Second International Conference on Bartolomé de Las Casas
July 15-16, 2016 Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island USA The second international conference on Bartolomé de Las Casas will focus on how his life, labor, and legacy offers a prism for the interpretation of the interaction, expansion, culture, and ancestry of Indigenous people, Africans, Europeans and Asians in the American Hemisphere. The organizers programmed this […]
Preserving History
“The global church works best when all her parts are engaged in sharing their stories,” said Patrick Obonde, director of missions at the Anabaptist Leadership Education Centre in Kenya. On 17–19 June 2019, historians, pastors and archivists did just that at “Power and Preservation: Enabling Access to the Sources Behind Our Stories,” at Goshen College, […]
World vs. Global; Christianity vs. Christianities
In a recent interview with Aaron Hollander of the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, Dana Robert unpacked what is behind some of the most loaded but under discussed terms in the study of World Christianity. The result is an excellent primer in the field. It is available in the June 2019 edition of Ecumenical Trends, or available […]
Mission and Unity
At the Florida Annual Conference in June 2019, Dana Robert spoke to the delegates and mission and unity built on the foundation of friendship. “These days, the ‘together’ part of mission might be the toughest part of the mission we face,” she noted. Yet, maybe for that reason, friendship is a powerful witness. It creates […]
Message from the Director
The Passing of a Generation The past six months have seen the deaths of several major figures in the fields of mission studies and World Christianity. It is important to offer gratitude for their lives and leadership. Their work has influenced many of us connected with the Center for Global Christianity and Mission. Ed Schroeder, […]
Global Christianities: Perspectives, Methods, and Challenges
The University of Chicago hosted its second conference on Global Christianities on May 2, 2019. Dana L. Robert delivered the keynote address, “Mission Studies and Global Christianity.” The conference attracted scholars and students from many institutions, as other topics included “The Study of Global Christianity from a Post-Colonial Perspective,” and “Challenges, Concepts, and Prospects” for […]
Chinese Christian Art and Literature
The Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University convened artists and scholars to discuss Chinese Christianity and art. Among those gathered was Associate Director, Daryl Ireland, who spoke about “The Cross in Popular Chinese Christianity.” Ireland explored the meaning of the cross in Protestant Chinese Christianity in the first half of the twentieth […]
The 2019 Im Conference of Korean Christianity
Colonialists, Missionaries, and Nationalist in Korea and Beyond The University of California Los Angeles held a conference for scholars in all Korea-related and world-Christianity fields, so they could present their researches on Korean Christianity, especially on the topics related to (1) Christianity in North(ern) Korea (2) Colonialism and Christianity, 1910-1945, and (3) Christianity, Nation Building, and […]
Costas Consultation
On April 5th, the Boston Theological Institute held its annual Costas Consultation on International Mission and Ecumenism. This year, the event was held at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, and the theme was World Christianity and the Arts. Talks included “Icons and World Christianity,” by Fr. Maximos Costas of Holy Cross Greek […]
Interpreting Campaign Posters
Riding around on the back of a motorcycle in 2009, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Jeremy Menchik snapped photos of hundreds of Indonesian campaign posters. That number has now grown to over 10,000 images, which Menchik and his co-author Colm Fox have painstakingly coded and analyzed to […]