Essay competition on Christianity in East Asia announced
The Henry Martyn essay writing competition on Christianity in East Asia The Henry Martyn Centre invites students of post-graduate degrees and those who have recently completed (MA, PhD and equivalents) to enter an essay writing competition of between 5,000 and 6,000 words on any aspect of Christianity in East Asia. Submissions from the fields of […]
Alum Titus Presler, Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, on the shooting of Malala Yousafzai
Alum Titus Pressler (Th.D., 1995), Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan has two new posts on his blog about the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the Swat Valley 14 year old who has been campaigning for the rights of girls to an education in defiance of the Taliban’s destruction of girls’ schools.
SCM-USA to hold Ecojustice Symposium in NYC Nov. 9-10
The following announcement just arrived at CGCM: The SCM-USA/WSCF-NA Northeast Regional Symposium on the theme of eco-justice local activism will be held on November 9-10, 2012 at St John’s in the Village Episcopal Church and the Center for Spiritual Life of New York University in New York City. This gathering will be an opportunity for […]
Practical Theology/Missiology Lunch Colloquium Announced
Alumni Profile: Dr. Myung Soo Park
Myung Soo Park is a professor of Church History at Seoul Theological University, located in Bucheon, South Korea. He is currently the director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Christianity, a chief editor and publisher of Holiness Church and Theology, and the president of the Korean Church History Society. He received his S.T.M. […]
John Berthrong reports on GCTS Christianity in China Conference
John Berthrong and Dana Robert from the CGCM and Dr. Esther Hu from the Department of English recently attended a conference at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary on Christianity in China. John Berthrong chaired a session and shares some observations below. For the past few years the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has hosted a fascinating conference on the […]
Dana Robert interviewed for Korean film on A.T. Pierson
Four faculty members from the Pierson School of Theology at Pyeongtaek University in Korea brought a film crew to the United States this summer as part of a documentary film project to chronicle the life of Arthur Tappan Pierson (1837-1911), a key figure in the modern missionary movement. His visit to Korea inspired the founding […]
Daewon Moon Reports on Edinburgh
The 2012 Yale-Edinburgh Group Meeting was held at New College at the University of Edinburgh on June 28–30, with the theme “Religious Movements of Renewal, Revival, and Revitalization in the History of Missions and World Christianity.” Dr. Andrew Walls delivered a keynote speech about the effects of revival and revitalization in the history of missionary […]
CLADE V Photos and Links!
Here are links to two articles, in Spanish, summarizing the conference followed by three photos: http://www.protestantedigital.com/ES/Magacin/articulo/4843/Clade-v-teologia-en-el-cono-sur http://www.protestantedigital.com/ES/Blogs/articulo/3492/Con-sabor-latino-se-inaugura-clade-v-en-costa-rica
Robert and Roldan-Figueroa Attend CLADE V
Dana Robert and Rady Roldan-Figueroa are in Costa Rica this week attending the Latin American Theological Fellowship’s CLADE V conference. The purpose of the conference is to pull together a diverse group of Christians from churches, agencies, institutions and movements in Latin America and the Caribbean for discussion and reflection. The theme for this conference […]