Dr. Michael F. Wandusim
Current affiliations
- Center for Religion and Modernity (CRM)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Exegesis of the New Testament (synoptic Gospels and Corpus Paulinum)
- 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"
Academic Education | |
| since 2024 | Ordination as Reverend Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana |
| 07/2020 - 04/2023 | Divinity Training/Probationary Studies |
| 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) |
| 06/2020 - 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 |
Work Experience | |
| since 05/2023 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, (Global Bible Project (GloBil)) Center for Religion and Modernity |
| 09/2025 | Erasmus+ Guest Staff at the University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 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 |
| 04/2021 - 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 |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 12/2023 | Member, Center for Digital Humanities (CDH), University of Münster |
| since 10/2023 | Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Missionswissenschaft (DGMW) |
| since 02/2022 | Member, Institute of Biblical Scholarship in Africa - West Africa (IBSA) |
| since 05/2019 | Member, Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) |
| since 02/2019 | Member, European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) |
Publications
Wandusim, Michael F. (2025) In: Schliesser, Benjamin; Feldmeier, Reinhard; Frey, Jörg (eds.), Geist: Phänomenologie - Religionsgeschichte - Theologie. Ein Kompendium, 1153-1174. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag. doi:10.1628/978-3-16-164849-6 Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Wandusim, Michael F. (2025) In: Review of Biblical Literature, 08/2025. Review (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Strutwolf, Holger; Graefe, Jan; Jensz, Felicity; Wandusim, Michael (eds.) (2025) Münster: LIT Verlag. Exhibition catalogue (edited collection) | Published | |
Wandusim, Michael F. (2025) In: Strutwolf, Holger; Graefe, Jan; Jensz, Felicity; Wandusim, Michael (eds.), Global Bible – Vermächtnisse von (Post)Kolonialen Bibelübersetzungen in der Arktis, Ozeanien und Westafrika, 56-79. Münster: LIT Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Wandusim, Michael F. (2024) In: Religions, 15(3), 314. doi:10.3390/rel15030314 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2026 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| “For I have sent them” (Acts 10:20b) - The Speaking Spirit as a Key Aspect of Pneumatology in Acts Wandusim, Michael F. (22/09/2025) Doctoral Seminar (Biblical Studies), University of Helsinki Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The Bible and Christianity in the Global South as a Thematic Focus of Intercultural Theology Wandusim, Michael F. (13/06/2025) Publication Workshop: Intercultural theology (ICT) as an interdisciplinary science, Hermannsburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Missionsbibelübersetzung – sachgemäß und kultursensibel. Beispiele aus Westafrika Wandusim, Michael F. (20/03/2025) Gottes Wort für alle Welt!? Bibeln und Mission im kolonialen Kontext, Stuttgart Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| African Agency in Mission Bible Translation in Colonial West Africa: Case Studies from the Gold Coast (Ghana) and German-Togoland Wandusim, Michael F. (10/10/2024) 3rd Conference of the Network of Intercultural Theology, Loccum Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The New Testament and Politics in Ghana: A Postcolonial Analysis of Receptions of Matthew in Ghanaian Politics (2017 – 2023) Wandusim, Michael F. (01/08/2024) 2024 SBL International Meeting, Amsterdam Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| PhD Scholarship Awarded by: Bread for the World Award given to: Wandusim, Michael F. Announced at: 01/05/2017 Type of distinction: Scholarship |