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.
Re-envisioning the Mission of Health : Fuller Seminary’s 2021 Missiology Lectures
"Re-envisioning the Mission of Health: A Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis"
October 27-29, 2021
Check out the 2021 Missiology Lectures Website for more information and to register.
2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group Meeting – Save the Dates
The 2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group annual meeting will be June 28-30. Please save the dates. We anticipate that the conference will be a hybrid event, with onsite participation at Yale Divinity School and remote video opportunities. The theme for the 2022 meeting will focus on the legacies of our founders Andrew Walls and Lamin Sanneh.
Please follow the Yale-Edinburgh Group website for details and look for the call for proposals sometime in January.
Prof. Anthony E. Clark to Lecture on “The Making of Jesuit Saints in Late Imperial China”
What is Global Catholicism? Forum at SLU
On behalf of our colleagues at St. Louis University's Center for Research on Global Catholicism, we invite you to attend an online Zoom forum on September 24, 12:00-1:15 (CDT).
Professors Heidi Ardizzone, Kevin Ingram, and Grant Kaplan will share their current research and reflect with the audience on “What is global Catholicism?”
Please direct any questions to Charles.parker@slu.edu.
Zoom: https://slu.zoom.us/j/97237981664?pwd=Rm40Nzd6SjQwM3ptY2drL0kxa1ptZz09
Call for Papers – “Decolonizing Churches”
Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network's 14th Annual Conference
June 22-25, 2022
Universidad Interamericana de Puetro Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
in collaboration with Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico
The Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches
For more information on the conference topic, "Decolonizing Churches," details on registration, and more, visit the Ecclesiological Investigations website. See the attached PDF announcement: 2022 EI Decolonizing Churches announcement and call for papers.
Ecclesiological Investigations Zoom Gathering, September 24th
Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network invites members, friends, & others to gather by Zoom on Friday September 24th, 2021 from 4-6pm (EST) to celebrate the Ecclesiological Investigations past and to look ahead to the Ecclesiological Investigations future.
Join the Zoom Meeting at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89458834310?pwd=QnA4ckM1WUVEOC9YVEpwaDF1anIyQT09
Meeting ID: 894 5883 4310 - Passcode: 656520
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Please join us on September 24, 2021, at 4 pm Eastern Time (USA) as we celebrate EI’s past (14 international conferences, sessions at both the American Academy of Religion and the European Academy of Religion, publication series, and a year of Zoom webinars), and as we look ahead to EI’s future.
• Share memories of your involvement in the EI Network events over the years
• See highlights of EI conferences over the years
• Hear about “Decolonizing Churches” to gather in person at the Universidad Interamericano de Puerto Rico (UIPR) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 22-25, 2022
• Meet some of the Planning Team for the San Juan Conference, and the leadership at UIPR, to hear more about this event, including the call for papers
• Offer ideas about where the EI Network might go in the future
Please share the Zoom link for Sept 24 with others in your networks interested in EI
This will be an open-access event - No prior registration is required
For questions or more information email Dale Irvin, Chair of EI, at dirvin1@gmail.com
Margaret Bendroth’s New Article
Visiting Researcher Margaret Bendroth recently published a new article in The Review of Faith & International Affairs.
Bendroth looks at how the legacy of the Pilgrims shaped religion in the United States up to the early twentieth century. To read the interesting article, check out “Who Owns the Pilgrim Fathers? American Protestants and a Contested Legacy,” in The Review of Faith & International Affairs 19, no. 3 (July 3, 2021): 46–54, https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2021.1954404
Dana Robert to Speak in Panel Discussion on “What is World Christianity?”
As a part of the Overseas Ministry Study Center's Online Study Program 2020-2021, Dr. Dana Robert will join a panel to discuss "What is World Christianity?". The event will take place on November 4, 9:30-11:00 am (EST). Dr. Robert will be a part of the panel with Afe Adogame, Alexander Chow, Jehu Hanciles, Brian Stanley, and Emma Wild-Wood.
To sign up and attend, see the OMSC info page here.
In Memory of Historian Wilbert R. Shenk
The CGCM remembers the life and legacy of Wilbert Shenk. He shaped the study of world Christianity in its early years and continued to be a mentor, model, and inspiration to many. His groundbreaking research and writing, particularly his work on historical figures and missiologists Henry Venn and Lesslie Newbigin, have been influential in the field. His presence at and participation in the American Society of Missiology was formative for colleagues and younger scholars. His extensive work on global Mennonite history, his own mission experience, extensive publications, and teaching career reflects his generous, engaged, and thoughtful presence as a friend, colleague, and missiologist.
To read more about Wilbert's life, visit Fuller Seminary's "In Memoriam" or Wilbert's obituary.
To listen to an interview with Wilbert full of stories of his missiological formation, click here.
Ruth Padilla DeBorst (’16) on the Legacy of John Stott
Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst ('16) was recently featured in a podcast series with Langham Partnership on the legacy of John Stott. Listen to her interview with Mark Meynell here!
Dr. Padilla DeBorst, a longtime leader with IFES and the Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana, is currently on the leadership board at the Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios (CETI) and serves with the International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation (INFEMIT).