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Michael Wandusim
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Dr. theol. Michael F. Wandusim
Postdoctoral research fellow
“Global Bible” project
Room 310
Robert-Koch-Str. 29
48149 Münster
Germany
michael.wandusim@uni-muenster.de

    • CV

      Academic Education

      since 2024
      Ordination as Reverend Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
      05.2017 – 10.2020
      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)
      06. – 07.2020
      Professional Diploma in Leadership and Project Management, Shaw Academy Diploma, Shaw Academy
      10.2019 – 03.2020
      Certificate in Didactics in Higher Education. Hetairos Program of the Centre for Didactics in Higher Education, University of Göttingen
      10.2014 – 06.2016
      M.A. Intercultural Theology, Universität Göttingen
      08.2009 – 05.2013
      B.A. (Hon.) Political Science with Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

      Positions

      since 05.2023
      Postdoctoral Research Associate, (Global Bible Project (GloBil)) Center for Religion and Modernity
      12.2021 – 04.2023
      Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
      10.2021 – 03.2022
      Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology Hermannsburg, Germany
      04. – 09.2021
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of Religious Studies & Intercultural Theology (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schröder), Theological Faculty, University of Rostock, Germany
      10.2019 – 03.2020
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of New Testament Studies (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier) Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen, Germany
      10.2018 – 03.2019
      Adjunct Lecturer, Chair of New Testament Studies (Prof. Dr. Reinhard Feldmeier), Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen, Germany
      10.2018 – 03.2019
      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 and Corpus Paulinum)
    • Mission Bible translation in colonial West Africa (1800 – 1914) (current focus in the "Global Bible Project"
    • Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa
    • The New Testament and Politics in Africa
    • The New Testament and African Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity

  • Research Projects

    Project

    • Global Bible: British and German Bible Societies Translating Colonialism, 1800-1914 – GloBib (2023 – 2026)
      Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: JE 978/3-1

  • Publications

    Publications

    Books (Monographs)

    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2021. The Lord’s Prayer in the Ghanaian Context: A Reception-Historical Study. Preprint. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110730579.

    Articles

    Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024. “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.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024. “Ludwig Adzaklo (b. 1882): Pioneer Bible Translator, Teacher, and Catechist.” Journal of African Christian Biography 9 (2-3): 19–27.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023. “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.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2022. “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.
    Review (Journals)
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2025. “The Lord’s Prayer.” Review of Biblical Literature 08/2025.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023. “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)
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2025. “The Holy Spirit in West African Christianity: A Case Study in Ghanaian Christianity.” in Geist: Phänomenologie - Religionsgeschichte - Theologie. Ein Kompendium, 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.
    • Wandusim, Michael F., and Boateng, Abraham. 2024. “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.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024. “The Gospel of Luke.” in An African Introduction to the New Testament, edited by Abeneazer G. Urga, Elizabeth Mburu and Ferdinand Okorie. Fortress Press.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2022. “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.

  • Lectures

    Scientific Talks

    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2025: “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, Jun 13, 2025.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2025: „Missionsbibelübersetzung – sachgemäß und kultursensibel. Beispiele aus Westafrika“. Gottes Wort für alle Welt!? Bibeln und Mission im kolonialen Kontext, Stuttgart, Mar 20, 2025.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024: “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, Oct 10, 2024.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024: “The New Testament and Politics in Ghana: A Postcolonial Analysis of Receptions of Matthew in Ghanaian Politics (2017 – 2023)”. 2024 SBL International Meeting, Amsterdam, Aug 1, 2024.
    • Jensz, Felicity; Wandusim, Michael 2024: “GloBil Project: An Overview and Initial Results”. History, Reception, and Dissemination of Mother-Tongue Bibles in (Post)Colonial Ghana, KNUST Kumasi, Jul 2, 2024.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2024: “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, May 17, 2024.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023: „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 , Dec 7, 2023.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023: „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, Nov 15, 2023.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023: “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, Oct 4, 2023.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2023: „Pentekostal-Charismatische Kirchen in Ghana und ihre Schriftsrezeption am Beispiel des Vaterunsers“. Seminar “Grundtexte der Religionswissenschaft und der Interkulturellen Theologie”, Theologische Fakultät, Universität Rostock, Jan 16, 2023.
    • Wandusim, Michael F. 2021: “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, Jul 10, 2021.

  • Memberships

    External Functions

    since 12.2023
    University of Münster (Center for Digital Humanities (CDH), Member)
    since 10.2023
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft (DGMW) (Member)
    since 02.2022
    Institute of Biblical Scholarship in Africa - West Africa (IBSA) (Member)
    since 05.2019
    Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) (Member)
    since 02.2019
    European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) (Member)
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    • Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
    • Centrum für Religionsbezogene Studien (CRS)
    • Zentrum für Islamische Theologie
    • Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
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