74-74.

Mashau, T. D. (2011). Women, religion and HIV/AIDS in Africa: responding to ethical and theological challenges, TM Hinga, AN Kubai, P. Mwaura & H. Ayanga (Eds.). In die Skriflig, 45(4), 968-970.