Jean P. Musavuli
Jean P. Musavuli
Jean P. Musavuli earned his PhD in Old Testament Studies from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies in 2024. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Academic Dean at CI-UCBC. He is also a minister in an Africa Inland Mission church (CECA 20). He is married to Linda, and together they are blessed with three boys, Paul, Nathan and Joshua, with whom they live in Beni (North-Kivu, eastern Dem. Rep. of Congo).
Jean P. Musavuli
“Restore us… and we will be restored!”: Lament and Hope in Lamentations 5 and in Eastern Congo
Abstract This paper offers a parallel examination of lament as described in Lamentations 5 and experienced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It explores how communal lament, theological hope, and the pursuit of restoration in the book of Lamentations resonate with the Congolese experience of suffering and resilience. By drawing parallels between the biblical text… read more
