Sathianathan (Sathi) Clarke is an Ordained Deacon and Presbyter of the Church of South India. Sathi bridges the world between establishment and the marginalised, the global and the local, and academy and the congregation. He has taught and lectured on global Christianity, contextual theology, postcolonial mission, and interreligious dialogue in India, the U.S.A., the U.K., Germany, Sri Lanka, Korea, South Africa, and Liberia.

In his research and teaching, Sathi has cultivated specialties in contextual theology, constructive global theology, and theology of religions. From 1996-2004 he was on the faculty at United Theological College, Bangalore. He has also been visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School and, for the last twenty years, the Bishop Sundo Kim Chair in World Christianity and Professor of Theology, Culture and Mission at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C, a chair Sathi continues to hold in conjunction with his appointment at UTC.