Albert Ngengi Mundele

Position: Director of BICAM

Department: Department of Biblical Theology

Specialisation: Biblical Books and Biblical Methods/Approaches - African Hermeneutics

Email: amundele@cuea.edu

Albert Ngengi Mundele, born on 06/11/1958 in Ngi/DRC, is a Congolese (DRC) Roman Catholic priest, Biblical Scholar and Theologian, a Professor of Biblical Books and Biblical Methods/approaches – especially African approaches/Hermeneutic of the Bible at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi since 2009. A. N. Mundele earned a PhD from Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich in Germany (2002) and a master's degree from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1991). He served as Professor at the Higher Learning Institute (ISP) of Kikwit – DRC (2006 – 2009) and was the Director of the Catholic Biblical Center for Africa and Madagascar (BICAM) in Nairobi (2017-2025). He is a Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of the Congo in Kinshasa (DRC) from 2006 to present; served as Rector (1994-1998) and Academic Dean (2003-2009) of the Major Seminary St Cyprian (Theologicum) in Kikwit (DRC), and Secretary-Chancellor of Kenge Diocese (1991-1994 in DRC).

"Liturgical Celebration Narrative in Lk: 24:13-35: An African Reading" CUEA, 2020. « Shepherds and Prophetic Leadership in the 21st Century » in Good Shepherd Journal, v.2, No.2, December 2017, 29-49. "The Understanding of šālôm ('Peace') in Number 25:12", in RIBA, vol I, nr.1 August 2014, pp. 1-26. "The Vitality of Bible Translation into African Languages" in L'Église en Afrique 50 ans après les indépendances. Abidjan: ATA 2013, pp 473-485. "Violence contre les pauvres, une violence contre Dieu" in Théologie Africaine. Eglise et Sociétés, 12 (2017), 43-66. « Principes fondamentaux du leadership en 1 S 10,1-15,35 » in Bible and Leadership in Africa. Abidjan: APECA/PACE, 2017, pp.121-140. "The role of Elders in Moses' Leadership and in Africa" in Challenges to Religion in Africa. Nairobi: CUEA 2016. "Integration of a Catholic University into its Environment" in Modelling a Catholic University. Nairobi: CUEA Press, 2011, pp. 61-82.

Education: PhD - Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (2002); MA (Licentiate) - Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome, Italy (1991); BA - Theology - Major Seminary St John XXIII, Kinshasa, DRC (1984); BA - Philosophy - Major Seminary Mayidi, Mayidi, DRC (1980)

« La reception du concept vétérotestamentaire Berît (hébreu) en Afrique » in Dictionaire de Théologie Africaine by the Association of African Theologians (ATA) January 2023.

"1 R 18,32a: Épreuves de la coexistence des religions", in Bible et pluralité religieuse. Abidjan: Presses de l'ITCJ, 2021, 165-185.

"Revelation and Inculturation", in Mission in Africa. Evangelizing the Future. Urbaniana University Press, 2021, 21-35.

"Retrieving Orality from Biblical Texts: A Process of Multiple Interpretations" in Bible and Orality in Africa. Nairobi: BICAM-CEBAM publications, 2020.

"HIV/AIDS and biblical hermeneutics: how to read the bible in a continent wounded by AIDS" in HIV & AIDS in Africa. New York: Orbis Books, 2016, pp.39-49.

"Anne et la femme traditionnelle africaine (1 S 1-2)" in Cahiers Evangile. Femme bibliques vues d'Afrique, nr. 176, Juin 2016, 13-26.