Dr Girma Mohammed has a scholarly background in theology and political philosophy, and experience in public engagement. He previously served at the International Bible Advocacy Centre (IBAC) within the British Bible Society, where he worked to advance the wisdom and contemporary relevance of the Bible in public life through research, training, and mentoring emerging public leaders across Africa. His academic career includes appointments as a visiting scholar at Yale University, assistant professor at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, Belgium, and visiting lecturer at the University of Roehampton. He also holds a research associate position at the University of Pretoria. Dr. Girma is married to Genet and is the proud father of two children, Levi and Nazrawit.

• PhD, social theory (with special focus on religious nationalism), VU University, Amsterdam
• MA, political philosophy, VU University, Amsterdam
• BTh, Evangelical Theological College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Books

• (2012), Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia: Toward a Hermeneutic of Covenant. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

• (ed) The Healing of Memories: African Christian Responses to Politically Induced Trauma. (Rowan & Littlefield, 2018).

• (ed) Culture, Scriptures and Leadership in Africa (Swindon: BFBS, 2018).

• (ed with Cristian Romocea), Christian Citizenship in the Middle East: Divided Allegiance or Dual Citizenship? (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017).

• (ed with Cristian Romocea), Democracy, Conflict and the Bible: Reflections on the role of the Bible in International Affairs. (Swindon: Bible Society, 2015).

Book Chapters

• “Moral Responsibility of Storytelling in Multi-Ethnic Ethiopia”. In: Theodros Teklu (ed.), Ethnic Diversity and Moral Responsibility in Africa. (London: Routledge, 2021)

• “Cultural Identity in Post-Brexit Britain: A Thought on Narrative Healing”. In: Ben  Ryan (ed.), Fortress Britain? Ethical approaches to immigration policy for a post-Brexit Britain. (London: JPK, 2018)

• “From Painful Memory to Restorative Nostalgia”. In: Mohammed Girma (ed.), The Healing of Memories: African Christian Responses to Politically Induced Trauma. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

• “Love of Enemies: African Christian Perspective”, In: Dyron B. Daughrity (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bible Reception. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019)

• “Citizenship: A Christian Conception”, In: Mohammed Girma and Cristian Romocea (eds.), Christian Citizenship in the Middle East: Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging? (London: JKP, 2017).

• “Covenant as a Political Concept: A Theo-Political Assessment of Apartheid and Solomonites”. In: Govert Buijs, Thijl Sunier, Peter Versteeg (eds.), And Risky Liaisons? Democracy and Religion, Practices and Case Studies. (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2013)

• “In Africa, but not of Africa: Ethiopian Identity in Relation to Liberation Thinking”. In: Isaac Mwasse et.al. (eds.), Theologies of Liberation and Reconstruction in Africa: an Appraisal Essay in Honor of J.N.K. Mugambi. (Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2012).

• ‘Immigration and the Problem of Integration: A Call to a Feasible Hermeneutical Approach to Identity of the Immigrants’. In: Sytse Strijbos,  Nico Koopman and Steve DeGruchy (eds.), From Our Side: Emerging Perspectives in Ethics and Development (Pretoria, UNISA Press, 2008).

Selected Journal Articles

• Mind the Doxastic Space: Examining the Social Epistemology of the Ethiopian Wax and Gold Tradition. Religions 14: 1214, 2023.

• “Racial Injustice and the Quest for the Restoration of Human Value”, Faith in Public Life Issue 1, 2020.

• “Religion in Ethiopia: Bridge or Barrier for Social Cohesion”, Welt-Sichten, November 04, 2019.

• ‘Religion, politics and the dilemma of modernising Ethiopia’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(1), 48-78.

• “Negotiating Indigenous Metaphysics as Educational Philosophy in Ethiopia”, Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions DOI 10.1007/s11841-013-0380-2 Vo.5 No.3 (September 2013).

• “Re-tooling Ecological Narrative: An African Reflection on “Journey of the Universe”’, Harvard Divinity Bulletin (summer/autumn 2013) pp.67-69

• “Whose Meaning? A Critical Look at Wax and Gold Tradition as a Philosophical Foundation for a Unique Ethiopian Hermeneutics”, Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions. Volume 50, Number 1 /175-187 April 2011

• “Clash of Ideologies and the Survival of Evangelical Christianity in Ethiopia”, Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, vol. 10, issue 29 (Winter2011) pp.390-396

• “The Ethiopian Conceptions of Human Person and their Implications to Development: Covenant Revisited’, International Journal of Public Theology 3(2009) 480-497.