What is John Mbiti?
{{Infobox person | name = John Mbiti | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Kenya Colony]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|10|5|1931|11|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Burgdorf, Switzerland]] | nationality = Kenyan | citizenship = | education = University of Cambridge | residence = | occupation = Theologian, Philosopher, Priest<br />[[Emeritus]] professor at [[University of Bern]],<br />Parish minister in [[Burgdorf, Switzerland]] | employer = | known_for = African Theology | title = Dr., Emeritus | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = }} '''John Samuel Mbiti''' (30 November 1931 – 5 October 2019) was a [[Kenya]]n-born [[Christian]] religious [[Philosophy|philosopher]] and [[writer]]. He was an ordained [[Anglican]] [[priest]], and {{As of|2005|lc=on}} a [[canon (priest)|canon]]. Mbiti is an [[Emeritus]] professor at the [[University of Bern]] and parish minister to the town of [[Burgdorf, Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theol.unibe.ch/ist/mbiti.html |title=University of Bern |access-date=2006-03-23 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707004344/http://www.theol.unibe.ch/ist/mbiti.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }} Academic staff biography (in German). Retrieved on 23 March 2006.</ref> Mbiti died at a [[nursing home]] in [[Burgdorf, Switzerland]] on 5 October 2019 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/world/africa/john-mbiti-dead.html|title=John Mbiti, 87, Dies; Punctured Myths About African Religions|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbiti, John}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century philosophers]] [[Category:Swiss academics]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]] [[Category:Anglican priests]] [[Category:Christian theolo