Call for Papers: Christian Revival and Renewal Movements
Christian Revival and Renewal Movements in 20th and 21st Centuries DATES: 28 to 30 June 2020 VENUE: Hope Park Campus, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool L16 9JD, England Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ requires Christians to change their customary ways of thinking and living in their specific contexts. In this process, they seek to orient […]
Maryknoll 2019
This year’s meeting of the Eastern Fellowship of Professors of Mission held at Maryknoll was attended by 57 people from a total of 16 institutions—a record number on both accounts. The theme of “Visualizing Mission” fired the imagination of presenters and participants alike. On Friday, Maryknoll Father Larry Lewis unveiled jewels of “God images” and […]
Aristocratic Patronesses of the Chinese Catholic Mission
What do a Chinese élite lady in Shanghai, a Portuguese duchess in Madrid, an Austrian queen in Lisbon, and a Bavarian countess in Augsburg all have in common? These women, in spite of distance in time and space, all became revered patronesses of the Jesuit missions in China in the early modern period. Candida Xu […]
Missiological Conversations
In October, Anicka Fast published, “Sacred children, white privilege, and mission: the role of historical reflection in moving toward healthier relationships within the global church,” in Missiology: An International Review 47, no. 4 (October 2019): 435-448. The piece was a response to a rebuttal to her 2018 article “Sacred children and colonial subsidies” which also appeared in Missiology. […]
A Disruptive Ecclesial Economy
Anicka Fast has recently published, “Let us “also work with our hands, so that the Lord’s work may be furthered”: A disruptive ecclesial economy at Kafumba, 1922-1943,” in the Mennonite Quarterly Review 93, no. 4 (October 2019): 437-472. She describes how Aaron and Ernestina Janzen, American Mennonite Brethren missionaries, resigned from the Congo Inland Mission […]
Call for Papers: The Past and Future of Evangelical Missions
“The Past and Future of Evangelical Missions” 2020 Evangelical Missiological Society Call for Papers Every few years, missiologists innovate or adopt models to address the missionary task amidst changing global realities. Some models have enjoyed a long “tail life” and endure for decades. Others are quickly abandoned. Unfortunately, we often move on to the next […]
Defining World Christianity
October 17-19, 2019, the Candler School of Theology at Emory University sponsored a workshop on World Christianity. As programs multiply across Europe and North America, it was an opportunity to bring people from almost 20 different institutions together to talk about such things as what we are teaching, which guilds support our work, how World […]
100 Women of 2019
Gina Zurlo (’17) was selected as one of the 100 women of 2019 by the BBC. She spoke in New Delhi at a BBC-sponsored event, discussing the role of women in religion. Her talk begins at 56:27.
Call for Papers: The Family in Chinese Christianity
Generational Legacies: The Family in Chinese Christianity May 3-4, 2020 (arriving May 2, departing May 5) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA This conference seeks to examine Chinese Christianity through the lens of the family. Chinese culture has a strong emphases on the family and expressions of Christianity in China are often family-centered. Therefore, understanding […]