Faith in Action:
Reflections Series
Dr. Linda Naicker
Dr. Linda Naicker is an NRF-rated scholar-activist based at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa. Her work explores the intersections of religion, race, class, and gender. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of the Western Cape, along with an M.Th., B.Th. Honours and B.Th. from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her doctoral research confronts the harsh realities of chronic food insecurity among under-resourced women in urban South Africa. Dr. Naicker’s publications contribute significantly to understanding the complex dynamics of religious, racial, and class-based disenfranchisement, gender injustice, and masculinities. She currently serves as the South African Coordinator for the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and has received multiple awards in recognition of her work on Mother Earth, Gender and Religion, Women’s Histories, and Pandemics and Religion.
Dr. Renier Koegelenberg
Dr. Renier Koegelenberg plays many interreligious and ecumenical roles in Southern Africa. He is the founder and executive director of the EFSA Institute for Theological and Interdisciplinary Research, a network of universities and churches that acts as secretariat to the National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD) and the Cape Development and Dialogue Centre Trust (led by Bishop Dr. Sithembele Sipuka). Koegelenberg works to build cooperation between churches, religious institutions, the state, and other institutions to support holistic and sustainable community development initiatives, particularly around the health of poor communities. His Ph.D. in theology is from Ruprechts-Kars-University of Heidelberg, Germany. He was awarded the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
