Anishe David Achumi

PhD student

Anishe David Achumi is a PhD student at the Chair of Practical Theology (Prof. Dr. Sabrina Müller), Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Bonn. Her research explores the lived experiences and mental health of elderly Naga women in Northeast India, with particular attention to ageing, gender, customary laws and practices rooted within the patriarchal society. The study seeks to develop a contextual pastoral theology of Aging that amplifies the voices of the elderly Naga women and contributes to pastoral care within indigenous Christian communities.

Methodologically, the research employs qualitative ethnographic methods and grounded theory to bring out an empirically informed pastoral theology of Aging in the context of the elderly Naga women.