Sonja Hanke

A woman with light skin and brown hair smiling in an indoor setting with white walls and ceiling lights.

Lecturer

Courses and subjects Taught

Hebrew I-IV, Greek I-IV, Romans, Corinthians, Synoptic Gospels, Pentateuch, Introduction to Theology, Ethics, Pneumatology, New Religious Movements, World Religions, Intro to Psychology, Pedagogy, Pastoral Counselling I-II, Psychopathology, Isaiah, New Testament Theology, Old Testament Theology, Intertextual studies

Areas of main research and competency

Biblical languages, exegesis, systematic theology, pedagogy, ethics, psychology, Linguistics applied to inner-Biblical reception and intertextual studies

Education

Leraar - Specifieke lerarenopleiding (VUB; Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

BA of Divinity (Wales/CTS)

MA Theology in Evangelical & Pentecostal Studies/Biblical Studies (CTS)

MA Theology in Evangelical & Pentecostal Studies/Missions (CTS)

MA en Leadership d'Église (CTS)

PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam

Publications

Presentations

Sonja Hanke. “Examining Paul’s Rhetorical Use of Isaiah in Romans Using Semantic Hinge

Discourse Analysis.” Paper presented at the PhD Colloquium of the New Testament and Christian Origins Research Group, School of Religion and Theology, Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, April 19, 2024.

Books

________. Le centre de l’eschatologie paulinienne en Romains. Halle: Peace Literature, 2025.

________. An Exegetical Revision of Calvinist and Arminian Belief Systems: And Its Implications for Missions. PSS 4. Halle: Peace Literature, 2024.

________. An Introduction to Old Testament Hebrew I-IV. PSLS 4-7. Halle: Peace Literature, 2024.

________. La paix par l’Esprit dans la mission: Une étude sotériologique de cas sur le calvinisme et l’arminianisme. PSS 4. Halle: Peace Literature, 2024.

________. Women’s Ministry and the Formation of Gender Identity in Galatians 3:28: A Historical-Critical and Intertextual Study. PSS 3. Halle: Peace Literature, 2024.

________. Introduction à la Critique Textuelle du Nouveau Testament. PSLS 1. Halle: Peace Literature, 2023.

Articles

________. “Pentecostal Solutions for Multicultural Conflict: Re-Envisioning a Misunderstood Shalom.” In Thinking with the Spirit: Exploring Pentecostal Studies, edited by David Trementozzi, 125–62. PC 1. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2026.

________. “Exploring a Theology of Gender through the Lens of Culture: Are Male and Female Roles and Characteristics Culturally Defined or Are These Biblically Defined and Universally Applicable?” DRC 3 (2022): 26–36.