Visiting Researchers

Jesudas Matthew Athyal

BA (Philosophy, with minors in Sociology & Political Science) University of Kerala

MA (Philosophy) University of Kerala

PhD (Philosophy) University of Poona

Dr. Jesudas Athyal has several years of teaching and research experience in the area of Christian mission in pluralist contexts. He specializes in religion and society studies of South Asia and is a member of the Mar Thoma Church (Reformed Indian Church in communion with the Anglican fellowship)…(more)

Kapya John Kaoma

BTh Theological College of Central Africa, 1997

MA University of Bristol, 1998

ThD Boston University, 2010

Dr. Kapya John Kaoma has extensive pastoral experience which informs his research interests.  He has written and spoken about subjects in mission history, the Anglican communion, gender and African culture, and eco-social justice…(more)

Jung Sun Oh

MDiv Methodist Theological Seminary Seoul, 1988

MDiv Emory University Candler School of Theology, 1991

ThD (Theology and Ethics) Boston University School of Theology, 2000

Dr. Jung Sun Oh has taught and written about Korean Christianity, and published several works of distinctively Korean theology…(more)

Mary Lou Shea

BA, Ohio Wesleyan University

MTS, Boston University, 1997

ThD, Boston University 2006

Dr. Shea has devoted the last decade to teaching undergraduate students the fundamentals of Christianity, and introducing them to the history of Christianity and mission.  Her efforts led to her receipt of the 2007 Teaching Excellence Award…(more)

Zhongxin Wang

BA (International Politics) Peking University, 1984

MA (Modern History of China) Peking University, 1986

ThD (Church History and Liturgy) Boston University School of Theology, 2000

Dr. Zhongxin Wang is an accomplished scholar of Christianity in China.  He has lectured widely in both the United States and China, and has published extensively on the topic of Chinese culture and Christianity…(more)