Orogun Daniel

Dedicated Scholar, Researcher, Chaplain and Administrative Manager, with a strong academic, pastoral and management background marked by numerous achievements. Highly knowledgeable about lecture delivery, postgraduate research methodologies and supervision, academic writing, editorials and publishing. Currently researching the role of spirituality in healthcare and wellbeing.

A compassionate Chaplain and Pastoral worker with a strong commitment to faith and religious operations support for individuals of diverse backgrounds. Committed to preparing sermons, leading devotions and bible study, worship services and providing pastoral care and counselling and trauma support.

Focused on workplace efficiency and operational improvements. Dedicated to strategic leadership and forward-thinking mindset offering several years of experience. Analytical problem-solver and persuasive communicator with a talent for creative solutions.Ready for a new position which involves working with talented individuals in an academic, faith-driven or related environment.

Aosis Publishing /HTS Teologiese Studies/AJOPS (South Africa)

• The pain of death and expatriation in Pentecostalism: A Case of Zimbabwean members of Apostolic Faith Mission.
• The kind of reality of the spirit world.
• Traumatic and stressful experience of parents of substance-abusing youth in South Africa
• Challenges and prospects of partnership among local and foreign Christian missionaries in South Africa
• Conflict resolution between husband and wife in the light of the hermeneutics of biblical proverbs
• Praising the poor and blaming the rich: Reading the sermon on the plain (Lk 6:20-49) in a Malawian context
• Doctrine as security? A systematic theological critique of the theological framework of the controversial South African neo-Pentecostal prophets
• Rethinking the Eucharist in the aftermath of COVID-19 disruptions: A comparative study of Reformed and Pentecostal theology of sacraments
• A Pentecostal perspective on the role of experience in hermeneutics
• A fatherless South Africa: The importance of missional parenting and the role of the church
• Pentecostal youth faith and the environment: A critical appraisal of environmental consciousness in Parklands Baptists Church, Kenya
• The rise of charismatic Pentecostalism in South Africa: A black theological analysis
• Pentecostal theology's problem (1 Peter 2:2): Masi Ke Phepa Ke le nosi, selbale se tla le motsaya
• Group Effectiveness when servant leaders disagree
• The activities of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament from a Pentecostal perspective
• Classical Pentecostals and a literalist reading of the Bible: Challenges and proposals for their solution
• Group effectiveness when leaders disagree
• A critique of Pentecostals' concept of prophecy considering current South Africa's current inequality

Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (UNISA, South Africa)

• Back to Africa: (Re)Appropriating the 'Back to Sender' concept in the Zimbabwe Catholic Charismatic Renewal
• Appropriating and exploiting dreams as Technology in Kgašane's narrative conversion
• The Mercurial Characteristics in Kenya's Afro-Pentecostalism: Exploring Some Critical Pointers
• The newer non-denominational Pentecostal churches in South Africa
• Exploring the tension between Christian ethos and African traditional religion in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
• Prophet Jonah is not alone: Understanding the history of Pentecostal evangelism in Nigeria in light of current missionary endeavours
• Journal of Religion in Africa, BRILL (U.S.A, Netherlands),
• 'Wash and pray': The nexus of African Christianity and science in the context of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe
• Ethnicity and Pentecostal membership in Nairobi Kenya: A case study of Kibera slum
• The making of a Pentecostal big man in Tanzania
• "When God says yes, who can say no?: The rising role of electoral prophetism in African democracies"

Politics, Religion and Ideology (Taylor and Francis)

• Prophetic declarations and electoral politics in the United States and Ghana: The 2020 presidential election in focus

• Health merits and demerits of religious fasting in African Spirituality and Christianity, Oxford Centre for Religion, Public Life and Security in Africa, University of Pretoria, 2024
• Health merits and demerits of religious fasting in African Spirituality and Christianity, Centre for the Study of World Christianity, School of Divinity, The University of Edinburgh, 2024
• Spiritual care for kidnapping trauma victims: A Nigerian case study, Compassion Salon of the Chaplaincy Centre and School of Health, University of Edinburgh, 2024

• The ninth dimension: A prophetic insight into generation shift in Nigeria (2015)
• Citizenship: A moral compass for national transformation (2016)
• School of Intelligent Prayer manual, volumes 1 & 2 (2017)

• U19396652@tuks.co.za
• Arcorogun2@gmail.com

• Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR), https://www.sociologyofreligion.com/contact-us/
• Association of Religious Practitioners (ACRP), https://www.acrpafrica.co.za
• Church History Society of Southern Africa (CHSSA), 2021-Current
• American Academy of Religion (AAR), 2020-Current, https://www.aarweb.org/
• Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA), 2020-Current, https://asrsa.org/
• Association for the Study of Economics, Religion and Culture, USA, 2020-Current, http://www.asrec.org/
• The African Association for the Study of Religions (AASR), 2020-Current, https://www.a-asr.org/
• Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), 01/15/2004-Current, https://nim.ng/

• Date of Birth: 12/15/1973
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Nigerian

• Senior postdoc fellowship award, university of Pretoria (June 2024 - June 2026)
• Scholarship award - Abundant academy programme, The University of Edinburgh (2023-2024)
• Scholarship Award - Research training on religion, spirituality and health, Duke Medical School, NC, USA (2023)
• Postdoctoral research award at the University of Pretoria (2022-2023)
• Award of postgraduate (PhD) scholarship at the University of Pretoria in (2020)

• Prof. Jerry Pillay, +27827193531 (Secretary General - World Council of Churches, Geneva)
• Rev. Dr Harris Harriet, chaplain@ed.ac.uk (Chaplain, The University of Edinburgh)
• Dr. Lanre Eletta, +1 (630) 291-1832 - United States
• Dr. Adenike Adeyemi, +234 805-165-9756 (Nigeria)
• Attorney Modupeoreoluwa Sanwo-Olu, +44 7932425061 (United Kingdom)

• Abundant Academy Programme for Personal and Leadership Development (Health, Wholeness & Wellness), The Chaplaincy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2023-2024
• Management Development Programme (MDP) Course, Regent Business School, South Africa, 2022
• Certificate of Emergency Services Chaplaincy, Emergency Services Chaplaincy of Southern Africa, South Africa, 2021 - 2022
• Executive Basic Course in Leadership, Daystar Leadership Academy, Lagos, Nigeria, 2017
• Practical Event Management Course, International School of Communication, Dubai, UAE, 2014
• Project Management Pro Course, Piston & Fusion (Project Management Institute), Lagos, Nigeria, 2013

• Like football, movies, travelling, gymnastics, meeting and spending time with friends

1. Between African and American Neo-Pentecostalism: An examination of the link, influence, merits & demerits (2021) 

2. Poverty, corruption, and religious opportunism in Africa: A Neo-Pentecostal perspective  (2021) 

3. African Neo-Pentecostal capitalism through the lens of Ujamaa (2021) 

4. Hybrid leadership in African Neo-Pentecostalism (2023) 

5. Modelling the Jewish tzedakah concept for socio-economic development in African churches (2022).  

6. Book chapter: Prophets and Prosperity: African perspectives on Christian mission (2024) 

7. The abuse of spiritual authority among some African Neo-Pentecostals and its impact on human rights (2023) 

8. Theological examination of Neo-Pentecostal political activism in Nigeria and its impact on good governance (2023)  

9. Prophecies in politics: A review of its integrity, impact on voter-behaviours and good governance (2023) 

10. Political and socio-economic convergence of religions in Nigeria: Positive views and interests (2023).  

11. A historical survey of the African Neo-Pentecostals’ response to digital transformation (2023) 

12. New technologies and the supply chain of African Neo-Pentecostals (2023) 

13. Factors affecting the mental health of academic staff in Pretoria universities and their effects on service  delivery (2023) 

14. Improving spiritual care to bridge the gap between demand and supply of healthcare services in South Africa (2023). 

15. Spiritual values of African bitter kola as responsive catalysts for naturopathy (Under review @ Springer  Nature) 

16. Compassion, science, and spiritual care: Links, approach, and public health benefits (Under review) 

17. African accounts of religious conversations and interventions in mental healthcare (Accepted) 

18. Religion and the political afrobeat of Fela Anikulapo in contemporary Africa (Under review)

19. Religious hydrohealing and medical hydrotherapy: Links, benefits, contrasts, and challenges (Accepted)