Call for Proposals: Religion Fellows Program
Grant Application: North American Academy of Ecumenists
The North American Academy of Ecumenists is accepting applications for it Brother Jeffrey Gros Memorial Fund, a grant to support students to attend the NAAE at the Candler School of Theology, in Decatur, Georgia (September 23-25, 2016). The application deadline is June 15, 2016. WHO: Open to current undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in […]
Celebrating the Legacy of Saint Theresa of Ávila
On Monday, November 30 there is going to be an academic, literary, and musical gathering to explore the life and heritage of Theresa of Ávila. Check the fliers below for times and location:
Call for Papers: Mission/s and the Local Church
EVANGELICAL MISSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2016 Call for Papers Mission(s) and the Local Church Local congregations are increasingly the site in which mission efforts are organized and supervised – with missions committees, missions pastors, missions trips, church-to-church partnerships, etc. How do we bring missiology into closer connection with congregations as mission base? What are the theological and practical […]
Call for Papers: The Bible in African and Asian Christianity
Dear Colleagues and Friends, Herewith I send you the revised Call for Papers for the forthcoming international conference on The Bible in African and Asian Christianity to be held from 27 to 29 June 2016 in the Andrew Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity at Liverpool Hope University. I request you […]
Kongo: Power and Majesty
Review by Cathy Corman, CGCM Visiting Researcher Those interested in the history of African Christianity may want to consider making a trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art before January 3, 2016, to tour Kongo: Power & Majesty. The exhibit focuses on the material culture of Central African peoples after contact with Portuguese Catholics in the late […]
Upcoming Conference “African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, & Boundaries”
From October 29-31 the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, the African Studies Center and the African Studies Library at Boston University will be co-hosting the conference “African Christian Biography: Narratives, Beliefs, and Boundaries” in celebration of the 20th year anniversary of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (www.DACB.org). This working conference will bring together […]
Conference: Bartolomé de Las Casas: History, Philosophy, & Theology in the Age of European Expansion
As part of the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers as well as the 100th anniversary of Providence College (Providence, Rhode Island), the College invites interested scholars to the international conference, “Bartolomé de Las Casas, O.P. History, Philosophy, and Theology in the Age of European Expansion” (October 7-9, 2016). The conference solicits presentations or […]
Mission Photography Workshop at Drew University
The General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church will be hosting a workshop on mission photography at Drew University on June 10th-12th, 2015. A couple of spots are still open for historians of missions as well as visual studies scholars who would like to discover the Methodist missions photo archive. The application […]
Working with Migrants and Human Trafficking
The Face to Face programme of the Council for World Mission will host a gathering for theology students and anyone preparing for church leadership to engage with the complex issues surrounding migrants, undocumented workers, and people who have experienced trafficking. The program me will take place April 12th to May 23rd 2015 in the Netherlands. […]