Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC) Fall Online Events
Due to the pandemic and the difficulty of international travel, the Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC), located at Princeton Theological Seminary, will be offering many online events during the fall 2020 semester. The first online seminar will be jointly-led by Professors Andrew and Ingrid Walls on September 15-17. CGCM Director Dana Robert will be […]
Nationalism and Internationalism in the Young Ecumenical Movement
Dana L. Robert of Boston University and Judith Becker of Humboldt University are sponsoring “Nationalism and Internationalism in the Young Ecumenical Movement, 1985-1920s,” a virtual conference taking place on October 8-10, 2020. The conference program features several presenters affiliated with the Center for Global Christianity and Mission–Ada Focer, Yeongseung Lee, David W. Scott, and Benjamin […]
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.
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.
Chinese Christian Poster Workshop
Baylor University Press sponsored a weekend workshop on Chinese Christian posters. Together (L-R), Lian Xi, Joseph Ho, Chloe Starr, Dana Robert, Francisca Ireland-Verwoerd, Daryl Ireland, Peter Zarrow, and Cade Jarrell outlined a volume on Christian posters and how they illuminate Chinese Christian identity and Chinese history.
Mission Week
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary will host a three day conference on “Re-imaging Global Mission,” October 1-3, 2019. Allen Yeh from BIOLA and Dana L. Robert will be the keynote speakers.
Turning Points in Mission History, 1600-2000
Dana L. Robert presented a public lecture at the Royal Dutch Institute in Rome, September 11, 2019. Her tour of Turning Points in Mission History were part of a larger discussion on missions and conversion.
New Book: Faithful Friendships
Friendship isn’t always given a lot of thought—and lately, it doesn’t get a lot of time and effort, either. But in a world of busy and isolated lives, in which friendships can too easily become shallow, tenuous, and homogeneous, Dana Robert insists that good friendships are a vital and transformative part of the Christian life—a […]
Yale-Edinburgh 2019
This year, the Yale Edinburgh Group lamented the loss of one of its co-founders, Lamin Sanneh. Several sessions were built into the program to commemorate his insights and contributions to the field, and there was a special memorial held as well. In his absence, Dana Robert opened the meeting with a lecture on where the […]
World vs. Global; Christianity vs. Christianities
In a recent interview with Aaron Hollander of the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, Dana Robert unpacked what is behind some of the most loaded but under discussed terms in the study of World Christianity. The result is an excellent primer in the field. It is available in the June 2019 edition of Ecumenical Trends, or available […]