Profile

Abhishek John

PhD Student in Biblical and Historical Studies

Concentration: Historical Studies, History of Mission(s)

Abhishek John is a PhD student in Historical Studies at Boston University School of Theology. He grew up amid diverse Christian traditions in India. He had the opportunity to “experience church” in Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian contexts. Abhishek holds a Bachelor of Theology, a Bachelor of Divinity, and a Master of Theology from the Senate of Serampore University in India (an institution founded by William Carey). His ministry engagements within the ecumenical landscape in India were enhanced by an advanced master’s degree from the University of Geneva/Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. John’s research was at the intersection of the World Evangelical Alliance and the World Council of Churches. He is interested in the transnational intersections of the ecumenical and evangelical movements and mission networks in world Christianity.

Advisor: Dr. Dana Robert