“Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History” Lecture by Shannen Dee Williams
The Cultures of American Religion group – with co-sponsorship from the Center for Research on Global Catholicism – is excited to announce that Dr. Shannen Dee Williams Associate Professor of History at the University of Dayton, will give a talk on November 11th, 2021, at 6pm CST entitled “Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History.” All are […]
Announcing the Endowment of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission
The 20th Anniversary of the CGCM On October 1st, Boston University announced the endowment of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission. The milestone was revealed on the 20th anniversary of the Center’s founding. Opened in 2001 under the leadership of Dana L. Robert and Inus Daneel, the CGCM was the first Center of its […]
Announcing the Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Dana L. Robert
The CGCM is pleased to announce the publication of a festschrift in honor of Dana L. Robert: Unlikely Friends: How God Uses Boundary-Crossing Friendships to Transform the World. The volume is co-edited by David W. Scott (’13), Daryl R. Ireland (’15), Grace Y. May (’00), and Casely B. Essamuah (’03). The editors chose to honor […]
Recorded Lecture with Margaret Bendroth Now Available
In spring 2021, Dr. Margaret Bendroth gave a public lecture entitled “Liberating the Ladies’ Aid: Mainline Protestants and Feminism in the ‘Between Times.'” This lecture was hosted by Dr. Christopher Evans in his graduate-level course at the BU School of Theology. The event was sponsored by the Center for Global Christianity & Mission. Dr. Bendroth […]
Margaret Rigg Collection Available at Boston University Theo Arts Gallery
Many pieces of artwork from the Margaret Rigg Collection are now available for virtual viewing through the Boston University Theo Arts Gallery. Dating back to the late 1950s and 1960s, the works explore theological themes like crucifixion, la pieta, and the holiness of the body through the lens of the beginning of the Cold War […]
Lecture on Patronesses of Early Modern Missions in China
On Tuesday, April 13, Dr. Eugenio Menegon, one of the CGCM faculty affiliates, will deliver a lecture in the East Asian Studies Speaker Series at Johns Hopkins University. His talk is titled “The Matriarch, the Duchess, the Queen, and the Countess: Patronesses of the Catholic Mission in Early Modern Chinese-European Relations,” and it is sponsored […]
Liberating the Ladies’ Aid: Public Lecture with Dr. Margaret Bendroth
Why did women’s ordination take so long to achieve? And how did churchwomen push for change before the advent of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem? On Thursday, April 8, Dr. Margaret Bendroth will discuss the complicated search for ‘women’s role’ in mainline churches in the crucially important years leading up to second-wave feminism. Dr. Bendroth […]
Seminar: “Jesuits, Women and the Domestic Christianity in Early Modern China”
The University of Oxford China Centre is hosting a seminar on Thursday, February 18, at 5pm. Dr. Nadine Amsler, a Fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, will give a presentation entitled “Jesuits, Women and the Domestic Christianity in Early Modern China.” This talk will discuss the connections between Jesuits, women and domestic worship in seventeenth-century China. […]
Upcoming Virtual Events in Mission History: Brazilian Evangelicalism, Women & Historiography
The Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London is hosting two events that will be of interest to historians of Christian mission. On February 23, 2021, 5:30pm – 7:00pm (London time), Dr. Pedro Feitoza of the Brazilian Centre of Analysis and Planning will give a presentation entitled “Immigrants, […]
Anneke Stasson (’13) Co-Authors “Women in the Mission of the Church”
Dr. Anneke Stasson (’13) has recently co-authored Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History with Dr. Leanne Dzubinski. Their historical survey extends from the early church of the 1st century all the way through the mission movements of the 20th century. Dr. Stasson is associate professor of humanities […]