Call for Abstracts: Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society
The study of religion is at a turning point, along with religion itself. This book will capitalise on the emergence of a new paradigm, which considers religion in the 21st century as globally interconnected and mediated by new geopolitical and market logics. This is a Call for Abstracts to contribute to the Routledge International Handbook of […]
Call for Papers: Christianity in Modern China
CHRISTIANITY IN MODERN CHINA Series, Palgrave Macmillan Editor: Cindy Yik-yi Chu, Professor of History, Hong Kong Baptist University About this series This series addresses Christianity in China from the time of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the present. It includes a number of disciplines—history, political science, theology, religious studies, gender studies and sociology. Not […]
Call for Papers: Migration, Exile, and Pilgrimage in World Christianity
This is the official call for papers for the Yale-Edinburgh Group on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity conference, which will be held at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut on June 29 – July 1, 2017. Offers of short papers are welcome on any aspect of the conference theme: Migration, Exile, […]
41st Korea Missiology Forum
A Korea Missiology Forum, which has been hosted by Korea Research Institute for Mission (KRIM) since 2004, was held on January 12, 2017 at Nam Seoul Presbyterian Church, Seoul, South Korea. Rev. Daewon Moon, who is Ph.D. candidate at Boston University, spoke about “Ancestor Cults in Africa and African Initiated Churches” and Rev. Chun Lee, […]
Missionary Backstories
ABCFM Missionaries and their role in the Ottoman Empire, Hawai’i and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States will be explored through a series of lectures. Owen Miller will speak on January 19th, February 16th, and March 16th. More details are available from the Congregational Library and Archives.
Call for Papers: Converting Spaces: Re-Directing Missions Through Global Encounters
The department of religious studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara, with support from the Cordano Endowment in Catholic Studies, will host an interdisciplinary conference from May 4-6, 2017, entitled “Converting Spaces: Re-Directing Missions Through Global Encounters.” The keynote speaker for the event is Dr. Liam Brockey of the history department at Michigan State University. […]
Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability
The theme of the Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum this year is “Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability.” Research Professor Jon Bonk will chair the executive meeting in New Haven on February 20th in preparation for the fourth meeting of the Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum, scheduled for Sokcho in South Korea, November 7-10. The papers […]
Call for Chapters: American Society of Missiology
Call for Chapter Proposals One of the outcomes of the last ASM meetings was the development of a book project that will allow the introduction of new scholars in missiology. We have meet with the acquisitions editor for Baker Academic and he is very interested in our book proposal and now we are seeking contributors […]
Association of Professors of Mission: Call for Papers
Deadline: February 15, 2017 Teaching Mission in the Complex Public Arena: Developing Missiologically Informed Models of Engagement 2017 Annual Meeting Wheaton College – Wheaton, IL June 15-16, 2017 The Association of Professors of Mission extends an open call for paper presentation proposals for its annual meeting. Anyone interested in presenting at APM should submit a […]
American Society of Missiology
2017 Annual Meeting June 16 – 18 Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois Missiology’s Dialogue Partners: Practitioners and Scholars Conversing about the Future of Mission The study of Christian mission has been undertaken from numerous perspectives, and increasingly engages disciplines that have long avoided the topic. At the same time, some missionaries and mission administrators also feel […]