John Barton

Ph.D., Makerere University (Uganda)

John combines academic training in comparative philosophy with many years of ministry experience including eight years in Uganda, East Africa. His special areas of interest include African Philosophy, inter-cultural and inter-religious dialog, and reconciliation studies.
Among a number of presentations and articles, John’s most recent publications include the following articles: “Causation in Modern African Philosophical Discourse: Four Perspectives” in the journal Philosophia Africana (Fall 2009), and “Absorbing the Modern, Expanding the Traditional: Soga Causation as a Case Study of Contemporary African Realities” in the journal Africa (forthcoming).