Rev Dr. Joshua D. Settles
Senior Research Fellow / Director of CEPACS / Editor JACT
Phone: +233-342091490/1
Email: jdsettles@aci.edu.gh
Education / Associations
BSc. Business – Finance (Univ. of Tennessee), M.A. History – Modern Europe (Univ. of Tennessee), M.A. Theology – Holistic Missions & Development (Akropong), PhD Theology (Akropong)
Research Interests
Primal Religion & Spirituality
Christian History
African American Christianity
World Christianity
Christianity & the Arts
Courses Taught
MA:
Studies in Spirituality, Primal & Christian
Christian History as Mission History
Biblical Texts in World Christian Perspective: Liberation, Justice, & Reconciliation
Studies in Diaspora & World Christianity
MTh/PhD:
Christian Faith & Primal Religions of the World with Special Reference to Africa
Aspects of World Christian History
Research Methods
Current Engagements
Director, Gillian M. Bediako Centre for Primal and Christian Spiritualty
Deputy Director Institute for Christian Impact
Senior Ministry Specialist InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
Board Member JLife Ghana
Board Member Step Missions International
Youth Pastor Praise Community Church
Select Publications
‘The “Surprise” in Mission History: Prospects for African Cross-Cultural Mission to the West’, Evangelical Review of Theology, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Nov 2021). Co-authored with Ebenezer Blasu.
‘Implications of Interreligious Dialogue for the Methodology of Christian Theological Formation’, Journal of African Christian Thought, Vol. 24, No. 1 (June 2021).
‘The Place of Christianity in the Critical Debates of Africana Religious Studies’, Journal of Africana Religions, Vol. 9, No 1 (2021).
‘The Gospel, Translation and the Inherent Vulnerability of Christianity: Implications of Acts 2 for Contemporary African Christianity’, Journal of African Christian Thought, Vol. 23, No 2 (Dec 2020).
‘Rectifying the Distorted Lens: A Black American Perspective on Scripture as the Hermeneutic of Culture and Tradition’, Journal of African Christian Thought, Vol. 21, No.1 (June 2018).
‘Engaging Issues of Primal Spirituality and Identity: An Analysis of Short Term Mission Training’, Journal of African Christian Thought, Vol.17, No. 2 (December 2014).