Evaluating the East African Revival
Daewon Moon, who is currently studying the East African revival in Burundi, reviewed Kevin Ward and Emma Wild Wood’s The East African revival: History and Legacies in the journal Mission Studies.
Call for Papers: Paul Hiebert’s Missiology and Beyond
The Hiebert Global Center at TEDS is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for master’s and doctoral students to present at the Hiebert Track at the 2015 EMS North Central Region conference, which will be held on April 4th 2015 at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. The aim of the Hiebert Track is […]
Religious Vibrancy: A Look at the Numbers
Gina Zurlo co-edited the Yearbook of International Religious Demography, the first in an annual series that gives a snapshot of the world’s religious landscape, coupled with social scientific articles on specific countries and trends in religion around the world.
Immigrant Indian Christianity
The American Academy of Religion has sponsored research into how the social composition and identity of Christians in India differs from that in the diaspora. The project is ongoing, but the second workshop convened on September 20th at Boston University to review and consider what has been learned thus far. Scholars from India and the […]
World Christianity: A Global Network
In a recent visit to Boston, Bishop Abraham Mar Paulos of the Mar Thomas Church in Delhi reinforced the idea that world Christianity is, at least in part, a network of relationships. Bishop Abraham Mar Paulos, formerly known as Dr. K. U. Abraham, is an alumnus of the Boston University School of Theology, and friend […]
Narratives of World Christianity
Dana L. Robert, CGCM director, presented, “Twentieth-Century Mission Studies and the Narrative of ‘World Christianity’.’” The audio file is a fascinating historical study on the rise of the term, “World Christianity.”
The Future of Christianity by the Numbers
Gina Bellofatto, student affiliate of the CGCM, and Dr. Todd Johnson’s described, “Key Findings of Christianity in Its Global Context, 1970–2020.” The article appeared in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research and is available for free to online subscribers.
Short Term Missions
Dr. Olu Q. Menjay explores how people on mission trips can avoid exploiting those to whom they are sent in “On Mission Trips, Remember the Ethic of “Stranger”
Three Dutch Saints
M.L. Daneel, captures his personal recollections of J. H. Bavinck, C. G. Berkower, and Hendrik Kraemer in “Three Dutch Saints.”