Cross-Cultural Friendship and Global Christianity
CGCM Director Dana Robert recently delivered the Parchman Lectures at Baylor University, focusing on the importance of cross-cultural friendship to global Christianity and mission networks. Dr. Robert highlighted the affinity of the language friendship and the Christian gospel, and the centrality of personal relationships to the transmission of faith. You can read more about the lecture in The Baptist Standard.
Dr. Dana Robert to Speak at Candler’s Prophetic Voices Conference
CGCM director Dr. Dana Robert will be speaking at Emory’s Candler School of Theology’s Prophetic Voices Conference. The aim of the conference is to consider some of the major challenges that Christianity will be facing in the next century. The conference will be held March 18-20. The following comes from the conference’s website: Candler is […]
American Evangelicals and Missions
Since 1988, Dana Robert has served on the Board of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals. Over the years, the ISAE produced important literature on a number of topics, including the relationship between American Evangelicalism and missions. At the end of October, the ISAE gathered for the final time. They both looked to […]
World Christianity: A Global Network
In a recent visit to Boston, Bishop Abraham Mar Paulos of the Mar Thomas Church in Delhi reinforced the idea that world Christianity is, at least in part, a network of relationships. Bishop Abraham Mar Paulos, formerly known as Dr. K. U. Abraham, is an alumnus of the Boston University School of Theology, and friend […]
Dr. Robert moderates panel on spirituality in the African diaspora
On Thursday March 27th, CGCM’s Director Dr. Dana Robert moderated a panel on ‘Christianity and Spirituality in the African Diaspora,’ presented by the Association of Black Seminarians. Dr. Robert opened her remarks by highlighting some of the history of Boston University’s School of Theology and Africa, a relationship that richly intersects civil rights and human […]
Panel on Christianity and Spirituality in the African Diaspora, March 27th
The Association of Black Seminarians presents a panel on ‘Christianity and Spirituality in the African Diaspora.’ The Panelists are Dr. Peter Paris, Dr. John Thornton and Rev. Derek Muwina. CGCM director Dr. Dana Robert will be the moderator. Date and Time: March 27th at 5:30-7:15 Place: CAS B 36
New Pew Survey on Global Religious Hostilities
A new Pew Research Center survey of global religious hostilities has been released. The survey found that one-third of the 198 countries surveyed showed a high level of social hostilities involving religion, the highest it has been since the survey began in 2007. A Christian Science Monitor story probes the causes and consequences of the […]
Highlights of the ASM meeting, Dr. Robert delivers key address
The American Society of Missiology (ASM) used its 40th annual meeting to consider the future of the discipline. Two hundred people attended, a forty percent increase over any previous ASM gathering. The sessions, June 21-23, were structured around four plenary presentations which acted as springboards for smaller organized conversations about the future of the society and the discipline of […]
New Photo from Eastern Mennonite U. Lectures
Thanks to EMU for permission to post it!