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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu > Source revision: 1342640516 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Nigerian professor of New Testament studies (b. 1948)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Academics|date=June 2023}} {{COI|date=June 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} }} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = Prof | name = Emmanuel Chinwokwu | birth_name = Emmanuel Nlenanya Chinwokwu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|03|22}} | birth_place = Amankwu Ututu | occupation = {{ubl| [Researcher](/source/Researcher) |[Academic](/source/Academic_staff) |Theologian }} | alma_mater = {{ubl| [Hope Waddell Training Institution](/source/Hope_Waddell_Training_Institution) |Trinity Union Theological College |[University of Nigeria, Nsukka](/source/University_of_Nigeria%2C_Nsukka) |Princeton Theological Seminary |}} | workplaces = [University of Nigeria, Nsukka](/source/University_of_Nigeria%2C_Nsukka) | image = }} '''Emmanuel Nlenanya Chinwokwu''' (formerly Emmanuel Nlenanya Onwu) is a Nigerian [theologian](/source/Theology) and [Professor](/source/Professor) of [New Testament Studies](/source/Biblical_studies) at [University of Nigeria](/source/University_of_Nigeria), Nsukka. He is a former head of department of Religious studies at the University of Nigeria and an elected Member of [Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas](/source/Studiorum_Novi_Testamenti_Societas).{{Cite web |title=UNN |url=https://spgs.unn.edu.ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/02/Dept-of-Religion-Flyer.pdf}}{{Cite web |last=Udo |first=Mary |date=2017-03-09 |title=ONWU, Rev. (Prof.) Emmanuel NIenanya |url=https://blerf.org/index.php/biography/onwu-rev-prof-emmanuel-nienanya/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Promise Human and Obedience |url=http://www.preciousheart.net/ti/2011/099_Chinwokwu_NT_Promise_Human_Obedience.pdf}} == Early life and education == Chinwokwu was born On March 22, 1948 at Amankwu Ututu, Ututu, [Arochukwu](/source/Arochukwu) L.G.A., [Abia State](/source/Abia_State), Nigeria. He obtained his [West African Senior School Certificate](/source/West_African_Senior_School_Certificate_Examination) from [Hope Waddell Training Institution](/source/Hope_Waddell_Training_Institution), [Calabar](/source/Calabar) in 1966. He proceeded to Trinity Union Theological College, [Umuahia](/source/Umuahia) where he graduated in 1973. In 1977, he obtained B. A (Hons) from the Department of Religion, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and was awarded the prize of Best Graduating Student of the Department and Best Final Year Student of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In 1979, he earned his Master's of Theology Th.M. certificate from [Princeton Theological Seminary](/source/Princeton_Theological_Seminary), NJ, USA. He then returned to Nigeria and gained employment into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In 1981, he began his PhD at the University of Nigeria, and later transferred to the Theology Department of the [University of Durham](/source/Durham_University), [England](/source/England) where he was supervised by [James Dunn](/source/James_Dunn_(theologian)) and Andrew Chester. He obtained his PhD (Nig/Durham) in 1983. == Career == Chinwokwu started his career in University of Nigeria, Nsukka as an assistant Lecturer in 1980, lecturer II in 1981, promoted to Lecturer I in 1984, Senior Lecturer in 1986 and to Professor in 1988. Also, he was appointed as a professor in [University of Zimbabwe](/source/University_of_Zimbabwe), [Harare](/source/Harare) between 1993 - 1994. He became a visiting scholar and external examiner of the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), England UK and [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) in 1995.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Between 2004 - 2005, he was a Sabbatical Professor at [Abia State University](/source/Abia_State_University_Uturu) and also maintained the same position at [Ebonyi State University](/source/Ebonyi_State_University) between 2009 – 2010   == Publications == * E. N. Onwu. (1991). A Critical Introduction to the Traditions of Jesus * N. Onwu. (1997). Go And Make Disciples: Rediscovering the Biblical Mandate in Africa. * Onwu, N. Uzo Ndu Na Eziokwu: Towards An Understanding of Igbo Traditional Religious Life and Philosophy.{{Cite web |last=Onwu |first=No. |date=2002 |title=Onwu, N. Uzo Ndu Na Eziokwu: Towards An Understanding of Igbo Traditional Religious Life and Philosophy |url=http://ahiajoku.igbonet.com/2002/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030715084204/http://ahiajoku.igbonet.com/2002/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 15, 2003}} * Onwu, N., Basic Issues in the close of New Testament Era. == References == {{DEFAULTSORT:Chinwokwu, Emmanuel}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:People from Abia State Category:University of Nigeria alumni Category:Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Category:21st-century theologians Category:Nigerian academics --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emmanuel Chinwokwu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Chinwokwu?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.