Between 1919 and 1949, posters were the most common Christian visual imagery in China. They were printed by the millions and hung in tea rooms, on city walls, and on temple gates. Posters were put up in houses and churches; they were unfolded for street evangelism. They were extremely popular because they were aesthetically pleasing, […]
A panel of three distinguished scholars—Haruka Umetsu Cho, Stephanie Wong, and Peng Yin (a CGCM faculty associate) — will present this year’s Bartlett Lecture on Monday, March 6, at Yale Divinity School. More info here.
In early January, Karen Westerfield Tucker, Professor of Worship and a CGCM faculty associate, officially received the Berakah Award in Toronto, Canada, presented by the North American Academy of Liturgy. For more info, read here.
The Frankfurt-Bad Homburg South-South Conference on “Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – 19th Centuries)” John Thornton (CGCM Faculty Associate) will be on of the presenters.
On September 29, 2022, Professors Daryl Ireland and Eugenio Menegon will present on the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) at the Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Science.
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission at the Boston University School of Theology guided a year-long study on missional collaboration in North America to mark the Centenary of the International Missionary Council. The North American study was one of sixteen regional studies, most of which have been compiled together in one published volume for the 2022 General […]
Every year Boston University (BU) and the L’Orientale University of Naples (UNO) strengthen their partnership through the Faculty Exchange program. This year, Dr. Daryl Ireland, Associate Director of the CGCM, and Dr. Eugenio Menegon, Associate Professor of History at BU and a CGCM affiliate, went on a ten-day visit to Naples as part of the program. […]
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission celebrates the diverse and valuable contributions of our Faculty Associates. Here are some recent contributions from Dr. Rachel Bacon: Publication: McCarthy, Michael J., Morgan Hustead, Rachel Bacon, Yolanda E. Garcia, Dorothy J. Dunn, Heather J. Williamson, and Julie A. Baldwin. “Development and Validation of a Community Assessment Survey for Diverse […]
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission celebrates the diverse and valuable contributions of our Faculty Associates. Here are some of Dr. Calvillo’s accomplishments from the last year: Publications Calvillo, Jonathan E. 2021. “Religión Comunitaria y Opiniones Divergentes del Barrio: Residentes y Feligreses en Santa Ana, California,” [“Community Religion and Diverging Opinions about the Barrio: […]