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James Christopher Thomas

James Christopher Thomas
Associate Professor (Part-Time)

Education or Qualification:

  • Durham University. UK.                                          1962-1965        B.A Hons Class 2.1 (Philosophy) 1965
  • Selwyn College, Cambridge University. UK.          1965-1967        B.A Hons Class 2.1 (Theology) 1967
  • Durham University.UK.                                           1968-1971        PhD. Thesis “Theology and Falsification”       1974

Research interests:

  1. Phenomenology in the study of African Indigenous Religions.
  2. Africa, Augustine and the Trinity.
  3. John Henry Newman and 21st Century Empiricism.
  4. Pentecostalism and the Indigenization of Christianity in Ghana

Publications:

Book Chapters

  1. Thomas, J. C. (2013). Donatism and the Contextualization of Christianity:
    A cautionary Tale. In Markus Vinzent (Ed.), Studia Patristica vol LXX (pp. 565-568). Paris: Peeters.
  2. Thomas, J.C. (2013) Department for the Study of Religions and African Christian
    Theology: A perspective from the 1970s. In Adamfo, O. Atiemo, Ben-Willie K. Gold. Boakye, Lawrence K. (Eds.), Unpacking the sense of the sacred. (pp.189-200). Oxford. U.K.:  Ayebia Clarke.
  3. Thomas, J. C. (1980).Religion and Science: A new Dialectic. In Centennial Free University of
    Amsterdam (Eds.), Concern about Science: possibilities and problems. (pp.10-16).
    Amsterdam: Free University.
  4. Thomas, J. C. (1976). Uses and Truth. In J.S.Pobee (Ed.), Religion in a Pluralistic Society.
    (pp. 15-26). Holland: E.J. Brill.

Peer-review Journal Articles

  1. Thomas, J. C. (2012). Prosperity preaching: West African Traditional Belief, or Foreign Import.  Ogbomoso Journal of Theology, XVII (1),163-172.
  2. Thomas, J. C. (2011). Spirituality and Poverty in Africa.  Ogbomoso Journal of Theology, XVI(1),97-108.
  3. Thomas, J. C. (2009). Poverty and Capitalism in West Africa: A Christian perspective. Ogbomoso Journal of Theology, X1V (1),49-58.
  4. Thomas, J. C. (1989). The Supernaturalistic Fallacy Revisited. Sophia, 25(2),20-25.
  5. Thomas, J. C. (1986). Infallibilism or bust? The Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 4(1), 88-103.
  6. Thomas, J. C. (1986). Bonhoeffer’s Ethics and the Indigenization of Christianity in West Africa. Missiology, 4(3), 33-51.
  7. Thomas, J. C. (1985). Facing the people in the patristic period: The myth and the reality. The church Service Society Record, 4(6), 16-20.
  8. Thomas, J. C. (1982). Cumulative Arguments for Religious Belief.Sophia,37-47.
  9. Thomas, J. C. (1982). Prayer and Ordinary Language. The Expository Times, 5(1), 330-336.
  10. Thomas, J. C. (1982). Faith and History: A Critique of Recent Dogmatics. Religious Studies,10(2),327-336.
  11. Thomas, J. C. (1981). The Holy Spirit and the African Independent Churches – A case study of the Apostolic Divine Church of Akropong –Akwapim. Sierra Leone Bulletin of Religion, 1(2),33-3.
  12. Thomas, J. C. (1981).The Ethical Philosophy of J.B. Danquah. African Theological Journal, 18(1), 36-44.
  13. Thomas, J. C. (May 1979). Anglican Liturgy: Sacrifice and Schizophrenia II. The Church Service Society, 9(1), 33-43
  14. Thomas, J.C. (1978).The Language Game in Liturgy. The Church Literature Association, XIV (1), 1-11.
  15. Thomas, J. C. (1978). Anglican Liturgy: Sacrifice and Schizophrenia I. The Church Service Society, 8(2), 33-39.
  16. Thomas, J. C. ( 1977).The Epistemology of Karl Barth. Heythrop Journal, 25(2),383-398.
  17. Thomas, J. C. (1975) Christology, Creation & Falsification. Ghana Bulletin of Theology,4, (9), 1-20.
  18. Thomas, J. C. (1974). Society and Liturgical Reform. Ghana Bulletin of Theology, 4(6), 1-18.
  19. Thomas, J. C. (1973). What is African Theology? Ghana Bulletin of Theology, 4(4), 14 30.
  20. Thomas, J.C. (1972). Eucharistic Language and Demythologising. Ghana Bulletin of Theology,4(2),25-38.
  21. Thomas, J.C. (1972).What is situation ethics?  Ghana Bulletin of Theology, 4(3),26-39.

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. Thomas J.C., Eucharistic Consecration in the First Three Centuries.
    Conference: Tenth International Conference on Patristic Studies
    Date: 24th – 29th August 1987
    Location: Oxford, UK.

    CV of Prof. James Christopher Thomas

  2. Thomas J .C, Theological Education, Spirituality, and Social Transformation in Africa.
    Conference: Baptist Theological Seminary Conference
    Date: 9th-11th March 2011and
    Location: Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomosho.

  3. Thomas J. C, The Church, Gospel and Culture
    Conference: Baptist Theological Seminary Conference
    Date:7th – 10th March 2012
    Location: Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomosho.

  4. Thomas J. C, Sport and Prayer.
    Conference: AASR Conference
    Date: 18th -23rd July 2012
    Location: 5th AASR/IADR Regional Conference Egerton University, Njoro Kenya

  5. Thomas J. C, Theology and Religion: Uncomfortable bedfellows.
    Conference: School of Theology and Missions Colloquium
    Date:15th May 2014
    Location: Central University College, Accra

  6. Thomas J. C, 
    Conference: School of Theology and Missions – 4th Annual colloquium
    Date: 10th November 2017
    Location: Central University College

Professional Associations:

  • Oxford Patristics Conference 2019
  • North American Patristics Society
  • African Association for the Study of Religions.