Faculty
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Rebecca Babirye
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Global Studies, Intercultural Communication, TESOL
Education: Tokyo Christian University (BA); Wheaton College (MA); Sophia University (Ph.D.; in progress)
Church: Tokyo Multicultural Church
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Akio Ito
Professor
Specialization: New Testament Studies
Education: Tokyo University (B.Lit.); Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary; Wycliffe Hall (Oxford) (Ph.D.)
Church: Nerima Baptist Church, Baptist General Conference Japan (Regou)
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Mieko Iwata
Professor
Specialization: Christian Ethics, Christian Worldview
Education: Tokyo Christian Univ. (BA); Tokyo Christian Theol. Seminary; Calvin Theol. Seminary (Th.M); Tokyo Christian Univ. (Ph.D.)
Church: Christian Reformed Church
Tetsuya Morita
Associate Professor
Specialization: International Development, Non-profit Management
Education: Jiyu Gakuen (BA); Duke University (MA); Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (Ph.D.; in progress)
Church: Heiwadai Grace Church (Domei)
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Naoki Okamura
Professor
Specialization: Phenomenological Research Methods, Religious Education, Practical Theology
Education: Columbia International University (BA); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA); Claremont Graduate School of Theology (Ph.D.)
Church: Yokosuka Chuo Church (Domei)
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Motoaki Shinohara
Professor
Specialization: Missiology
Education: Tokyo Christian University (BA), Calvin Theological Seminary (Th.M), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Ph.D.)
Church: Tatebayashi Christ Church, Fukuin Dendo Kyodan
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David S. Sytsma
Associate Professor
Specialization: History of Christianity
Education: Calvin College (BA), Calvin Theol. Seminary (M.T.S., Th.M.), Princeton Theol. Seminary (Ph.D.)
Church: Funabashi Takane Church (RCJ)
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Shohei Yamato
Professor
Specialization: Buddhist Studies, Practical Theology
Education: Kansai University (BA); Tokyo Christian Theol. Seminary; Bukkyo Univ. (MA)
Church: Kyoto Bible Church, Japan Gospel Fellowship
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Miwako Yanagisawa
Associate Professor
Specialization: Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Japanese Pedagogy
Education: Waseda Univ. (BA, MA); Georgetown University (MS); University of Hawaiʻi (Ph.D.)
Church: Tokyo Musashino Evangelical Free Church, Evangelical Free Church of Japan