• CV

  • 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

  • Publications

    Publications

    Books (Monographs)

    • . The Lord’s Prayer in the Ghanaian Context: A Reception-Historical Study. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110730579.

    Articles

    Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
    Research Articles (Journals)
    • . “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.
    Review (Journals)
    • . “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)
    • Forthcoming. “The Holy Spirit in West African Christianity: A Case Study in Ghanaian Christianity.” in Geist: Exegetische, Theologische, Religionsgeschichtliche Und Phänomenologische Perspektiven, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament, edited by Reinhard Feldmeier, Jörg Frey and Benjamin Schliesser. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 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 Gospel of Luke.” in An African Introduction to the New Testament, edited by Abeneazer G. Urga, Elizabeth Mburu and Ferdinand Okorie. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
    • . “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. : „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)