Alexander Paul Isiko

Alexander Paul Isiko is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Kyambogo University (Uganda). He also works as the Graduate Studies Coordinator for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Kyambogo University. He holds a PhD (Humanities) from Leiden University, Netherlands; a Master of Arts in Gender Studies and a Master of Arts in Religious Studies from Makerere University and Kyambogo University respectively. His research interests are in Contemporary African Religious Experience; Religion, Health and Disease; African Indigenous Healing; Religion and Gender; African Pentecostalism among others. His research country of focus is Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa in general.

    Recent publications:

Isiko, A.P & Kisitu, G. (2025). The Politics of Knowledge on Covid-19 Indigenous Medicine in Uganda. In: Kilonzo, S.M., Chitando, E. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Health and Development in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Ssebunya, M., Kisitu, G. & Isiko, A.P. (2025). Ubuntu and Unsustainable Environmental Practices in Uganda: The Case of Sand Mining and Rice Farming. In: Chitando, E., Okyere-Manu, B., Chirongoma, S., Dube, M.W. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 

Isiko, A.P. & Isabirye Mukisa, J. (2025). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious leaders in Uganda. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 12, 237 [Springer Nature].

Isiko, A. P. & Kisekka, E. (2024). Pentecostal Reinventions of the Passover: Contextual Reflections on the End of Year Night Worship Festivals in Uganda. Journal for the Study of Religion, 37(2).

Wabyanga, R.K. & Isiko, A.P. (2024). Pentecostal Scholarship in Uganda: Trends, Trajectories and Challenges. In: Chitando, E., Togarasei, L., Maseno, L. (eds) African Pentecostalism from African Perspectives. Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.