Life and Death in the Missions of New France and East Asia
Narratives of Faith and Martyrdom October 18-21, 2018 Midland, Ontario Canada Symposium Programme_Final Draft_8OCTOBER
Global Entanglements of a Man Who Never Traveled
A 17th-Century Chinese Christian and His Conflicted Worlds The Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College will host a presentation of the recently published book Global Entanglements of a Man Who Never Traveled (Columbia University Press, 2018), a strikingly original work and a major contribution to East Asian, transnational, and global history, with important implications for […]
Colonialism, Christianity, and Personhood in Africa
“Africans labor under the weight of a crisis of personhood, self-identity, and a split self that is a legacy of Christianity and colonialism,” Nimi Wariboko argues. In his recent publication, “Colonialism, Christianity and Personhood,” which appears in the Blackwell Companion to African History, edited by William H. Worger, Charles Ambler and Nwando Achebe, Wariboko explores the dual nature […]
The Role of Missionaries in the Inception of Transnational Adoption, 1949-1960.
Soojin Chung successfully defended her dissertation on “The Role of Missionaries in the Inception of Transnational Adoption, 1949-1960.”
Beyond Secular Democracy: Religion, Politics, and Modernity
The presumed relationship between secularism and democracy is precisely that, presumed, argues Jeremy Menchik, CGCM faculty associate, in a recent journal article challenging common convention. Menchik’s article, entitled “Beyond Secular Democracy: Religion, Politics, and Modernity,” was published in the July 2018 edition of International Studies Review. From the abstract of the article: This review essay synthesizes fifteen years of […]
Soft Separation Democracy
Many countries have created a “soft separation” between church and state rather than a wall as in the U.S. Jeremy Menchik, CGCM faculty associate, published a recent journal article examining the phenomenon. The article focused on states where there is religious education in state schools, significant financial support for religious traditions, limitations on the freedom of nontraditional […]
Business and Mission in 19th Century Africa
The “Impact of Business Practices and Ethos on Mission,” cannot be ignored, Nimi Wariboko argues in his recent publication on “Liverpool Merchants in 19th-century Niger Delta.” It is an extension of his ongoing work on the intersection between Christianity and economics.
Call for Papers: Christianity and Social Activism in Chinese Societies
February 24-26, 2019 (arriving on 23rd and departing on 27th) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA The Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University invites papers that examine the relationship between Christianity and social activism in Chinese societies. We welcome both scholarly research papers of empirical or historical studies and personal reflection papers […]
Call for Papers: II International Conference on Bartolomé de Las Casas
July 15-16 (Monday-Tuesday), 2019 Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. The first International Conference, “Bartolomé de Las Casas, O.P.: History, Philosophy, and Theology in the Age of European Expansion,” held in 2016, was a landmark event for Lascasian scholarship. In response to this success, Providence College is pleased to invite interested scholars to our next […]
OMSC Program Seminars, Fall 2018
Overseas Ministries Study Center: Engaging in Mission with the World Christian Movement since 1922 Sept. 11-12, 2018 Formation in our Mission Journey Mark Gornik & Team Sept. 19-20, 2018 How to Develop Mission and Church Archives Martha Smalley & Christopher Anderson Sept. 24-28, 2018 Culture, Values, and Worldview: Anthropology for Mission Practice Darrell Whiteman Oct. […]