Rev Fr. Philipmary Anyika

Rev Fr. Philipmary Anyika is a SENIOR LECTURER in RELIGION AND HUMAN RELATIONS Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Rev Fr. Philipmary Anyika

Staff Profile

I am **Emenike** born to Late **Mr Gabriel Ayika and Maria Ayika** of Orofia Village, Enugwu-Ukwu. I was christened **Philip** about two weeks after birth. I joined the **Holy Ghost Fathers and Brothers' Congregation under the patronage of the Immaculate Heart of Mary** and took a religious name, **PhilipMary**. I studied Philosophy at Spiritan Philosophy, Nsukka and Theology at Spiritan International School of Theology (SIST), after which I was ordained a Priest of the Roman Catholic Church. I got Masters in Theology from Duquesne University, USA and a Doctoral degree in Religion from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. I started lecturing at Saviourite Seminary(affiliate of Madonna University) in 2012 and at SIST (affiliate of UNN) in 2013. By 2019 December, I was absorbed by UNIZIK as a Lecturer.

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Religion And Human Relations, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Faculty/Unit:
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department/Sub-Unit:
RELIGION AND HUMAN RELATIONS

Interest Areas

Academic Qualifications

Degrees / Basic Certificates
1Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. (Doctor of Philosophy, September, 2012)
September, 2009 to September, 2012
Ph.D Religion & Human Relations
2Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost. (Master Degree, May, 2002)
September, 2001 to June, 2001
M.A. Theology
3University of Nigeria, Nsukka. (Bachelor Degree, April, 2001)
September, 1997 to June, 2000
B.Arts Religion
4Spiritan School of Philosophy, Isienu, Nsukka. (HND, June, 1996)
September, 1993 to June, 1996
Diploma In Philosophy Philosophy
5Christ the King College, Onitsha, Anambra State. (SSCE, December, 1988)
October, 1982 to May, 1988
SSCE
6United Primary School I, Ntueke, Ideato L.G.A. (FSLC, August, 1982)
September, 1981 to August, 1982
First School Leaving Certificate

Relevant/Working Experience

1Coordinator of Post Graduate Programme, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Faculty of Arts. Department of Religion and Human Relations
February, 2024 to Present
2Coordinator, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. School of General Studies
February, 2024 to Present
3Councillor, Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu
October, 2023 to Present
4Member, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
May, 2021 to Present
5Editor, SIST Journal of Religion & Humanities
January, 2020 to February, 2021
6Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
December, 2019 to Present
7External Examiner, Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu
October, 2019 to September, 2020
8Lecturer, Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu (UNN Affiliate)
October, 2014 to June, 2020
9Lecturer, Saviourite House of Formation: Philosophy & Theology Campus
October, 2013 to June, 2015

Creative Output

Books
1PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2021, July) Daughters of the Goddess Lambert Publishers
2PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2015, June) Are you also a prophet? -Understanding prayer ministeries
3PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2015, June) Jesus prefers the Women?
4PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2009, June) Go! The Lord is with you: A reflection on the holy Mass
Journal Articles
1PhilipMary Ayika. (2023, July), "PRE-COLONIAL POLITICAL POWERS IN IGBO LAND", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy
2PhilipMary Emenike Ayika, Francis O. Ndubis. (2023, March), "REVISITING THE JUST WAR THEORY", Sist Journal Of Religion And Humanities
3PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2023, March), "IGBO MA EZE MANA IGBO ENWERO EZE: AN IVESTIGATION INTO KINGSHIP IN IGBO SOCIETY", SIST Journal Of Religion And Humanities
4PhilipMary Ayika. (2022, December), "REASONING TOWARDS A BIOETHICAL SOLUTION: THE CASE OF AN IMBECILE WHO OFTEN GETS PREGNANT", PJPJOPH-Pope John Paul II Journal of Philosophy and the Humanities
5PhilipMary Ayika, Felix O. Akamonye. (2022, December), "IMBIBING THE SPIRIT OF COLLEGIALITY, SYNODALITY AND COMMUNION IN THE FORMATION OF PRIESTS AND MISSIONARIES", PJPJOPH-Pope John Paul II Journal of Philosophy and the Humanities
6Philip Igbo, PhilipMary E. Ayika. (2022, May), "THE REIGN OF GOD IN THE BIBLICAL ISAIAH 2: 2-4", SIST Journal Of Religion And Humanities
7Rowland Onyenali, PhilipMary E Ayika. (2022, May), "PAUL AT THE FEET OF GAMALIEL (ACTS 22: 3): A FRESH LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE", CACH Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 149-165
8James Ekanem, PhilipMary Ayika. (2021, October), "SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: A LITURGICAL CATECHESIS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH IN AFRICA", Sist Journal Of Religion And Humanities
9Philip Igbo, PhilipMary Ayika. (2021, May), "THE BREATH OF LIFE (NIŠMAṯ ḥAYYÎM) IN GENESIS 2: 7 AND ITS INTERFACE WITH HĀRÛAḥ IN EZEKIEL 37: 1-14 AND THE BREATH OF THE SPIRIT IN JOHN 20: 22", SIST Journal Of Religion And Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 2)
10PhilipMary Ayika. (2021, May), "IGBO CONCEPT OF REINCARNATION: A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH", SIST Journal Of Religion And Humanities
11Philip Igbo, PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2021, February), "THE DOCTRINE OF AFTERLIFE IN ANCIENT RELIGIONS VIS-À-VIS THE IGBO NOTION OF REINCARNATION", SIST Journal of Religion and Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 1)
12PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2021, May), "MARX’S ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE IGBO QUESTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY", SIST Journal of Religion and Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 1)
13PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2020, March), "A DISCOURSE ON RIGHT OF THE UNBORN", Aumen Journal of Moral Education in Africa, Vol. 4, (Issue 1)
14Dr Charles Nweke, Dr Donatus, Fr Dr PhilipMary Ayika. (2019, August), "POLITICAL MARGINALIZATION AND ISSUES AROUND THE INCLUSION OF THE OTHER: AFRICA’S ALBATROSS", Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, (Issue 3)
15PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2019, February), "COMMUNAL RELATIONS IN THE TRADITIONAL IGBO SOCIETY", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 3, (Issue 2)
16PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2019, June), "SUBJECTIVITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE DIALECTICAL COSMOLOGY OF THE TRADITIONAL IGBO SOCIETY", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 3, (Issue 2)
17PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2019, March), "LUKE ON THE DIGNITY OF WOMEN: PERSPECTIVE OF FEMALE DISCIPLESHIP", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 1, (Issue 1)
18PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2019, March), "OBLIGATION TO RESTITUTION & WAYS OF FULFILLING IT", Aumen Journal of Moral Education in Africa, Vol. 4, (Issue 2)
19Charles Nweke, Nwoye Chukwugozie Donatus, Philip Emenike Ayika. (2019, April), "AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON NIGERIA’S INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT", AMAMIHE: Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 17, (Issue 1)
20PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2019, April), "OBLIGATION TO RESTITUTION & WAYS OF FULFILLING IT", Aumen Journal of Moral Education in Africa
21PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2018, August), "BOOK REVIEW TITLE: THE WILL TO ARISE: WOMEN, TRADITION AND THE CHURCH IN AFRICA", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 1, (Issue 1)
22PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2018, April), "ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF JUSTICE", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 2, (Issue 1)
23Re. Fr. Dr Philip Ayika, C.S.Sp & Rev Clifford Meesua Sibani. (2014, March), "Religious conflict in Nieria: A challenge to National development", The Leajon: An academic journal of interdisciplinary studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 100 - 121
24PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2014, February), "THE HERITAGE OF IGBO RELIGION: CHALLENGES TO THE HOTCH-POTCH OF VALUES FOR WOMEN", Journal of Religion and Human Relations, Vol. 1, (Issue 6), pp 69 - 82
Projects
1PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (2000, June), "Women Discipleship in Luke-Acts: A contextual appraisal in the Nigerian Church".
2PhilipMary Emenike Ayika. (1996, June), "Karl Marx's concept of human nature: A critique".
Conference Papers
1PhilipMary Ayika. (2022, July), "COLLEGIALITY, SYNODALITY AND COMMUNION IN FORMATION COMMUNITIES",

Academic Leadership Qualities

Supervisions
1"Christian Teachings on Marriage and the Issue of Polygamy in Africa: A Challenge to Pastoral Response" (2022). Completed Masters project by Cajetan Chukwudi Ugwu (18/DNR/A/905)
2"The Sacrament of baptism as an immersion into the mystery and life of the Blessed Trinity" (2022). Completed Masters project by 18/DNR/A/881
Editorships
1Editor, "SIST Journal of Religion and Humanities" (January, 2021)
Examinerships
1Chief Examiner, "Undergraduate defence" (September, 2019). Ongoing External Exam
Contributions to the University/Society
1Member, "Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (May, 2021)

Relevant Events Attended

Conferences
1"Arts and the Art of Nation Building", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 19th October, 2023 to 20th October, 2023; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
2"Emergent Intercultural Realities in Contemporary Africa", (Centre for Arts, Culture and Humanities, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka & Ministry of Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Anambra State), 27th July, 2023 to 27th July, 2023; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
3"Ndigbo and Nigeria's Future: 2023 General Elections in Perspective", (The Directorate of Igbo Village and Ceter for African Civilization, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Workshops
1"On-going Formation of Formators and Missionaries", (Brottier Centre for Mission & Spiritual Growth), 9th July, 2022 to 6th August, 2022; Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu
2"Formators and the Dynamics of Formation for Mission Today", (Spiritan Generalate, Rome & Brottier for Mission and Spirituality, SIST, Attakwu, Enugu), Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu
Seminars
1"Book Unveiling", (C.K.C. Old Boys 1988), 3rd July, 2021 to 3rd July, 2021; Faculty of Arts Auditorium, UNIZIK, Awka
2"Book Unveiling", (Divine Grace & Mercy Adoration Family), 20th December, 2012 to 20th December, 2012; St Theresa's Catholic Parish, Enugwu-Ukwu
3"Quality Assurance: An Index of Academic Exceptionalism", (Quality Assurance Workshop Seminar, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
4"Quizz Competition", (Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu), Spiritan International School of Theology, Attakwu, Enugu