Roldán-Figueroa at 2013 Sixteenth Century Studies Conference
The 2013 Sixteenth Century Studies Conference was held from October 24-27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor Roldán-Figueroa served as Theology Track Director for the conference. The theology track had a total of sixteen panels. Roldán-Figueroa organized eight panels, and chaired three of them. One of the panelists was BU STH Professor Claire Wolfteich, whose […]
Highlights of the World Christianity Forum
Important scholars of World Christianity and Directors of Centers of World Christianity in North American and Europe convened for the first time at Boston University from October 17-19. The importance of the conference was apparent from the beginning, as participants came to Boston at their own expense, and with great enthusiasm for the opportunity to […]
Report from Maryknoll Conference of the ASM-EF
The annual Maryknoll mission conference was held last Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2. A. Scott Moreau, Professor of Missions and Intercultural Studies at Wheaton College, asked the American Society of Missiology’s Eastern Fellowship of Professors of Mission, “Evangelicals and Contextualization: Oxymoron, Uneasy Relationship, or Energetic Experiment?” Over a series of talks Moreau unpacked that question, […]
Dana Robert and BU Alums at the WCF
Three of Dana Robert’s former students attended the World Christianity Forum last week and got together for a photograph with her before departing. From the left are Xiyi Yao, Charles Farhadian, Dana Robert, and Sung Deuk Oak.
World Christianity Forum Photos!
Directors of World Christianity centers and scholars of World Christianity gathered at BU School of Theology last week for a first-ever exchange of ideas and information. Get a glimpse of this hard-working group!
Cathy Corman on Hollinger’s “After Cloven Tongues of Fire”
UC Berkeley history professor emeritus David Hollinger describes in After Cloven Tongues of Fire his encounter with an essay of sinologist Joseph R. Levenson. “This essay,” Hollinger writes, “helped me formulate […] the chief questions on which I have worked for forty years. Levenson came at the right time for me” (164). Here’s what I […]
Ted Karpf recommends “The One Mind”
Is there hope for the future? Our future? And the future of faith? Dr. Larry Dossey plots a direct course that takes us there NOW filled with love and possibility. Amidst the cacophony of doomsayers about the future of religion, faith, spirituality, The One Mind is our personal invitation to discover that to which everyone […]
Alumna Anneke Stasson Presents at Missio Nexus North American Mission Leaders Conference
Anneke Stasson, a 2013 graduate of the Division of Religious and Theological Studies at Boston University, presented at the North American Mission Leaders Conference hosted by Missio Nexus in Dallas on September 19. She was invited as a representative of the Evangelical Missiological Society, a co-host of the conference, and her presentation was entitled, “Walter […]
Titus Presler reports from Pakistan
Rev. Dr. Titus Presler, Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan, sent the following report yesterday after the horrendous slaughter of people attending All Saints’ Church there. We at CGCM grieve for those killed and with those injured. After church bombing Edwardes closes for 3 days and empathy abounds In both grief and protest, the churches […]
Roldan-Figueroa Presents at University of New Mexico
Prof. Rady Roldan-Figueroa gave a presentation at the Center for Southwest Research and the Latin American and Iberian Institute of the University of New Mexico when he was there in June as Greenleaf Scholar. It dealt with the connections between the Provincia of San Diego of the Discalced Franciscans in Mexico, the Provincia de San […]