Dr. Rothney S. Tshaka

Director of the School of Humanities | College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa

Rothney S. Tshaka completed his PhD at the University of Stellenbosch. He is currently Full Professor of Ethics and Systematic Theology and Director of the School of Humanities, in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa. He is also an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa. He is one of the founding convenors for the Trans-Atlantic Round Table on Religion and Race, as well as editorial board member of Black Theology: An International Journal. His current research interests are in the fields of Black and African studies, Reformed Theology, Black and African Theologies and Critical Race theories. He is recipient of numerous scholarly awards including the Unisa chancellor’s award for research. He has been convenor for the NRF specialist committee for Religion and Theology. He has published a book, numerous articles and book chapters on the intersections of Theology, Race and Politics.