Vincent Machozi (’15) Laid Down His Life for Peace
Sunday, March 20th, Father Vincent Machozi, A.A. was murdered for his work in documenting the human rights abuses that were happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Machozi had been a ThD student in Mission Studies and Ethics, but returned to Congo before completing the degree in hopes that he could speak out agains the […]
Dana Robert named Luce Fellow
Dana L. Robert, Director of the Center for Global Christianity & Mission, was selected a Luce Fellow for 2016-2017 by the Association of Theological Schools and the Henry Luce Foundation. Selected on the basis of the strength of her proposal to conduct creative and innovative theological research, Professor Robert will conduct yearlong research on “Transnational […]
Grant Application: North American Academy of Ecumenists
The North American Academy of Ecumenists is accepting applications for it Brother Jeffrey Gros Memorial Fund, a grant to support students to attend the NAAE at the Candler School of Theology, in Decatur, Georgia (September 23-25, 2016). The application deadline is June 15, 2016. WHO: Open to current undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in […]
Uncovering Women’s Mission Stories
The BBC has produced an article about a unique book published in 1942. A Tibetan scholar stumbled across Sue in Tibet in a second-hand book store. To have a female character as the central character in a book in the 1940s was unique, but even more fascinating with the historical accuracy of the tale. The scholar found the […]
Assessment Symposium
Friday, March 18th, Boston University will host its second Assessment Symposium. Laura Chevalier (PhD Candidate) will represent the School of Theology, and present “E-Portfolio as an Assessment Tool in the School of Theology.” It is a tool Laura utilized in courses on mission as well as on spirituality.
Popular Spiritual Movements in Southeast Asia
The Handbook on Popular Spiritual Movements (PSM) in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia was a research project and publication owned by Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, under the leadership of Dr. Michael Poon, Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia (CSCA). Boston University, through the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, was a supportive partner […]
Education as a Mission
Education as a Mission The Greatest Work in the World: Education as a Mission of Early TwentiethCentury Churches of Christ. Letters of Lloyd Cline Sears and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong The Stone-Campbell Connection Influences of Stone-Campbell Movement leaders on the writers of these letters are several and strong, beginning with Pattie Hathaway’s grandfather, James A. Harding. In […]
Religious Diversity Among Indian-Americans
Visiting Researcher, Jesudas Athyal, will present a lecture at the University of California Irvine on March 3, 2016.
The West Virginia & Regional History Center Awards Research Grant to Soojin Chung
Soojin Chung was awarded a Research Grant to do further work on Pearl Sydenstriker Buck, a famous author from West Virginia. It is part of a larger project in which Chung is uncovering primary sources by female missionaries who worked during the post war period. She is particularly interested in how Pearl Buck and others served as […]
Remembrance: Mar Thoma Bishop Zacharias Mar Theophilus (’76)
The Rt. Reverend Dr. Zacharias Mar Theophilus Suffragan Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Church passed away on December 27, 2015. He started his career as a teacher at the Ashram High School, Perumbavoor. Following this he went for Theological training at the Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur in 1966. He again returned to Perumbavoor, Ashram English […]