Ukraine: Ministry Amid Extraordinary Circumstances
Congregations the world over are trying to navigate worship and ministry amidst the covid-19 pandemic. In Ukraine, the church is also seeking to be faithful in the middle of the war. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, 13,000 soldiers and civilians have died and 1.5 million people have been displaced. John Calhoun, a Global Ministries […]
John Parker Awarded Franciscan History Fellowship
John Parker was recently awarded a dissertation fellowship by the Academy of American Franciscan History. Mr. Parker’s dissertation is tentatively entitled, “Libertas est Bonum Ordinis Superioris Omnium Bonorum: Perfect Obedientia in Epifanio Moirans O.F.M. cap’s Iusta Defensio.” He also has a chapter in the forthcoming, The Dominicans as Participants, Witnesses, and Critics of the Colonization of […]
Call for Contributors: World Christianity and COVID-19
WORLD CHRISTIANITY AND COVID-19: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SUFFERING Editors: Chammah J. Kaunda, Atola Longkumer, Kenneth R. Ross Jooseup Keum, and Roderick Hewitt The United Nations (U.N) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented, “We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that is killing people, spreading human suffering […]
Expanded Bios
The History of Missiology Biographies Project is grateful to announce the addition of nearly 200 new mission biographies to our digital collection. This increase was made possible through collaboration with the Methodist Mission Bicentennial project. The new biographies feature women and men from the past two centuries whose lives and mission work emanate from and […]
10 Outstanding Books on Mission 2019
The International Bulletin of Mission Research recently published its ten outstanding books in Mission Studies from 2019. It was exciting to see a number of people connected to Boston University on the list: Gina Zurlo (’17), William Gregory, Dana Robert, and Amos Yong.
Call for Papers: Broadening Themes and Methodologies in Research and Writing of History and Christian Mission Theologies
This is a “Call for Papers” on behalf of the journal RELIGIONS, which is preparing a special issue entitled “Broadening Themes and Methodologies in the Research and Writing of History and Christian Mission Theologies.” We are looking for proposals that will address the following description: This special issue seeks to explore the intersection between history, […]
New Book: Handbook of African Social Ethics
This handbook, edited by Nimi Wariboko and Toyin Falola, provides a robust collection of vibrant discourses on African social ethics and ethical practices. It focuses on how the ethical thoughts of Africans are forged within the context of everyday life, and how in turn ethical and philosophical thoughts inform day-to-day living. The essays frame ethics as a […]
Call for Papers: COVID-19, Disease, and the World Church
In the midst of a pandemic that is shaking the globe we call for papers for a special issue of Studies in World Christianity that analyse immediate responses to COVID-19 and that give some historical perspective on pandemics or epidemics. We do this in order to resource further response to pandemic whose effects will be with us for some […]
Remembering India’s Pioneering Missionary to Nepal
March 15, 2020 was Rev. C. K. Athialy’s birth centenary day. He was the pioneering Indian missionary in Nepal. To honor his life, a thanksgiving meeting was planned in Nepal, but has been postponed due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Rev. C. K. Athialy’s son, Jesudas Athyal, has been a Visiting Researcher at […]
Yale-Edinburgh Call for Papers
This year’s conference on World Christianity will take place at New College, University of Edinburgh, UK from 25 – 27 June 2020 on the theme “Oral, Print, and Digital Cultures in World Christianity and the History of Mission.” Paper proposals with brief abstracts of 250-300 words should be submitted via email by March 6, 2020 to the Conference […]