GBADEGESIN Enoch Olujide

Associate Professor (Reader)

Email address(es): egbadegesin@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Room 7, Block O Utilities Building

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9676-3747

Academic Qualifications:

Registered Nurse (RN, 1986); B.A. Religious Studies OAU, Ife (1991); M.A. Religious Studies, OAU, Ife (1999); MTS Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge MA, USA, 2008; PhD Rice University, Houston Texas, USA, 2014

Areas of Specialization:

Philosophy of Religion, Anthropology of Religion, and Comparative study of Religion

Title of M.A. Thesis: A Cultural Exegesis of the Concept of Satan in Luke 22;3-6

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

Comparative Analysis of Gift-Exchange among a Pentecostal Christian Denomination and an Indigenous Religious Tradition in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Scholarships:

Obafemi Awolowo University Scholar, 1988-1991; Harvard University Scholar 2006-2008; Rice University Scholar, 2009- 2014

Fellowships:

Harvard University Fellow, 2006-2008; Rice University Fellow, 2009-2014, Fellow of Young Scholars Fellowship award at Oxford University, July 17, to August 6, 2022.

Ongoing Current Research:

Preparing a Manuscript for Book Publication and writing some articles for Impact Journal Outlets

Publications:

I have successfully published 36 articles both in local and international books and journals outlets

Staff Profile:

I am a Hall Fellow of Postgraduate Hall of OAU, Ife and Coordinator, Driving School and Driver License centers for Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife since August 2021. I am also the current Department of Religious Studies’ Postgraduate Coordinator.