News of the extended network of faculty, alumni, students, visiting researchers, and mission partners is regularly updated, and some of the big ideas or major events in Global Christianity are covered in the CGCM News.
Alumna Ruth Padilla DeBorst (’16) to Receive Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology
On Wednesday, April 6, Ruth Padilla DeBorst ('16) will accept the 2022 Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life. She will receive the award during the Kuyper Conference hosted by Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary.
Padilla DeBorst, a theologian, missiologist, educator, and storyteller, has been involved in leadership development in her native Latin America for several decades.
For a more detailed description of Padilla DeBorst and the prize she will receive, read this article.
CCCW Hosts Dr. Calida Chu for March 2nd Lecture
The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide will host its final seminar for the Lent Term this Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 1600-1730 GMT on Zoom.
Dr. Calida Chu, Teaching Fellow at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, will speak on the topic, ‘Networked Social Movements, Networked Public Theology: The Implications of the Hong Kong Protests to World Christianity.’
You are very welcome to join.
The Zoom link is below:
CCCW Zoom is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Lent and Easter 2022 Seminars
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93136508607?pwd=QnRRcG55TkNndVJZbFcvUGZPMEdHdz09
Meeting ID: 931 3650 8607
Passcode: 568920
Chinese Theologies : Call for Papers Due March 7
BU Alumna Named Associate Editor of Missiology: An International Review
Alumna Soojin Chung ('18), Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Azuza Pacific University, has been named the new Associate Editor of the journal Missiology: An International Review (SAGE Publishing).
Dr. Chung welcomes scholars and students of missiology and global Christianity to send along relevant articles and book reviews.
Congratulations Dr. Chung!
The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Hosts the Global Christian Forum in Rome
The Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah ('03) and the expanded leadership of the Global Christian Forum held a hybrid meeting in Rome on February 6-8, 2022. The meeting included Boston University School of Theology alumni Ruth Padilla DeBorst ('16) and Gina Zurlo ('17),
The Forum was hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and was privileged to receive a general audience with the pontiff.
To read the complete report by Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah, the General Secretary of the Global Christian Forum, follow this link: GCF Group Meeting Report.
“Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change” Conference April 1-2, 2022
The thirteenth conference of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent.net) will be held in Cambridge, England on April 1-2, 2022.
The theme of the conference is "Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change." The conference program is finalized and the keynote speakers will be Girish Daswani, Karen Lauterbach, and David Maxwell. There will be 45 papers presented in parallel panels.
Details can be found in the GloPent 13 Program and on the conference website. The conference is held in a hybrid format with options for attending in Cambridge or online.
Registration closes on March 20.
Alumnus Jean Luc Enyegue (’18) to Speak at the Jesuit Studies Café
February 17 | 9:20am–10am | U.S. Eastern
Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J.
The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa
During the Spring Season, the Jesuit Studies Café will host conversations with the directors and archivists of Jesuit Archives and Research Centers around the world. Our first café presenter will be Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J., the director of The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa.
The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa (JHIA) is an institute geared to preserving memory and promoting historical knowledge. It was started in 2010 as an idea of the Superior General of the Jesuits, Most Rev. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., to encourage the study of his Order’s largely unexplored involvement in the evangelization of Africa.
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International Orthodox Theological Association – 2023 Call for Papers
Association of Professors of Mission : Call for Papers
Association of Professors of Mission Call for Paper Proposals
Deadline: March 11, 2022
2022 Annual Meeting
St. Mary's College - University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
&
Online vie ZOOM and WHOVA
June 16, 2022
Issues of Power and Mission/Missiology
The Association of Professors of Mission extends an open call for paper presentation proposals for its annual meeting
Theme:
The concern about issues of power has become increasingly prominent in recent years. Issues of political, social, and economic power as natural processes as well as the abuse of various types of power have been prominently and repeatedly noted. Less obvious in current discussions of missions is the understanding and awareness of these issues of power within mission, a missiological context, or mission pedagogy/andragogy. It is likewise noteworthy that throughout Church History, missionary activity frequently had been tied to political (e.g., the latter Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, or the colonial powers) or economic power which informed the missological thinking and implementation of the mission at their respective times. Understanding these dynamics can impact the teaching of mission history as well as our contemporary engagement and teaching of missiology, mission, and their respective implementation. The focus of the APM 2022 Conference is to engage the issues of power in relation to mission and missiology especially for teachers of mission. The goal of this conference is to intentionally provide appropriate, proactive, and positive engagements with the issues of power related to mission for the expressed purpose to be better professors of Mission.
Projected Sub-themes:
- Biblical and theological engagement of power issues
- Issues of power and its demonstration(s) in mission
- Mission agencies and institutions with issues of power
- Teaching about Issues of Power in Missions
- Doctoral Student Track (doctoral students who have their proposal accepted will receive a scholarship for the registration fee)
Please direct all questions to Paul W. Lewis, APM President (2021-22), at lewisp@evangel.edu .
The detailed Call for Papers and Registration materials will be available on the website in Spring 2022.
For more details on the ‘Call to Papers’ please go to the APM website: https://www.asmweb.org/apm
Paper proposal deadline: March 11, 2022
Notification of accepted papers: March 31, 2022
Registration materials will be available on the website in Spring 2020.