Announcing the Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Dana L. Robert

The CGCM is pleased to announce the publication of a festschrift in honor of Dana L. Robert: Unlikely Friends: How God Uses Boundary-Crossing Friendships to Transform the World. The volume is co-edited by David W. Scott (’13), Daryl R. Ireland (’15), Grace Y. May (’00), and Casely B. Essamuah (’03). The editors chose to honor […]

Call for Papers – 13th GloPent Conference: Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change

The thirteenth annual conference of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent.net) will take place in Cambridge, 1–2 April 2022. The conference will be convened by David Maxwell and Jörg Haustein.  The conference’s theme is “Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change” and will feature keynote speakers Joel Cabrita, Girish Daswani, and Karen Lauterbach. Organizers will plan […]

2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group Meeting – Save the Dates

The 2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group annual meeting will be June 28-30. Please save the dates. We anticipate that the conference will be a hybrid event, with onsite participation at Yale Divinity School and remote video opportunities. The theme for the 2022 meeting will focus on the legacies of our founders Andrew Walls and Lamin Sanneh. Please follow […]

What is Global Catholicism? Forum at SLU

  On behalf of our colleagues at St. Louis University’s Center for Research on Global Catholicism, we invite you to attend an online Zoom forum on September 24, 12:00-1:15 (CDT). Professors Heidi Ardizzone, Kevin Ingram, and Grant Kaplan will share their current research and reflect with the audience on “What is global Catholicism?” Please direct […]

Call for Papers – “Decolonizing Churches”

Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network’s 14th Annual Conference June 22-25, 2022 Universidad Interamericana de Puetro Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico in collaboration with Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico The Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches   For more information on the conference topic, “Decolonizing Churches,” details on registration, and more, visit […]

Ecclesiological Investigations Zoom Gathering, September 24th

Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network invites members, friends, & others to gather by Zoom on Friday September 24th, 2021 from 4-6pm (EST) to celebrate the Ecclesiological Investigations past and to look ahead to the Ecclesiological Investigations future. For more detailed information, click on this “Sept 24 2021 Ecclesiological Investigations gathering” Announcement Join the Zoom Meeting […]

Margaret Bendroth’s New Article

Visiting Researcher Margaret Bendroth recently published a new article in The Review of Faith & International Affairs. Bendroth looks at how the legacy of the Pilgrims shaped religion in the United States up to the early twentieth century. To read the interesting article, check out “Who Owns the Pilgrim Fathers? American Protestants and a Contested Legacy,” […]

Daryl Ireland to Speak on Chinese Revivalist John Song

This fall, Dr. Daryl Ireland, CGCM associate director, will be giving a presentation about his recent book, John Song: Modern Chinese Christianity and the Making of a New Man (Baylor University Press, 2020). The event is part of the fall semester events being hosted by the Overseas Ministry Study Center at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. […]

Call for Essay Proposals: Methodism & American Empire Project

Dr. David W. Scott and Dr. Filipe Maia are leading the Methodism & American Empire Project, a forthcoming collection of essays on the connections between Methodism (or churches in the Wesleyan tradition) and US imperialism. Dr. Scott is the mission theologian for the United Methodist Church and a visiting researcher with the CGCM, and Dr. […]