Nicoletta Gatti

Nicoletta Gatti

Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee

Contact info ngatti@ug.edu.gh

About

Prof. Nicoletta Gatti holds a Licentiate in Biblical Sciences from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, and a PhD in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome).  After working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, she is currently an Associate Professor in Biblical Studies in the Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana (Legon). She researches into Prophetic Literature, Pragmatic Approach to Biblical Interpretation and Intercultural Reading of the Bible.

Education

Doctorate in Biblical Theology (STD), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 2004-2006

Licentiate in Biblical Sciences (S.S.L), Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy 1993-1997

Certificate in Advanced Hebrew and Semitic Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1997.

BA in Theology, Pontifical Urbaniana University, Vatican City, 1994-1997

BA in Philosophy, Pontifical Urbaniana University, Vatican City, 1991-1994.

Research Interest

Biblical Theology

African Biblical Hermeneutics

Pentecostal Hermeneutics

Publications

Christianity and COVID-19. Pathways for Faith. Eds. Chammah J. Kaunda, Atola Longkumer, Kenneth R. Ross & Esther Mombo, eds. (Pubblication: Brill, 2022). 

Religion, Public Life, and Accountability in the era of Covid-19 (WAATI – Ghana Zone; Publisher: Vernon Press, 2022). 

Commentary on Acts of Apostles. Ed. Ernesto Borghi (Publication: September 2022; Ed. Terra Santa). 

Salvation in a Crisis-Ridden World: An intercultural biblical response

Project team: Beate Kowalski (Germany);

Nicoletta Gatti (Ghana); Maria Oanh (Vietnam); Kai Akagi (Japan); Nazik Matty (Iraq); Anne O’Leary (US).

A two-volume publication is planned for 2023 and 2024 (Brill series “Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible”).