Bassem Melki
Assistant Professor of Peace Studies
Education
BSc. Music Education Warner Pacific University MRel, Religion and Music, Warner Pacific University PhD 2023, Philippines, International Graduate School of Leadership; Research Topic: Contextual-biblical peacemaking within Arab Culture.
Bio
Bassem’s calling is to foster a culture of love, unity, and peace in the Arab world. He served as pastor of a local church for 17 years, and recently, his deep concern is to have Christ’s message of reconciliation and healing lived out in practice in all contexts and tracks of life: the personal, the familial, the communal, and the national.
He has been married to his wonderful wife, Roula Melki, since 1994, and together they have two children: Samantha and Brandon.
Areas of research, writing, and teaching:
Peacemaking and Reconciliation, Mediation, Music and Worship, Pastoral Care.
Blog Posts/ Articles
"Can We Still Believe In Peace?", ABTS, 2024
"Logo of Jesus", ABTS, 2024
"The Predicament of Confrontation", ABTS, 2023
"ABTS Christmas Blog", ABTS, 2022
"Can Bad Pizza Survive in a Shame-Based Culture? What About Us?", ABTS 2022
"Divinating Off Course", ABTS 2022
"Moving Away from Faithless, Self-Centered Prayers: Towards the ‘True Disciple’s Prayer’", ABTS 2021
"Are “Democratic” Societies Learning Too Much from the Lebanese?", ABTS 2021