Registration Open for Yale-Edinburgh Group, June 2021
Registration is now open for this year’s Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Christianity and the History of Mission! As the conference will be entirely online this year, we are planning to take full advantage of the digital medium to deliver a memorable experience. A few of the things you can expect are: – There will be synchronous and […]
China Historical Christian Database Receives Generous Challenge Grant
China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) The Center for Global Christianity and Mission has launched a project that is using the power of computing to record where every Christian church, school, hospital, publishing house, and the like, were located in China between 1550 and 1950. The database also documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign […]
Virtual Event: “Re-Mapping Pentecostal Mission: Data, Networks, and Hong Kong”
On February 25, PhD candidate Alex Mayfield will present his dissertation research at a virtual event entitled “Re-Mapping Pentecostal Mission: Data, Networks, and Hong Kong.” The story of pentecostal mission is usually one of sweeping, global expansion. On the ground, however, pentecostal mission was a complex, often fraught, interplay of local, regional, and transnational dynamics. […]
Call for Papers: Conference on Chinese Theologies
The second of three conferences on Chinese Theologies will be held at Yale Divinity School (New Haven, Connecticut) on June 2-4 2021. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts for papers discussing any aspect of theological thought/ individual theologians from a range of non-mainstream churches (i.e. independent Chinese churches or house churches of all denominations, pre- […]
Christian Hymns in Central Yunnan: Discussion with Film Director Hu Jie
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is hosting a discussion with documentary film maker Hu Jie. This event would be of interest for any person whose work intersects with Christianity among ethnic minority groups in China, anthropological or sociological studies, or documentary film! ‘Songs from Maidichong’ 1st Prize, Yage Prize (Visual Arts) Winning Works, 2020 […]
Call for Abstracts from the US-China Catholic Association
The US-China Catholic Association is currently accepting paper abstracts for its conference on “China, Christianity, and the Dialogue of Civilizations,” to take place August 6-8, 2021 on the campus of Santa Clara University. The theme of this conference is the engagement between Christianity and Chinese civilization. Panels may examine this theme in light of recent […]
Zimbabwean Gospel Music: Upcoming Presentation with Filmmaker Dr. Jim Ault
We are pleased to welcome award-winning documentary filmmaker Dr. Jim Ault, who will visit BU virtually to give a presentation on his new film, Machanic Manyeruke: The Life of Zimbabwe’s Gospel Music Legend, on November 24. The presentation will take place from 12:30pm-1:45pm EST. If you would like to attend Dr. Ault’s presentation, please email […]
Workshop: Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950
Dr. Daryl Ireland, Dr. Eugenio Menegon, and Alex Mayfield are hosting a workshop entitled “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950: Developing Relational and Geospatial Tools for the Study of Christianity in China,” which will showcase their China Historical Christian Database. The database is a geo-spacial tool that allows scholars to see the interconnections between all kinds […]
Calls for Contributions for Upcoming Publications in World Christianity
Dyron Daughrity of Pepperdine University is announcing a new 25-book series with Bloomsbury Academic called Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity. He is currently looking for authors. Please contact him and see the flier if you are interested! In addition, Routledge Publishing has an upcoming project titled The International Handbook of Sociology and […]
Call for Submissions: Dictionary of Pentecostal Missions
Robert Gallagher (Wheaton College), Jerry Ireland (University of Valley Forge), and Paul W. Lewis (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary) are organizing a Dictionary of Pentecostal Missions, to be published with T&T Clark. The editors have already assembled a list of entries to be included, though they are also open to suggestions for other articles as […]