Toward Unity in the Spirit: A Comparative Study of Baptist and Pentecostal Pneumatologies in Chin Diaspora Churches in Norway, Denmark, and the USA
Bawi Tha Kung Hakha
PhD Candidate
Project period
2026–2032
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Stian Sørlie Eriksen, VID Specialized University
- Associate Professor John Daniel Andersen, Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology (HLT)
- Associate professor James Hathaway, VID Specialized University
About the project
My research will investigate the lived pneumatologies manifested in Chin churches in Norway, Denmark, and the USA, with particular attention to similarities and differences between traditional Baptist and Piangthar churches. By examining their understandings of and experiences with the person and work of the Holy Spirit, this project will explore the insights each tradition might gain from the other's perspective. It will further place these lived pneumatologies in dialogue with broader academic theological reflections emerging from Baptist and Pentecostal traditions.