Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D

Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D

Dr. Todd Johnson is Associate Professor of Global Christianity and Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs leading a research project on international religious demography. Todd is co-editor of the Atlas of Global Christianity (Edinburgh University Press) and co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed.) and World Christian Trends (William Carey Library). He is editor of the World Christian Database (Brill), co-editor of the World Religion Database (Brill), and co-author of The World’s Religions in Figures (Wiley-Blackwell).

Articles by Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D

  • US & Canada

    Listening to Indigenous Voices in World Christianity: Conversing with Kaitlin Curtice

    By Todd M. Johnson and Ph.D

    What does it mean to be a Christian of indigenous heritage living in under a dominant settler colonial Christianity operating under the influence of empire? It is easy to appeal to a so-called biblical worldview and claim issues do not exist, but refusing to see the contextual nature of Scripture and World Christianity merely amplifies problems. Dr Todd Johnson says that it is beyond time that we learn to listen to indigenous voices so that we might gain insights into our biblical faith that we