New Videos: Political and Popular Theology in Chinese Christian Posters
At the Overseas Ministry Study Center at Princeton Seminary, Dr. Daryl Ireland recently gave two rich visual presentations using Chinese Christian evangelistic posters to uncover the political and popular theology of revivalistic Chinese Protestantism in the mid-20th century. These two presentations are now available at the CGCM’s YouTube page. Check them out below!
New Book: Making Christ Present in China
Congratulations to Dr. Michel Chambon, who has just published Making Christ Present in China: Actor Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity with Palgrave Macmillan. The work focuses on material culture and uses actor-network theory to investigate the development of Christianity in Nanping, China. Dr. Chambon, who graduated with a PhD in anthropology, was an […]
Jonathan Calvillo Interviewed on His Work on Faith & Ethnicity in Santa Ana
In October, Dr. Jonathan Calvillo’s new book, The Saints of Santa Ana: Faith and Ethnicity in a Mexican Majority City, is coming out with Oxford University Press! In this audio interview, Calvillo explains how his experience of growing up as a child of Mexican immigrants and attending pentecostal churches first directed him to this field […]
Workshop: Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950
Dr. Daryl Ireland, Dr. Eugenio Menegon, and Alex Mayfield are hosting a workshop entitled “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950: Developing Relational and Geospatial Tools for the Study of Christianity in China,” which will showcase their China Historical Christian Database. The database is a geo-spacial tool that allows scholars to see the interconnections between all kinds […]
Alumnae Receive Grant to Study “The Christian Home” in Global Protestant Thought
Two Boston University alumnae, Anneke Stasson (’13) and Soojin Chung (’18), along with Leanne Dzubinski, have recently received a Planning Grant from the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. They will use the funds to plan a book project on the Christian home in global Protestant thought and practice between 1800 and 2000. They will investigate […]
Calls for Contributions for Upcoming Publications in World Christianity
Dyron Daughrity of Pepperdine University is announcing a new 25-book series with Bloomsbury Academic called Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity. He is currently looking for authors. Please contact him and see the flier if you are interested! In addition, Routledge Publishing has an upcoming project titled The International Handbook of Sociology and […]
Call for Submissions: Dictionary of Pentecostal Missions
Robert Gallagher (Wheaton College), Jerry Ireland (University of Valley Forge), and Paul W. Lewis (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary) are organizing a Dictionary of Pentecostal Missions, to be published with T&T Clark. The editors have already assembled a list of entries to be included, though they are also open to suggestions for other articles as […]
Jesudas Athyal on Christian Proselytization and Question of “Success” in India
Dr. Jesudas Athyal, Acquiring Editor in World Christianity for Fortress Press and former CGCM visiting researcher, is engaging in public debate about the role of proselytization in Indian Christianity. His recent article, “Christianity Hasn’t Failed in India. Conversion Isn’t Its Only Goal,” published in The Print, argues that Christianity’s success in India today cannot be […]
Michele Sigg Named DACB Executive Director
Congratulations to Dr. Michèle Sigg, who has recently been appointed the Executive Director of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB). Formerly, she had been serving as Associate Director of the DACB, and she also serves as Editor of the Journal of African Christian Biography (JACB). Dr. Sigg has written several articles on women in […]
Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC) Fall Online Events
Due to the pandemic and the difficulty of international travel, the Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC), located at Princeton Theological Seminary, will be offering many online events during the fall 2020 semester. The first online seminar will be jointly-led by Professors Andrew and Ingrid Walls on September 15-17. CGCM Director Dana Robert will be […]