Person
mika.vahakangasctr.luse |
2018-12-07
Professor
- Church and Mission Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail mika.vahakangasctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 59
Mobile +358 451 35 12 91
Room LUX:B318
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
I am Mika Vähäkangas, professor in mission studies and ecumenics.
I begun as a systematic theologian and an Africanist at the University of Helsinki. African Christian Theology became my major field of interest, especially during a year of studies at the Lutheran Theological College Makumira in Tanzania. However, it was only when studying and researching a year in Rome, at Pontificia Università Gregoriana, that I could devote myself to mission studies.
After defending the doctoral dissertation I returned to teach at Makumira, and the college had meanwhile got a university status. After six years at Makumira (and a year in between teaching in Helsinki) I returned to Helsinki University to launch the lecturership in missiology.
I have served in my present position in Lund since August 2009.
At the moment I serve as the president of the International Association of Mission Studies.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism (research leader)
- Looking for Wholeness in an Enchanted World: Healing, Prosperity and Ritual Action in African Charismatic/Pentecostal Churches (research leader)
- Interpreting African Christianity: Anthropology and Theology in Dialogue (research leader)
Books (3)
- Vähäkangas, M. (2020). Context, Plurality, and Truth : Theology in World Christianities. Missional Church, Public Theology, World Christianity Series.. Pickwick Publications.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2008). Between Ghambageu and Jesus: The Encounter between Sonjo Traditional Leaders and Missionary Christianity. Studia missiologica et oecumenica fennica, 61. Luther-Agricola Society.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1999). In Search of Foundations for African Catholicism, Charles Nyamiti’s Theological Methodology. Studies in Christian Mission, 23. Brill.
Editorships (8)
- Bergmann, S. & Vähäkangas, M. (2021). (Eds.) Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith. Taylor and Francis - Balkema.
- Vähäkangas, M. & Lauterbach, K. (2019). (Eds.) Faith in African Christianity : Bridging Athropological and Theological Perspectives. Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, 35. Brill.
- Fridlund, P. & Vähäkangas, M. (2017). (Eds.) Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism : Beyond the Mirage of Pure Religion. Brill.
- Ahonen, T., Komulainen, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (2013). (Eds.) Opin poluilla, Juhlakirja Miikka Ruokasen täyttäessä 60 vuotta. Suomalaisen teologisen kirjallisuusseuran julkaisuja, 275. Suomalainen teologinen kirjallisuusseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2011). (Eds.) Challenging Mission Studies: Crossing Borders in Academia. Swedish Missiological Themes, 99. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Komulainen, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (2009). (Eds.) Luterilaisen Suomen loppu? Kirkko ja monet uskonnot. Edita.
- Vähäkangas, M. & Kyomo, A. A. (2003). (Eds.) Charismatic Renewal in Africa: A Challenge for African Christianity. African Christianity Series. Acton Publishers.
- Mugambi, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (2001). (Eds.) Christian Theology and Environmental Responsibility. African Christianity Series. Acton Publishers.
Articles (27)
- Vähäkangas, M. (2017). Islamophobia in Europe as a Theological Failure. Muslim-Christian Encounter, 10, 27-59.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Can the Study of Mission Become Postcolonial? : On Mission Studies in Today's World. Ortodoksia, 56, 39-64. Ortodoksisten pappien liitto.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Negotiating Religious Traditions : Babu wa Loliondo’s Theology of Healing. Exchange, 45, 269-297. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). The Grandpa’s Cup : A Tanzanian Healing Ritual as a Temporary Interreligious Platform. Suomen Antropologi, 41, 14-28. Finnish Anthropological Society.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2015). Babu wa Loliondo : Healing the Tensions between the Tanzanian Worlds. Journal of Religion in Africa, 45, 3-36. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2015). Nya vindar i missionsteologin : En analys av tre missionsdokument. Dansk tidsskrift for teologi og kirke, 42, 262-276. Menighedsfakultet Aarhus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2015). The Economy and Money in Three Recent Mission Documents. International Review of Mission, 104, 292-301. The Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2015). The Prosperity Gospel in the African Diaspora: Unethical Theology or Gospel in Context?. Exchange, 44, 353-380. Brill.
- Singh, D. E. & Vähäkangas, M. (2014). Guest editorial. Mission Studies, 31, 135-137. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). Christianity as Globalization. orizonturi teologice, 24-37.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). The International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS). Swedish Missiological Themes, 102, 49-59. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. & Svartvik, J. (2014). Mission Studies and Related Disciplines at Lund University. Swedish Missiological Themes, 102, 11-19. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2013). Gender, Narratives and Religious Competition among the Sonjo of Tanzania. Missionalia, 41, 66-89. SAMS.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2012). Har det andliga en samhällelig betydelse? Laestadius' tidiga predikningar i sin koloniala kontext. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 88, 145-154. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Globaali kristinusko ja kirkkojen tulevaisuus Suomessa. Futura, 29, 25-36. Tulevaisuuden tutkimuksen seura ry. - Sällskapet för framtidsstudier rf..
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Mission Studies, Syncretism and the Limits of Christianity during the Time of the Heretical Imperative. Swedish Missiological Themes, 98, 7-22. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Modelling Contextualization in Theology. Swedish Missiological Themes, 98, 279-306. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2009). Eurooppa Etelän kristinuskon lähetyskenttänä. Lähetysteologinen aikakauskirja/Journal of Mission Theology, 11, 5-22. Kirkon lähetystyön keskus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2008). Ghambageu Encounters Jesus in Sonjo Mythology: Syncretism as African Rational Action. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76, 111-137. Oxford University Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2007). Synkretismi ja kontekstualisaatio Afrikassa. Lähetysteologinen aikakauskirja/Journal of Mission Theology, 9, 33-44. Kirkon lähetystyön keskus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Missiology in Finland. Swedish Missiological Themes, 94, 435-446. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2004). Ecclesiastic Self-Discipline Based on Christian Growth in Conformity of Christ. Africa Theological Journal, 27, 3-33. Makumira University College.
- Hautala, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (2002). Yhteinen usko – yhteinen tehtävä. Suomen Lähetysseuran perustedokumentin arviointia. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 107, 442-450. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). African Approaches to the Trinity. Africa Theological Journal, 23, 33-50. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1998). Trinitarian Processions as Ancestral Relationships in Charles Nyamiti’s Theology: A European Lutheran Critique. Swedish Missiological Themes, 86, 251-263. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1998). Vatikaanin asiakirja "Kristinusko ja uskonnot". Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 103, 107-111. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1997). Trinitarian Processions as Ancestral Relationships in Charles Nyamiti’s Theology: A European Lutheran Critique. Revue Africaine de Theologie, 21, 61-75.
Book chapters (45)
- Vähäkangas, M. (accepted/in press). Mission, Money and Power. In Kim, K. & Jorgensen, K. (Eds.) Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (accepted/in press). World Christianity as Post-colonializing of Theology. In Bergmann, S. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies, Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith. Routledge.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2021). Nature and Colonial Hybridity : Lars Levi Laestadius's Karesuando Sermons. In Heimbrock, H.-G. & Persch, J. (Eds.) Eco-Theology : Essays in Honor of Sigurd Bergmann (pp. 91-118). Brill Schöningh.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2021). Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Ecumenism : The Kimbanguist Church as a Test-Case for the World Council of Churches. In Munteanu, D. (Ed.) “Ökumene ist keine Häresie” : Theologische Beiträge zu einer ökumenischen Kultur (pp. 455-471). Brill Schöningh.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2021). World Christianity as Postcolonializing of Theology. In Bergmann, S. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith (pp. 221-237). Routledge.
- Bergmann, S. & Vähäkangas, M. (2020). Doing situated theology : Introductory remarks about the history, method, and diversity of contextual theology. Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith, 1-14. Taylor and Francis - Balkema.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2020). Onko missiologialla paikkaa kolonialialismin jälkeisessä maailmassa?. In Auvinen, M.-A. & Komulainen, J. (Eds.) Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja, Näkökulmia ekumeeniseen missiologiaan (pp. 168-191), 133. Kirkon tutkimuskeskus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2020). Preface. In Kaunda, C. J. & Hinfelaar, M. (Eds.) Competing for Caesar : Religion and Politics in Postcolonial Zambia. Fortress Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2020). World christianity as post-colonialising of theology. Contextual Theology : Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith, 221-237. Taylor and Francis - Balkema.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2019). How to Respect the Religious Quasi-Other? : Methodological Considerations on Studying the Kimbanguist Doctrine of Incarnation. In Lauterbach, K. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, Faith in African Lived Christianity : Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives (pp. 133-155), 35. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M., Ketola, K. & Komulainen, J. (2019). Finland. In Johnson, T. M. & Zurlo, G. (Eds.) World Christian Encyclopedia (pp. 296-299). Edinburgh University Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2018). Bible Study: Jacob Reconciled with Esau. In Andrée, U., Diehl, A.-K. & Simon, B. (Eds.) Challenged by Ecumenism : Documentation of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute – Berlin 2017 (pp. 90-94). Missionshilfe Verlag.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2018). Postcolonial Positions : Jesse N.K. Mugambi and the Christian Responsibility in the Socio-Political Sphere. In Bongmba, E. K. (Ed.) Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa (pp. 98-107). Routledge.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2018). Theo-logical Positions vis-à-vis Syncretism. In Fridlund, P. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Philosophy of religion. World religions, Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism : Beyond the Mirage of Pure Religion (pp. 68-87), 7. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. & Fridlund, P. (2017). Introduction. In Fridlund, P. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Theological and Philosophical Responses to Syncretism : Beyond the Mirage of Pure Religion (pp. 1-8). Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Eld och vatten : Passar karismatisk kristendom och lutherdom ihop?. In Inkala, A.-K. & Komulainen, J. (Eds.) Nåd : För nya världar (pp. 147-166). Fontana media.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Mission and Money : Mapping the Field. In Auvinen-Pöntinen, M.-A. & Jörgensen, J. A. (Eds.) Theology and Mission in World Christianity, Mission and Money : Christian Mission in the Context of Global Inequalities (pp. 180-191), 1. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Tuli ja vesi : Sopivatko karismaattisuus ja luterilaisuus yhteen?. In Inkala, A.-K. & Komulainen, J. (Eds.) Armon horisontit : Huomisen luterilaisuus (pp. 149-168). Kirjapaja.
- Vähäkangas, M. & Vähäkangas, A. (2015). Uskonnolliset yhteisöt - kehityksen jarru vai mahdollisuus?. In Vuola, E. (Ed.) Uskonto ja kehitys: Näkökulmia suomalaiseen kehitysyhteistyöhön ja -tutkimukseen (pp. 124-143), Tietolipas 249. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). Interreligious and Interchurch Debates : Open Questions for the 21st Century. In Pierce, A. & Schuegraf, O. (Eds.) Den Blick weiten : Wenn Ökumene den Religionen begegnet:. Tagungsbericht der 17. Wissenschaftlichen Konsultation der Societas Oecumenica (pp. 51-67), 99. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). Om mig, den andre och mig i den andre : med Weber och Lévy-Bruhl på besök hos en tanzanisk helare. In Rahm, H. (Ed.) Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2014 (pp. 158-173). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). Our Mission: Development : Comparative Perspectives on Development - David Livingstone and Finland's Development Policy Programme 2012. In Sundnes Drønen, T. (Eds.) Religion and Development : Nordic Perspectives on Involvement in Africa (pp. 57-73), Bible and Theology in Africa, vol. 20. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2014). What Makes African Christianity African?. In Mugambi, J. N. & Cornelli, E. M. (Eds.) Endless Quest : The Vocation of an African Theologian : Essays in Honour of Laurenti Magesa (pp. 273-296). Acton Publishers.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2013). Laestadiuksen varhaiset saarnat postkoloniaalisessa luennassa. In Ahonen, T., Komulainen, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Opin poluilla, Juhlakirja Miikka Ruokasen täyttäessa 60 vuotta (pp. 25-46). Suomalainen teologinen kirjallisuusseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2013). Uskonnot, usko ja synkretismi. In Pöntinen, M.-A. (Eds.) Uskonto ja valta: Näkökulmia kirkon missioon (pp. 80-87). Suomen Lähetysseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2012). Church-State Relations in Theology of Reconstruction. In Mwase, I. M. & Kamaara, E. K. (Eds.) Theologies of Liberation and Reconstruction (pp. 245-260). Acton Publishers.
- Vähäkangas, M., Cöster, H., Gjerris, M., Njå, Å., Engdahl, H. S. & Annala, P. (2012). Nordic Theologies. In Conradie, E. M. (Ed.) Creation and Salvation, Volume 2: A Companion on Recent Theological Movements (pp. 145-172). LIT Verlag.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2011). "Kiinni märkään saippuapalaan": Globaali karismaattisuus kirkkohistorian tutkimuskohteena. In Antila, J. O. & Laine, E. M. (Eds.) Yleisen kirkkohistorian lähteet ja tutkimus (pp. 293-306), Finska kyrkohistoriska samfundets handlingar 215. Societas Historiae Ecclesiasticae Fennica.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2011). Etelän kristinusko haasteena teologialle. In Ikonen, T. (Ed.) Käytännöllinen teologia Helsingin yliopistossa (pp. 159-178). University of Helsinki, department of practical theology.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Missiologiaa suomalaisittain. In Jalagin, S., Löytty, O. & Salakka, M. (Eds.) Kaikille kansoille: Lähetystyö kulttuurien vuoropuheluna (pp. 331-358). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Pyhä yli kulttuurirajojen. In Pruuki, H. (Ed.) Pyhän rajoilla: Temppelitappeluista uskontodialogiin (pp. 52-67). Suomen Lähetysseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). The Future of Missiologies. In Mortensen, V. & Østerlund Nielsen, A. (Eds.) Walk Humbly with the Lord: Church and Mission Engaging Plurality (pp. 217-229). William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2009). Maailmanlaajuinen kristinusko. In Komulainen, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Luterilaisen Suomen loppu? Kirkko ja monet uskonnot (pp. 90-121). Edita.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2009). Millainen kirkko viettää jumalanpalvelusta Suomessa vuonna 2028?. In Salminen, J. (Ed.) Jumalanpalveluselämä muutoksessa (pp. 202-219), Suomalaisen Teologisen Kirjallisuusseuran julkaisuja 263. Suomalainen teologinen kirjallisuusseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Inculturation and Theological Method in the Work of Charles Nyamiti. In Antonio, E. P. (Ed.) Inculturation and Postcolonial Discourse in African Theology (pp. 77-95), Society and Politics in Africa 14. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Mission of the Church and Missionary Responsibility. In Mchami, R. E. & Simon, B. (Eds.) Church Ministry in African Christianity (pp. 7-21). Acton Publishers.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Trickster-God Ghambageu and Sonjo Resistance to Christian Mission. In Harjula, L. & Ylänkö, M. (Eds.) Africa in the Long Run: Festschrift in the Honour of Professor Arvi Hurskainen (pp. 1-15), Studia Orientalia 103. The Finnish Oriental Society.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2004). Afrikkalainen teologia länsimaisen kulttuurin puristuksissa. In Ahonen, T. & Komulainen, J. (Eds.) Teologian ilmansuuntia: Näkökulmia uskontulkintoihin Aasiassa, Afrikassa ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa (pp. 108-145). Gaudeamus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2004). Between the Ideal and the Real: Family in the African Synod. In Kyomo, A. A. & Selvam, S. G. (Eds.) Marriage and Family in African Christianity (pp. 148-162). Acton Publishers.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2003). Christian Partnership as an Ideal in Inter-Church Cooperation. In Mortensen, V. (Ed.) The Role of Mission in the Future of Lutheran Theology (pp. 163-202), Occasional papers 6. Centre for Multireligious Studies, University of Aarhus.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2003). Doctrinal Relationship between Protestantism and Charismatic Renewal. In Vähäkangas, M. & Kyomo, A. A. (Eds.) Charismatic Renewal in Africa: A Challenge for African Christianity (pp. 66-90). Acton Publishers.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2003). Notes on a Post-Colonial Approach to African Church History. In Thiesbonenkamp, J. & Cochois, H. (Eds.) Umwege und Weggefährten: Festschrift für Heinrich Balz zum 65. Geburtstag (pp. 476-488). Erlanger Verlag für Mission und Ökumene.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2002). African Approaches to the Trinity. In Katongole, E. (Ed.) African Theology Today (pp. 69-83). University of Scranton Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2002). Pyhä Henki ja pahat henget: Tansanian luterilaisten suhtautuminen perinteiseen parantamiseen. In Pöntinen, M. (Eds.) Kohtaamisen haaste, näkökulmia kulttuurienväliseen vuoropuheluun (pp. 120-141). Suomen Lähetysseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2001). Environmental Crisis in Light of the Cross. In Mugambi, J. & Vähäkangas, M. (Eds.) Christian Theology and Environmental Responsibility (pp. 112-130). Acton Publishers.
Reviews (29)
- Vähäkangas, M. (2020). Arngeir Langås, Unity is Strength: The Joint Committee of Religious Leaders for Peace in Zanzibar 2005-2013. International Review of Mission, 109, 365-366. The Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2019). Kristin Johnston Largen, Finding God among Our Neighbors : An Interfaith Systematic Theology. Mission Studies, 36, 168-169. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2018). Emmanuel Katongole, The Journey of Reconciliation: Groaning for a New Creation in Africa. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 123, 366-367. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2018). Kenneth R. Ross, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu and Todd M. Johnson, eds., Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mission Studies, 35, 177-178. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2017). Recension av: Nehemia Moshi, Stretching the Drum Skin. An Analysis of Power Relations in Leadership Development and Succession in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania – Northern Diocese 1942-1993. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 92, 188-189. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). From Historical to Critical Post-Colonial Theology : The Contribution of John S. Mbiti and Jesse N.K. Mugambi. Written by Robert S. Heaney. Exchange, 45, 309-312. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2016). Witchcraft, Demons and Deliverance : A Global Conversation on an Intercultural Challenge. Written by Claudia Währisch-Oblau and Henning Wroggemann (eds.). Exchange, 45, 299-301. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2012). How God Became African: African spirituality and Western secular thought. African Affairs, 111, 339-340. Oxford University Press.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2012). Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today by Stephen B. Bevans and Roger P. Schroeder. International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 36, 48-48. Overseas Ministries Study Center.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West. By Jehu J. Hanciles. Mission Studies, 27, 119-120. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Christianity, Politics and Public Life in Kenya. By Paul Gifford. Mission Studies, 27, 271-272. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Ilkka Halava, Matti Helin & Pontus Salmi, Kansankirkon myytinmurtajat. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 115, 89-90. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Lennart Henriksson, A Journey with Status Confessionis: Analysis of an Apartheid Related Conflict between the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1982-1998. Swedish Missiological Themes, 98, 127-129. Swedish Institute of Mission Research.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2010). Seeking Peace in Africa: Stories from African Peacemakers. Edited by Donald E. Miller, Scott Holland, Lon Fendall and Dean Johnson. Mission Studies, 27, 135-136. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2009). Tuomas Martikainen, Tuula Sakaranaho & Marko Juntunen (toim.), Islam Suomessa: Muslimit arjessa, mediassa ja yhteiskunnassa. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 114, 623-625. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2007). Manfred Ernst (ed.), Globalization and the Re-Shaping of Christianity in the Pacific Islands. Mission Studies, 24, 158-160. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Fraternity in Christ: Building the Church as Family. Africa Theological Journal, 29, 69-71. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2006). Martin Luther’s Message for us Today: A Perspective from the South. Africa Theological Journal, 29, 91-94. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2001). Beyond Marx and Market: Outcomes of a Century of Economic Experimentation och Prosperity, Poverty and Pollution: Managing the Approaching Crisis. Africa Theological Journal, 24, 98-101. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). Gud i funktion. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 105, 260-261. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis & Beatrice Hibou, The Criminalization of the State in Africa. Africa Theological Journal, 23, 107-110. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). Missionary Enterprise in African Education: The Co-operation of Lutheran Missions in Natal, South Africa, 1912-1955: A Documentation. Mission Studies, 17, 292-293. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). Religion and Politics in Harare 1890-1980. Mission Studies, 17, 301-302. Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). Sidama and Ethiopian: The Emergence of Mekane Yesus Church in Sidama. Mission Studies, 17, 289-291. Brill, Brill.
- Vähäkangas, M. (2000). There is Only One God: A Social-Scientific and Theological Study of Popular Religion and Evangelisation in Sukumaland, Northwest Tanzania. Africa Theological Journal, 23, 74-75. Makumira University College.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1998). Juhani Lindgren, Lähetys 2001: lähetysstrategian näköaloja vuosituhannen vaihtuessa. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 103, 262-263. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1998). Reinventing Christianity: African Theology Today. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 103, 94-96. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1997). Towards an African Narrative Theology. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 102, 84-84. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Vähäkangas, M. (1994). Moya: The Holy Spirit in an African Context. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 99, 663-663. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Newspaper articles (1)
Supervision at Lund University (4)
- Prosén, M. (2021). A Rhythm that Connects my Heart with God : Worship, Ritual and Pentecostal Spirituality as Theology. Lund University. Dissertation.
- Olsson, H. (2016). Jesus for Zanzibar : Narratives of Pentecostal Belonging, Islam, and Nation. Dissertation.
- ENGBERG, A. (2016). Walking on the Pages of the Word of God : Self, Land, and Text Among Evangelical Volunteers in Jerusalem. Dissertation.
- Gehlin, S. (2016). Prospects for Theology in Peacebuilding : A Theological Analysis of the Just Peace Concept in the Textual Process towards an International Ecumenical Peace Declaration, World Council of Churches 2008-2011. Dissertation.
Professor
- Church and Mission Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail mika.vahakangasctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 59
Mobile +358 451 35 12 91
Room LUX:B318
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30