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Pacific Theological College

Rev Assoc. Prof. Dr Gwayaweng Kiki

Academic Dean & Associate Professor in Practical Ministry

At PTC since May 2011

Biography

Dr Kiki has served fifteen years as a public school teacher, parish pastor and lecturer in theological and teacher education institutions in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He holds degrees from Martin Luther Seminary, PNG, Wartburg Theological Seminary, USA, and Charles Sturt University, Australia. Dr Kiki’s published PhD dissertation (2009) is in the area of cultural contextualization of education-a translation of Papua New Guinean and Melanesian epistemology into an educational praxis, hence a religious/indigenous education study. At PTC, Dr Kiki teaches courses in the areas of Christian education and ministry.

He took up a Senior Lectureship in Church Ministry at PTC in May 2011, and also served as the Head of the Department of Church Ministry. Since 21 April 2016, he additionally serves as the Academic Dean of the College.

Education

  • PhD (Theology) (Charles Sturt University, Australia) 2008
  • MA (Wartburg Theological Seminary, USA) 1997
  • BTh (Martin Luther Seminary, PNG) 1993
  • Cert.T-Ed. (H. Trinity Teachers College, PNG) 1981

Publications (Since 2000)

Books

  • Parker, Edmund & Kiki, Gwayaweng. 2017. Education that Enables and Satisfies. Balti, Moldova: ICS Moorebooks. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
  • Kiki, Gwayaweng L. 2009. Wokabaut Karikulum: A Community Praxis for Theological Education Training in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea, Köln, Germany. Lambert Academic Publishing.

Journal Articles

  • Kiki Gwayaweng. “Social Justice Pedagogy in Practice as Community Praxis: Envisioning a Justice-oriented Pedagogy for Theological Education in the Pacific.” Pacific Journal of Theology, Series II No. 59 (2020) pp. 21-34.
  • Kiki, Gwayaweng & Edmund A. Parker. “Education that Enables and Satisfies.” Australian eJournal of Theology 23.1 (April 2016) pp. 43-55.
  • Kiki, Gwayaweng & Ed Parker. “Is There a Better Way to Teach Theology to Non-Western Persons? Research from Papua New Guinea that Could Benefit the Wider Pacific.” Australian eJournal of Theology Vol 21 No. 22 (August 2014) pp.108-124
  • Kiki, Gwayaweng & Edmund A. Parker (2008). “Issues in Seminary Education for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea.” Journal of Religious Education, Australian Catholic University, Vol 56 No. 2 (2008) pp. 32-39

Chapter in Book

  • Kiki, Gwayaweng. (2017) “A Relational Hermeneutical Approach to Theological Education in a Pacific Context.” In U. L. Vaai, & A. Casimira (Eds.), Relational Hermeneutics: Decolonising the Mindset and the Pacific Itulagi (45-63) Suva: The University of the South Pacific Press and Pacific Theological College.

Research & Teaching Interests

  • Contextual theology
  • Sociology and religion
  • Cross-cultural education
  • Praxis
  • Epistemology