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 […]
Jesse Lee Prize Awarded to Doug Tzan
The General Commission on Archive and History (GCAH) of The United Methodist Church announced the 2015 winner of its highly sought-after Jesse Lee Prize: The Rev. Dr. Douglas Tzan (pictured), elder and full member of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference. Tzan’s award winning manuscript is titled “The World His Circuit: The Methodist Odyssey of William Taylor.” This work […]
Mennonite Brethren Historical Study Project Awarded
Anicka Fast, a first-year student in Mission Studies at Boston University, received the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission’s study grant for 2015. Before moving from Montreal to Boston, Anicka worked with the Mennonite Central Committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for three years. Anicka’s research interests include intercultural reconciliation and power balancing in the […]
Biographer’s Craft
The Dictionary of African Christian Biography was recently highlighted by the Biographer’s Craft, a monthly newsletter for writers and readers of biography. The article was written by Kathleen Sheldon who participated in the African Christian Biography Conference held at Boston University, October 29-31, 2015. Conference Explores Twenty Years of African Christian Biography By Kathleen Sheldon The Dictionary of […]
Highlights of the “African Christian Biography” Conference
The CGCM hosted the conference on the theme of “African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, and Boundaries,” from Thursday, October 29 to Saturday, October 31. Approximately sixty scholars and graduate students converged on the School of Theology from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana, Great Britain, and various universities in the United States and Canada to present papers […]
Call for Papers: The Bible in African and Asian Christianity
Dear Colleagues and Friends, Herewith I send you the revised Call for Papers for the forthcoming international conference on The Bible in African and Asian Christianity to be held from 27 to 29 June 2016 in the Andrew Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity at Liverpool Hope University. I request you […]
Kongo: Power and Majesty
Review by Cathy Corman, CGCM Visiting Researcher Those interested in the history of African Christianity may want to consider making a trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art before January 3, 2016, to tour Kongo: Power & Majesty. The exhibit focuses on the material culture of Central African peoples after contact with Portuguese Catholics in the late […]
Upcoming Conference “African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, & Boundaries”
From October 29-31 the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, the African Studies Center and the African Studies Library at Boston University will be co-hosting the conference “African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, and Boundaries” in celebration of the 20th year anniversary of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (www.DACB.org). This working conference will bring together […]
Translating Christianity
The 54th Summer Conference of the Ecclesiastical History Society was held at the University of York in England from July 28-30, 2015. Exploring the theme of “Translating Christianity,” the conference focused on cultural, linguistic, and ritual translation of the Christian faith into different global contexts over the past two millennia. To illustrate the conference theme, a virtual […]
Teaching World Christianity in Burundi
CGCM student associate and PhD candidate Daewon Moon is now teaching church history and World Christianity at International Leadership University – Burundi (ILU-Burundi) in East Africa. For the next few years, Daewon will be supervising the bachelor’s and master’s programs in the School of Theology at ILU-Burundi. His wife, Jeonghwa, is working as Director of […]