Matthew Michael
Biographic Data
| ID | 3826263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Michael |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Michael |
| SIGNATURE | MICHAEL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nasarawa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2264-3547 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Algorithmic Orthodoxy and Gendered Scripture
This paper offers a critical, interdisciplinary examination of artificial intelligence ( AI ) as a theological mediator, arguing that AI systems do not merely transmit religious knowledge but actively reproduce gendered epistemic hierarchies embedded in their training data. Grounded in an African Technocultural Feminist framework and informed by feminist hermeneutics and critical AI studies, the study employs a qualitative, discourse-analytical m…
Soundscape, Weeping Scenes, and Resistance in the Acoustic Poetics of Revelation 18
In this book, Matthew Michael examines the strategic uses of weeping scenes as a powerful tool of protest, subversion, and defiance by providing fresh perspectives on the critical mapping of sounds against opponents in the book of Revelation. Treating God, Jesus, angels, creation, heaven, and earth as embodiment of sounds, he describes the intriguing acoustic insights into the politics of sounds in the book of Revelation. While past scholarship o…
Bathsheba and the Witch of Endor
Bathsheba’s role in the story of the house of David bears an often-overlooked intertextual connection to the story of the Witch of Endor. In the books of Samuel, the two women triggered a chain of events that later led to the fall of the houses of David and Saul, respectively. While past scholarship has independently studied the importance of the stories of these two women, the present paper describes the intertextual connections and the signific…
Healing Borders and the Mapping of Referral Systems
The outbreak of COVID 19 and other global pandemics readily shows the importance of ethno-cultural channels of communication. However, modern discourses on medical referrals have narrowly focused their attention on the diverse challenges of referral services in biomedical establishments, but have generally ignored the cultural mechanics and religious dynamism in the contemporary operations of ethno-medical referrals in sub-Saharan Africa. Departi…
Health and Integrative Wellness
The present work probes the ethnocultural psychology of African people in the creative negotiations of wellness across healing spaces. Using data drawn from ethnographic method, the research engages the cultural dynamics in the emerging ethnomedical conversations among 250 sick clients of African healing shrines, over 50 contemporary practitioners of African healing shrines, 40 biomedical doctors and nurses, and 40 church workers/Christian healer…
Border-crossing and the Samaritan Traveler
Border-crossing is a defining subject in the contemporary field of postcolonial studies. Situating the parable of the Good Samaritan within this landscape, the present study engages the dynamism of border-crossing in the popular parable of the Good Samaritan. While the parable of the Good Samaritan has been studied from varieties of methodologies and perspectives, the mechanics of border markings – within the fictionality of border space – has ge…
Healing Borders and the Mapping of Referral Systems
The outbreak of COVID 19 and other global pandemics readily shows the importance of ethno-cultural channels of communication. However, modern discourses on medical referrals have narrowly focused their attention on the diverse challenges of referral services in biomedical establishments, but have generally ignored the cultural mechanics and religious dynamism in the contemporary operations of ethno-medical referrals in sub-Saharan Africa. Departi…
Border-crossing and the Samaritan Traveler
Border-crossing is a defining subject in the contemporary field of postcolonial studies. Situating the parable of the Good Samaritan within this landscape, the present study engages the dynamism of border-crossing in the popular parable of the Good Samaritan. While the parable of the Good Samaritan has been studied from varieties of methodologies and perspectives, the mechanics of border markings – within the fictionality of border space – has ge…
Health and Integrative Wellness
The present work probes the ethnocultural psychology of African people in the creative negotiations of wellness across healing spaces. Using data drawn from ethnographic method, the research engages the cultural dynamics in the emerging ethnomedical conversations among 250 sick clients of African healing shrines, over 50 contemporary practitioners of African healing shrines, 40 biomedical doctors and nurses, and 40 church workers/Christian healer…
Bathsheba and the Witch of Endor
Bathsheba’s role in the story of the house of David bears an often-overlooked intertextual connection to the story of the Witch of Endor. In the books of Samuel, the two women triggered a chain of events that later led to the fall of the houses of David and Saul, respectively. While past scholarship has independently studied the importance of the stories of these two women, the present paper describes the intertextual connections and the signific…
Healing Borders and the Mapping of Referral Systems
The outbreak of COVID 19 and other global pandemics readily shows the importance of ethno-cultural channels of communication. However, modern discourses on medical referrals have narrowly focused their attention on the diverse challenges of referral services in biomedical establishments, but have generally ignored the cultural mechanics and religious dynamism in the contemporary operations of ethno-medical referrals in sub-Saharan Africa. Departi…
Algorithmic Orthodoxy and Gendered Scripture
This paper offers a critical, interdisciplinary examination of artificial intelligence ( AI ) as a theological mediator, arguing that AI systems do not merely transmit religious knowledge but actively reproduce gendered epistemic hierarchies embedded in their training data. Grounded in an African Technocultural Feminist framework and informed by feminist hermeneutics and critical AI studies, the study employs a qualitative, discourse-analytical m…
Soundscape, Weeping Scenes, and Resistance in the Acoustic Poetics of Revelation 18
In this book, Matthew Michael examines the strategic uses of weeping scenes as a powerful tool of protest, subversion, and defiance by providing fresh perspectives on the critical mapping of sounds against opponents in the book of Revelation. Treating God, Jesus, angels, creation, heaven, and earth as embodiment of sounds, he describes the intriguing acoustic insights into the politics of sounds in the book of Revelation. While past scholarship o…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Negotiation (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Development, Ethics, and Society (2 works) · Dynamism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)