Call for Papers Reminder: Special Issue of the Journal RELIGIONS
This Call for Papers is on behalf of the journal RELIGIONS, which is preparing a special issue entitled “Broadening Themes and Methodologies in the Research and Writing of History and Christian Mission Theologies.” We are looking for proposals that will address the following description: This special issue seeks to explore the intersection between history, mission, […]
Call for Papers: British Protestant Missionaries to Formosa
Sharing Spaces: British Protestant Missionaries to Formosa In honor of missionary contributions to Taiwan, Changhua Christian Hospital Historical Museum collaborates with Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Department of History, Tung Hai University, Department of History, National Chung Shing University, and Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) to host the 2020 International Conference on […]
Ukraine: Ministry Amid Extraordinary Circumstances
Congregations the world over are trying to navigate worship and ministry amidst the covid-19 pandemic. In Ukraine, the church is also seeking to be faithful in the middle of the war. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, 13,000 soldiers and civilians have died and 1.5 million people have been displaced. John Calhoun, a Global Ministries […]
John Parker Awarded Franciscan History Fellowship
John Parker was recently awarded a dissertation fellowship by the Academy of American Franciscan History. Mr. Parker’s dissertation is tentatively entitled, “Libertas est Bonum Ordinis Superioris Omnium Bonorum: Perfect Obedientia in Epifanio Moirans O.F.M. cap’s Iusta Defensio.” He also has a chapter in the forthcoming, The Dominicans as Participants, Witnesses, and Critics of the Colonization of […]
Online Communion?
The United Methodist Church, like so many others, is searching for a way to be faithful to the marks of the Church: the preaching of the Word and the administration of the sacraments. But how can that be done during social distancing? “Both Green Light, Red Light for Online Communion,” explores how different people are […]
Missional Responses to COVID-19
Tuesday April 28 | 12:00 to 1:30pm LAST CHANCE TO RSVP! The coronavirus has presented a unique missional opportunity to be the loving embrace of God to our neighbors. UniteBoston has been reaching out to Christian leaders in Boston to see how they are doing and to listen for the “good news stories” that are […]
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Elects Two More CGCM Faculty
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected seven historians to become members in 2020. Two of them, Linda Heywood and John Thornton, are faculty associates at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission. They join Dana Robert, as the second and third professors in the CGCM given this high honor.
Call for Contributors: World Christianity and COVID-19
WORLD CHRISTIANITY AND COVID-19: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SUFFERING Editors: Chammah J. Kaunda, Atola Longkumer, Kenneth R. Ross Jooseup Keum, and Roderick Hewitt The United Nations (U.N) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented, “We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that is killing people, spreading human suffering […]
Expanded Bios
The History of Missiology Biographies Project is grateful to announce the addition of nearly 200 new mission biographies to our digital collection. This increase was made possible through collaboration with the Methodist Mission Bicentennial project. The new biographies feature women and men from the past two centuries whose lives and mission work emanate from and […]
10 Outstanding Books on Mission 2019
The International Bulletin of Mission Research recently published its ten outstanding books in Mission Studies from 2019. It was exciting to see a number of people connected to Boston University on the list: Gina Zurlo (’17), William Gregory, Dana Robert, and Amos Yong.