Dana L. Robert

Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission
Co-Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission

B.A.  Louisiana State University
Ph.D.  Yale University

Dr. Robert's Publications

Dr. Robert's research and teaching interests span the fields of mission history, the history of world Christianity, and mission theology. Her books include African Christian Outreach, Vol 2: Mission Churches (ed., South African Missiological Society, 2003), American Women in Mission (Mercer 1997), and co-authorship of the textbook Christianity: A Social and Cultural History (Prentice-Hall, 1997). Her book Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century (ed., Orbis) was named an outstanding book in mission studies for 2002; and her book “Occupy Until I Come”: A.T. Pierson and the Evangelization of the World (Eerdmans, 2003) was one of the outstanding books in mission studies for 2003. With M.L. Daneel, she edits the book series "African Initiatives in Christian Mission" (University of South Africa Press). Dr. Robert has held numerous lectureships at other seminaries, and she was plenary speaker at the General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in 2002.

Dana Robert has been teaching at Boston University since 1984, and she especially enjoys teaching students about the history of Christianity as it moves from one culture to another. She regularly travels to southern Africa where she engages in mission outreach and research, and she is affiliated with the African Studies Center at Boston University. A lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, she likes to experience worship in many different kinds of churches and contexts. Her hobbies include fishing, playing the piano, and watching birds.

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