Call for Papers: Global Perspectives on Peace, Conflict and Nineteenth-Century Christian Missions
Messengers of Peace? Global perspectives on peace, conflict and nineteenth-century Christian missions Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 12 July 2018 In a famous sermon launching the Missionary Society in 1795, Thomas Haweis proclaimed: ‘We meet under the conduct of the Prince of Peace; and unfurling the banner of his cross, desire to carry […]
Call for Papers: Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World
“Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World” 2018 Evangelical Missiological Society Theme Call for Papers Secularization has typically been described as that process by which a society attempts to separate and marginalize religious values and institutions from the broader culture and public sphere. Secularization has been largely discussed in the context of the Enlightenment and […]
Call for Papers: Religion and the 21st Century City: Openings and Closures
DEPARTMENT FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS In Collaboration With SCHOOL OF ARTS Call for Papers for an International Conference on RELIGION AND THE 21ST CENTURY CITY: OPENINGS AND CLOSURES University of Ghana, 20th-22nd June, 2018 Background Faith communities and religious institutions have been pivotal in the growth of cities and urban communities in the world, usually […]
Call for Papers: Christianity and the Public Sphere in Africa and Asia
Conference theme: Christianity and the Public Sphere in Africa and Asia Conference date: From Sunday evening on 1 July to Tuesday noon on 3 July 2018 Conference venue: Hope Park Campus, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, L16 9JD, England The conference will generate informed discussions of issues pertaining to African and Asian Christians and their public […]
2018 Global Christian Forum Gathering in Bogotá, Colombia
The Global Christian Forum (GCF) will hold its third global gathering April 24-27, 2018 in Bogotá, Colombia. “The GCF is a ‘forum,’ a place for leaders from across the spectrum of Christianity globally to meet for inspiration and insight on matters of common interest as they face the future together.” This by-invitation gathering will be […]
The Latinx Body and Pedagogy
What does it mean to be Latino/a and teach in the U.S. in higher education today? The Perkins School of Theology Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions is offering a one-day seminar to discuss issues related to this important question. The seminar is for Pre-Tenure Faculty and PhD Candidates led by Dr. […]
Methodist Mission Bicentennial
Over the next two years a series of celebrations will recognize Methodism’s bicentennial of mission, which will occur in 2019 in accord with the 1819 founding of the Missionary Society by the Methodist Episcopal Church, a forerunner to The United Methodist Church. It is exciting that the year 2019 will also recognize the 150th anniversary of […]
Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability
“Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability” will serve as the theme for the upcoming forum hosted by the Global Mission Leadership Forum, Nov. 7-10, in Sokcho, South Korea. Jonathan Bonk, CGCM faculty associate, chaired the meetings held this summer in preparation for this invitation only forum.
Engaging Theology, Theologians, Theological Education in (or from) Majority World Contexts
The Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS) will be holding its annual meeting in Dallas, TX, from September 15-17. For registration information, see the EMS website: https://www.emsweb.org/
Transnational Missionary Movements
In the fall of 2017, Dr. Dana L. Robert will be a Senior Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany. While there, she will also address the Roman Catholic and Protestant Missiological Societies on Transnational Misionary Movements. On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the two societies will meet together for the […]