• 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, (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

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, (Global Bible Project (GloBil)) Center for Religion and Modernity
    Visiting Erasmus+ Academic at the Theological Faculty of the University of Helsinki, Finland
    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)
    • Reception history of the New Testament (in Politics and Pentecostal-Charismatic), with special focus on Africa
    • History of Mission Bible translation in Africa (1800 – 1914)

  • Research Projects

  • Publications

    Publications

    Books

    Book (Monograph)
    • . The Lord’s Prayer in the Ghanaian Context: A Reception-Historical Study 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)
    • , , and in Kürze. “The Global Bible and National Identity in the Age of Empires.” Studies in World Christianity 32 (3): 250–271.
    • . “Missionary Bibles that Shaped African Christianity – Their Translation and Translators: Examples from Colonial West Africa.” Preprint. Exchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context 55 (1): 3–30. doi: 10.1163/1572543x-bja10114.
    • , and . “German Mission Societies and Bible Translation in West Africa (1800-1914): Case studies from the Gold Coast and German Togoland.” Journal of African Christian Thought 28 (2): 17–29.
    • . “Unsung Heroes of Mission Bible Translation in Colonial West Africa: Ludwig Adzaklo of the Bremen Mission in German Togoland.” Religions 15 (3) 314. doi: 10.3390/rel15030314.
    • . “Ludwig Adzaklo (b. 1882): Pioneer Bible Translator, Teacher, and Catechist.” Journal of African Christian Biography 9 (2-3): 19–27.
    • . “Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics: A Critical Assessment of the History of an Emerging Approach in African Biblical Studies.” Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology 5 (2): 17–35. doi: 10.38159/motbit.2023521.
    • . “Reception of the Lord’s Prayer in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in Ghana.” Journal of the Bible and its Reception 9 (1): 75–97. doi: 10.1515/jbr-2020-0011.
    • , and n. d.. “German and British Bible Societies and the Publication of Bible Translations in Colonial West Africa.” Itinerario.
    Review (Journals)
    • . “The Lord’s Prayer (Beth Langstaff, Loren T. Stuckenbruck, and Michael Tilly, eds).” Review of Biblical Literature 08/2025.
    • . “Review of Frederick Mawusi Amevenku and Isaac Boaheng, ‘Biblical Exegesis in African Context’.” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 9 (7): 300–303. doi: 10.38159/erats.2023975.
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    • . “The Gospel of Luke.” in An African Introduction to the New Testament, edited by Abeneazer G. Urga, Elizabeth Mburu and Ferdinand Okorie. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers. doi: 10.2307/jj.35139553.11..
    • . “The Bible and Christianity in the Majority World as a thematic focus in Intercultural Theology.” in Intercultural Theology as Interdisciplinary Science, Vol. 175 of Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity, edited by Wilhelm Richebächer, Erna Zonne-Gätjens and Moritz Fischer. Berlin: Peter Lang.
    • . “The Holy Spirit in West African Christianity: A Case Study in Ghanaian Christianity.” in Geist: Phänomenologie - Religionsgeschichte - Theologie, Vol. 542 of Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament I, edited by Benjamin Schliesser, Reinhard Feldmeier and Jörg Frey. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-164849-6.
    • . “Bibelgesellschaften und Bibelübersetzung in Westafrika (1800-1914): Beispiele aus der Goldküste und Deutsch-Togo.” in Global Bible – Vermächtnisse von (Post)Kolonialen Bibelübersetzungen in der Arktis, Ozeanien und Westafrika, Vol. 6 of Biblica Monasteriensia. Veröffentlichungen des Bibelmuseums der Universität Münster, edited by Holger Strutwolf, Jan Graefe, Felicity Jensz and Michael Wandusim. Münster: LIT Verlag.
    • , and . . “The New Testament and Politics in Ghana (2017–2023): Analysis of the ‘Biblification’ of Ghanaian Political Discourse by Ken Ofori-Atta (Ghana’s Finance Minister).” in Going the Extra Mile: Reflections on Biblical Studies in Africa and the Contributions of Joachim Kügler, Vol. 42 of Bible in Africa Studies, edited by Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Kathrin Gies, Ezra Chitando, Jana Hock and Lena Janneck. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. doi: 10.20378/irb-96591.
    • . “The Bible and Its Interpreters: Assessing the Future of Biblical Interpretation from a West African Context.” in What Does Theology Do, Actually? Exegeting Exegesis, edited by Phillip A. Jr. Davis, Daniel Lanzinger and Matthew Ryan Robinson. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
    • in Kürze. “Missionarische Bibelübersetzung – sachgemäß und kultursensibel. Beispiele aus Westafrika.” in Gehet hin in alle Welt! Bibeln, Mission, Kolonialismus, edited by Christian Herrmann. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

  • 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

    Functions and Memberships

    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)