• CV

      Academic Education

      Ordination as Reverend Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
      Divinity Training/Ministerial Probationary Studies
      Doctoral Studies - Doctor of Theology (New Testament Option), University of Göttingen, (“The Lord’s Prayer and Its Reception in the Ghanaian Context”, advisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier)
      Professional Diploma in Leadership and Project Management, Shaw Academy Diploma, Shaw Academy
      Certificate in Didactics in Higher Education. Hetairos Program of the Centre for Didactics in Higher Education, University of Göttingen
      M.A. Intercultural Theology, Universität Göttingen
      B.A. (Hon.) Political Science with Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

      Positions

      Visiting Erasmus+ Academic at the Theological Faculty of the University of Helsinki, Finland
      Postdoctoral Research Associate, (Global Bible Project (GloBil)) Center for Religion and Modernity
      Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
      Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology Hermannsburg, Germany
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of Religious Studies & Intercultural Theology (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schröder), Theological Faculty, University of Rostock, Germany
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of New Testament Studies (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier) Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen, Germany
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of New Testament Studies (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier), Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen, Germany
      Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology Hermannsburg, Germany

  • Research / Interest Focus

    Research Foci

    • Exegesis of the New Testament (synoptic Gospels, Acts, and Paul)
    • The New Testament and Politics in Africa
    • The New Testament and African Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity
    • Mission Bible translation in colonial West Africa (1800 – 1914) (current focus in the "Global Bible Project"

  • Research Projects

  • Publications

    Publications

    Books

    Book (Monograph)
    • . The Lord’s Prayer in the Ghanaian Context: A Reception-Historical Study. Preprint. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110730579.
    Exhibition Catalogue (Edited Collection)
    • Strutwolf, Holger, Graefe, Jan, Jensz, Felicity, and Wandusim, Michael, eds. . Biblica Monasteriensia. Veröffentlichungen des Bibelmuseums der Universität Münster, Vol. 6, Global Bible – Vermächtnisse von (Post)Kolonialen Bibelübersetzungen in der Arktis, Ozeanien und Westafrika Münster: LIT Verlag.

    Articles

    Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
    Research Articles (Journals)
    Review (Journals)
    Research Article (Book Contributions)

  • Lectures

    Scientific Talks

    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “‘For I have sent them’ (Acts 10:20b) - The Speaking Spirit as a Key Aspect of Pneumatology in Acts”. Doctoral Seminar (Biblical Studies), University of Helsinki, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “The Bible and Christianity in the Global South as a Thematic Focus of Intercultural Theology”. Publication Workshop: Intercultural theology (ICT) as an interdisciplinary science, Hermannsburg, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : „Missionsbibelübersetzung – sachgemäß und kultursensibel. Beispiele aus Westafrika“. , Stuttgart, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “African Agency in Mission Bible Translation in Colonial West Africa: Case Studies from the Gold Coast (Ghana) and German-Togoland”. 3rd Conference of the Network of Intercultural Theology, Loccum, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “The New Testament and Politics in Ghana: A Postcolonial Analysis of Receptions of Matthew in Ghanaian Politics (2017 – 2023)”. 2024 SBL International Meeting, Amsterdam, .
    • Jensz, Felicity; Wandusim, Michael : “GloBil Project: An Overview and Initial Results”. History, Reception, and Dissemination of Mother-Tongue Bibles in (Post)Colonial Ghana, KNUST Kumasi, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke from a West African Context: A Thematic Exploration”. Oberseminar/(Post-)Doktorandenkolloquium (Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker/Dr. Christoph Hammann), Evang. Theologische Fakultät, Uni Münster, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : „Das Herrengebet der Bergpredigt (Mt 6,9-13) in einem ghanaischen (christlichen) Kontext: Pfingstkirchen und ihre Schriftrezeption in Ghana“. Seminar: Die Bergpredigt: The Sermon on the Mount, Theologische Fakultät, Uni Bern , .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : „Das Vaterunser in einem ghanaischen christlichen Kontext: Pfingstkirchen und ihre Schriftrezeption in Ghana“. Seminar "Interkulturelle Perspektiven sozialer Arbeit und Theologie" (Prof. Dr. Alexa Friederike Wilke, Professur für Biblische Theologie), CVJM Hochschul Kassel, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “Bible translation in 19th and 20th Century Colonial West Africa: A postcolonial analysis of the agency of indigenous translators”. 2nd Conference of the Network Intercultural Theology, Würzburg, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : „Pentekostal-Charismatische Kirchen in Ghana und ihre Schriftsrezeption am Beispiel des Vaterunsers“. Seminar “Grundtexte der Religionswissenschaft und der Interkulturellen Theologie”, Theologische Fakultät, Universität Rostock, .
    • Wandusim, Michael F. : “The Bible and Its Interpreters: Assessing the Future of Biblical Interpretation from a West African Context”. Panel 4: Possible Futures: What will Bible Do between Academy, Religious Communities, and Society? in “What Does Theology Do, Actually? II: Exegeting Exegesis”, Universität Bonn, .

  • Memberships

    External Functions

    University of Münster (Center for Digital Humanities (CDH), Member)
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft (DGMW) (Member)
    Institute of Biblical Scholarship in Africa - West Africa (IBSA) (Member)
    Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) (Member)
    European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) (Member)