2021 Orlando E. Costas Consultation
On March 12, 1pm-4pm, the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium will host the annual Orlando E. Costas Consultation. This year’s theme is “Mission Spiritualities in a Time of Global Trauma.” The event is open to all, and the link for registration is available in the event flier. You can direct any questions to info@globalchristianity.org.
CGCM Associate Director to Speak at China Christianity Studies Group
The 2021 annual meeting of the China Christianity Studies Group will be held virtually on Friday, March 26 – 7:30-9:15PM Eastern Time (US), in parallel with the Association for Asian Studies’ 2021 virtual conference. Dr. Daryl Ireland, CGCM Associate Director, and Dr. Eugenio Menegon, CGCM faculty associate, are among the speakers at this meeting. The meeting is free […]
Documentaries on Faith Community Responses to Pandemic in a North Carolina City
BU alumnus Dr. Kendal Mobley (’04), Associate Professor of Religion and Coordinator of the Spiritual Life Center at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), is leading the effort to create a series of documentary videos called Crisis and Compassion, showing how diverse religious communities in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region of North Carolina are responding to the pandemic […]
Journal Organizes Special Issue on “Research with Religio-Cultural Heritage in Africa”
The open-access journal Religions is pleased to announce that we have launched a new Special Issue entitled “Research with Religio-Cultural Heritage in Africa.” Prof. Maluleke and Prof. Kaunda are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. Papers may be submitted from now until 31 December 2021 as papers will be published on an ongoing basis. […]
China Historical Christian Database Receives Generous Challenge Grant
China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) The Center for Global Christianity and Mission has launched a project that is using the power of computing to record where every Christian church, school, hospital, publishing house, and the like, were located in China between 1550 and 1950. The database also documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign […]
Seminar: “Jesuits, Women and the Domestic Christianity in Early Modern China”
The University of Oxford China Centre is hosting a seminar on Thursday, February 18, at 5pm. Dr. Nadine Amsler, a Fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, will give a presentation entitled “Jesuits, Women and the Domestic Christianity in Early Modern China.” This talk will discuss the connections between Jesuits, women and domestic worship in seventeenth-century China. […]
Symposium on Sino-Christian Architecture
On April 19-21, 2021, the history department at Whitworth University (Washington, USA) will host a symposium on Sino-Christian Architecture. The events are open to the public, and the Zoom link can be found in the event flier. The schedule will be as follows: Monday, 19 April (USA, Pacific Time) Introduction: 8:00-8:05 am – Dr. Amanda […]
Dana Robert to Speak on “Constructing World Fellowship” at Knox College, Toronto
On March 3, CGCM Director Dr. Dana Robert will give a public lecture entitled “Constructing World Fellowship: Christian Practices and Insights from a Century Ago” at Knox College, one of the member colleges of the Toronto School of Theology. The event will take place from 4:00-5:30pm EST. The event is free, but registration is required […]
Upcoming Virtual Events in Mission History: Brazilian Evangelicalism, Women & Historiography
The Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London is hosting two events that will be of interest to historians of Christian mission. On February 23, 2021, 5:30pm – 7:00pm (London time), Dr. Pedro Feitoza of the Brazilian Centre of Analysis and Planning will give a presentation entitled “Immigrants, […]
American Academy of Religion Call for Papers Available
The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is now accepting paper proposals for the annual meeting, which will take place in San Antonio, Texas, from November 20-23, 2021. The full call for proposals and submission instructions are available at the AAR proposal submission site. Submissions are due by March 1. Several of the units may be […]