Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa
L’Association pour l’Éducation Théologique Chrétienne en Afrique
Associação Cristã para Educação Teológica na África

Dr. David TARUS

Executive Director
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Dr. David Tarus is the Executive Director of ACTEA. He holds a Ph.D. in Christian Theology from McMaster Divinity College, an MA from Wheaton College, and a Bachelor of Theology from Scott Christian University. Previously, he served as Campus Coordinator at Scott Christian University and lectured part-time at Moi University, Mount Kenya University, and Kabarak University. An ordained minister of the Africa Inland Church, he also serves as Associate Pastor at AIC Milimani. Dr. Tarus is the author of A Different Way of Being (2019) and co-editor of Christian Responses to Terrorism (2016), with a forthcoming book titled Being Human: A Call for an Alternative Way of Life (Evangel). He has published widely on theology, ethnopolitical conflict, disability, and theological education in Africa. David is married to Jeane, and they are blessed with three children.

Dr. Tarus is published under “David Tarus”, “David K. Tarus”, and “David Kirwa Tarus.”

book
  • A Different Way of Being:  Towards a Reformed Theology of Ethnopolitical Cohesion for the Kenyan Context.  Carlilse, UK:  Langham Monographs, 2019.
co-edited book
  • Heath, Gordon L., and David K. Tarus, eds.  Christian Responses to Terrorism:  The Kenyan Experience.  McMaster General Studies Series 10.  Eugene, Oregon:  Pickwick Publications, 2017.
articles & chapters
  • “Being Human in Kenya:  Theological Anthropology in the Age of Terror.”  Chapter 6  in Christian Responses to Terrorism:  The Kenyan Experience, edited by Gordon L. Heath and David K. Tarus, 88–105.   McMaster General Studies Series 10.  Eugene, Oregon:  Pickwick Publications, 2017.
  • “The Church and Ethnopolitical Conflict in Kenya, 1982-2013.”  Chapter 8 in Forgiveness, Peace-Making and Reconciliation, edited by Rodney Reed and David Ngaruiya, 179–192.  ASET (Africa Society of Evangelical Theology) Series.  Carlisle, UK:  Langham Global Library, 2020.
  • “The Entrenchment of Enthocentlrism in Kenya’s Political Landscape and the Church’s Response to It.”  Chapter 2 in Moral Pedagogies for Africa:  From Ethnic Enmity to Responsible Cohabitation, edited by Theodros A. Teklu, 36–53.  Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations.  New York:  Routledge, 2022.
  • “Excellence and renewal of theological education in Africa:  The case of ACTEA.”  Chapter 4 in A Critical Engagement with Theological Education in Africa:  A South African Perspective, edited by Johannes J. Knoetze and Alfred R. Brunsdon, 53–66.  Reformed Theology in Africa Series 7.  Cape Town, South Africa:  AOSIS, 2021.
  • “From the Rest to the West:  The Contribution African Christian Immigrants Give To Christianity in the Western World.”  Online Journal of African Affairs 5 (2016):  16–23.  https://www.academia.edu/26235316/
  • “Global Christianity: Eyewitness Reflections from Kenya.”  In The Globalization of Christianity: Implications for Christian Ministry and Theology, edited by Gordon L. Heath and Steven M. Studebaker, 146–151.  McMaster Theological Studies Series 6.  Eugene, Oregon:  Pickwick Publications, 2014.
  • “Imago Dei in Christian Theology: The Various Approaches.”  Online International Journal of Arts and Humanities 5 (May 2016):  18–25.
  • “John Stott and Biblical Preaching in Africa.”  Online International Journal of Arts and Humanities 5 (May 2016):  10–17.
  • “Mtu ni Watu (A Person is Persons): The Contribution of an African Concept of Community to an Understanding of the Christian Doctrine of the Imago Dei.” Sacrum Testamentum: An International Journal 1, no. 1 “Black Reflections on Christian Studies” (October 2018):  16 pages.
  • “The Significance of Intellectual Humility for Theologians Today.”  Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 28, no. 2 (2009):  115–126.
  • “Social Transformation in The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.”  Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology 33, no. 1 (2014):  3–21.

 

co-written articles & chapters

  • Tarus, David K., and Julius Gathogo. “Conquering Africa’s Second Devil:  Ecclesiastical Role in Combating Ethnic Bigotry.”  Online Journal of African Affairs 5 (April 2016):  8–15.
  • Tarus, David K., and Gordon L. Heath.  “Introduction.”  Chapter 1 in Christian Responses to Terrorism:  The Kenyan Experience, edited by Gordon L. Heath and David K. Tarus, 3–11.   McMaster General Studies Series 10.  Eugene, Oregon:  Pickwick Publications, 2017.
  • Tarus, David Kirwa, and Stephanie Lowery.  “African Theologies of Identity and Community:  The Contributions of John Mbiti, Jesse Mugambi, Vincent Mulago, and Kwame Bediako.”  Open Theology 3 (2017):  305–320.  https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2017-0024