The Future of Christianity by the Numbers
Gina Bellofatto, student affiliate of the CGCM, and Dr. Todd Johnson’s described, “Key Findings of Christianity in Its Global Context, 1970–2020.” The article appeared in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research and is available for free to online subscribers.
Gina Zurlo gives papers at social science conferences NY and Boston
Doctoral student Gina Zurlo has recently given several papers and lectures at social science conferences. In August, she presented a paper at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York City, titled, “Christian Sociology in Transition: The Institute of Social and Religious Research,” which discussed an early phase of American sociology and its intersections […]
Zurlo Lectures in Busan
Doctoral student Gina Zurlo was on the faculty of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea (October 30–November 8, 2013). Gina gave a lecture titled, “Demographics of World and Asian Christianity” to a group of 200 students from 60 countries, representing 80 different […]
Roldán-Figueroa at 2013 Sixteenth Century Studies Conference
The 2013 Sixteenth Century Studies Conference was held from October 24-27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor Roldán-Figueroa served as Theology Track Director for the conference. The theology track had a total of sixteen panels. Roldán-Figueroa organized eight panels, and chaired three of them. One of the panelists was BU STH Professor Claire Wolfteich, whose […]
Mission and Church Planting
PhD student Christopher James has been busy publishing several articles on missiology. Chris’ two peer-reviewed journal articles are: “Missional Acuity: 20th Century Insights Toward a Redemptive Way of Seeing,” in Witness: Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, vol. 26 (2012); and “Some Fell On Good Soil: Church Planting in Religious Ecologies,” Witness: Journal […]
Roldan-Figueroa Presents at University of New Mexico
Prof. Rady Roldan-Figueroa gave a presentation at the Center for Southwest Research and the Latin American and Iberian Institute of the University of New Mexico when he was there in June as Greenleaf Scholar. It dealt with the connections between the Provincia of San Diego of the Discalced Franciscans in Mexico, the Provincia de San […]
Missional Education
Doctoral student Christopher James has recently published an article entitled: “Education that is Missional: Towards a Pedagogy for the Missional Church,” in Social Engagement: The Challenge of the “Social” in Missiological Education (Wilmore, KY: First Fruit Press, 2013, p.146-169). You can also access the article free online. Chris’ article has also been cited by by the African […]
Joanna Baradziej joins the Center as visiting researchers
Joanna Baradziej will be joining The Center for Global Christianity as a visiting researcher from the University of Bergen, Norway, for two months this summer. Joanna is currently doing research for her thesis on gender identity and female missionaries in Scotland and China. You can read more about Joanna and the Center’s other visiting researcher […]
Gina Zurlo Bellofatto gives video presentation in Bangalore
Student Gina Zurlo Bellofatto gave a presentation at the Global Leadership Forum in Bangalore, India this June, called “The State of the World.” The video of the presentation is available for all online at the Lausanne Movement website. Congratulations to Gina!
Review of “Theology for the Global Church”
Student Travis Myers has reviewed a noteworthy book exploring theology and missiology, Local Theology for the Global Church: Principles for an Evangelical Approach to Contextualization. His review can be found in Missiology: An International Review 39, no. 3 (July 2011): 413-414.