Charles Farhadian, Ph.D.

Dr. Farhadian graduated from Seattle Pacific University, earned a Master of Divinity at Yale University, and completed a PhD from Boston University. He studies the relationship between religions and cultures, particularly Christianity in non-Western contexts, world Christianity, comparative missiology, and religion and globalization. He has investigated themes of worship, social history, and nation-making during fieldwork in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. His books include: Christianity: A Brief Introduction (Baker Academic), Christianity, Islam, and Nationalism in Indonesia (Routledge), Christian Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deepening Practices (Eerdmans), The Testimony Project: Papua (Deiyai Press). Introducing World Christianity  (Wiley-Blackwell). Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion (Oxford University Press), Introducing World Religions (Baker Academic), and Handbook of Popular Spiritual Movements in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Trinity Theological College).