Joel A. Carpenter
- Dr. Joel A. Carpenter
- Senior Research Fellow, Nagel Institute
- Historical Studies
- 616-485-5882
- jcarpent@calvin.edu
Education
B.A., History, Calvin College
M.A., History, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., History, Johns Hopkins University
Academic interests
Joel was the provost of Calvin from 1996 to 2006 and then was the founding director of the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity until retiring in 2019. He has enjoyed being a member of the history department all along. Joel has a longstanding interest in American religious and cultural history and now studies Christianity in Africa and Asia. His latest project is a study of the life and thought of Kwame Bediako, one of Africa’s leading Christian thinkers
Publications
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Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance
by Joel Carpenter, Perry L. Glanzer
Published: March 7, 2014
ISBN: 0802871054
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Christianity Remade: The Rise of Indian-Initiated Churches in Studies in World Christianity
by Paul Joshua, Joel Carpenter, ed.
Published: July 30, 2022
ISBN: 9781481304054
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Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa: Volume One
by Joel Carpenter, Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Published: April 23, 2020
ISBN: 9956551996
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Christianity in India: Conversion, Community Development, and Religious Freedom
by Joel Carpenter, Rebecca Samuel Shah
Published: October 15, 2018
ISBN: 9781506447919
eBook ISBN: 9781506447926 -
Christianity in Chinese Public Life: Religion, Society, and the Rule of Law in Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
by J. Carpenter, Kevin R. den Dulk
Published: January 27, 2014
ISBN: 1137427876
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