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.
Public Lecture with Prof. Philomena Mwaura on Mission in Africa
The University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology Hermannsburg (FIT) is hosting a public lecture with Professor Philomena Mwaura on the topic of "Integrity of Mission in the Light of the Gospel. Witness of the Spirit Among Africa's Gospel Bearers and Through Them Worldwide Beyond." Learn more in the event flier.
Prof. Mwaura is also an Advisor for the Dictionary of African Christian Biography.
The lecture will take place on Thursday, 8 July 2021, 19:00 (CEST = German Summer Time).
Zoom info:
https://zoom.us/j/2307708683?pwd=aytDL3Y4N01VMzAyUjBqcVJDY3gvZz09
Meeting-ID: 230 770 8683
Kenncode: j2XKg9
Summer 2021 Work from Current Students & Recent Alumni
Several of the current graduate students and recent alumni affiliated with the CGCM are doing exciting academic work during the summer of 2021. Check out some of the titles of their exciting new work below!
(Additional titles will be added as the summer goes on.)
Alex Mayfield ('21, Project Director, China Historical Christian Database):
- "Arrows Flying to the Five Continents: Hong Kong and the Structures of Pentecostal Print Culture, 1907-1942," Yale-Edinburgh Annual Meeting, June 2021.
- "A Pentecostal Prisoner of War: Resistance and Obedience in Occupied Shanghai," Annual Meeting of the Association of Professors of Mission, June 2021.
- “The China Historical Christian Database,” Network Research in Chinese Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, July 2021.
Anicka Fast ('20)
- "Catholicity, Memory, and the Missionary Encounter: Toward an Ecclesiological Framework for World Christian History," American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting, June 2021.
- Article: “Understanding Religion and Politics in Africa: A Call for the Re-Enchantment of the Scholarly Imagination,” Journal of Religion in Africa 49 (2019): 145-161.
Tyler Lenocker ('20)
- "Urban Mission in Post-War Boston and (re-)Organizing Evangelical Community," American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting, June 2021.
- Panelist for “World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition,"American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting, June 2021.
Laura Chevalier ('20)
- “Tracing the Missional Lineage of Holiness and Early Pentecostal Homes for Children,” Missiology Seminar, Asbury Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY (online), March 2021.
- Dissertation presentation as a part of a panel on “Recent Holiness Dissertations,” Wesleyan Historical Society Meeting (Online), March 2021. (Dissertation title: “Becoming ‘Children of God’: The Child in Holiness and Pentecostal Mission Discourse and the Making of Global Evangelical Movements, 1897-1929")
- Serving as co-editor for the forthcoming Dictionary of Pentecostal Mission (T&T Clark) with Jerry Ireland, Robert Gallagher, and Paul Lewis.
Younghwa Kim ('16)
- "The Korean Church and American Missionaries after the Korean War," American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting, June 2021.
- “Among Dissenters and Friends: The Doukhobor Migration to Canada of 1898 and the Persecution Narrative that Propelled It," Annual Meeting of the Association of Professors of Mission, June 2021.
- “The Written Word that Relocated an Oral Culture: Print Media and Its Role in the Doukhobor Migration of 1898," prerecorded presentation at the Yale-Edinburgh Annual Meeting, June 2021.
Christopher Ney (PhD candidate):
- "UCC and Pentecostal Church of Chile," Yale-Edinburgh Annual Meeting, June 2021.
Morgan Crago (PhD student):
- “Protestant Missionaries in a Catholic Country: Baptism for Protestant Converts in the 19th Century Evangelical Missions to Brazil," Fourth Annual Florovsky-Newman Week, Eighth Day Institute, Wichita, KS, June 2021.
Other less-recent graduates have also been active in presenting at missiological societies this summer!
David W. Scott ('13, CGCM Visiting Researcher)
- "Mission and Migration, the Twin Antagonists of Geographically Based Church Structures," American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting, June 2021.
Titus Pressler ('95)
- "Irrepressible Vision: Pakistani Christians’ Mission amid Persecution," Annual Meeting of the Association of Professors of Mission, June 2021.
Honoring Brian Stanley, Leading Historian of World Christianity
At this year's meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and History of Mission, a special gathering was held to honor the historical work of Dr. Brian Stanley, Professor in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. The gathering also celebrated the publication of a volume co-edited by Dr. Emma Wild-Wood and Dr. Alexander Chow, Ecumenism and Independency in World Christianity: Studies in Honour of Brian Stanley (Brill, 2021). CGCM Director Dr. Dana Robert and Dr. Marina Wang of VID Specialized University gave commemorative addresses on this special occasion. See the recording below:
Video Highlighting CGCM Digital Projects
For the 2021 meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and the History of Mission, Dr. Daryl Ireland (CGCM Associate Director) and Dr. Michèle Sigg (Executive Director of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography) organized a video highlighting some of the Center's digital projects. They highlight the Dictionary and the China Historical Christian Database in particular. Check it out below!
Christian Theology in a Chinese Idiom
Visiting researcher Dr. Jesse Ciccotti recently gave a lecture on "Christian Theology in a Chinese Idiom," sponsored by ChinaSource. Watch the lecture video below! The lecture is also available for download, as is Dr. Ciccotti's suggested reading list on the topic. Learn more about the lecture and Dr. Ciccotti's research interests at the ChinaSource page.
Festschrift Honors Alumnus Rev. Dr. Heigo Ritsbek
A new festschrift, Scripta Amicis (Tallinn, 2021), with essays in Estonian and English, honors the life and work of Rev. Dr. Heigo Ritsbek, Patriarch of the Anglocatholic Church. Dr. Ritsbek studied under Prof. Dana Robert at the Boston University School of Theology, graduating in 1996 with a DMin. Dr. Ritsbek's autobiography, Tagasivaade (2020), is also available. Throughout his life, he has ministered in many countries around the world, including Estonia, Germany, United States, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Latvia, the Ukraine, South Africa, Uganda, France, Canada, Finland, Russia, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Denmark, Lithuania, and Italy.
OMSC Moves to Princeton Theological Seminary
The CGCM congratulates the Overseas Ministries Study Center for its move, after 99 years, to Princeton Theological Seminary. Boston University School of Theology graduates and faculty have had a close relationship with the OMSC for many years. Alumnus and distinguished missiologist Dr. Gerald H. Anderson was the Director of the OMSC from 1976 to 2000. During that time, the International Bulletin of Mission Research, which he edited, became the premier English-language journal in mission studies. Research Professor Dr. Jonathan Bonk was Director of the OMSC from 2000 to 2013. During his tenure, the Dictionary of African Christian Biography was founded, with Dr. Michèle Sigg as manager. Prof. Dana Robert, a Contributing Editor to the IBMR, chaired the Program Committee of the OMSC for nine years. Now as it moves to Princeton, she will be one of three members of the Advisory Board of the OMSC@PTS. Another member of the Advisory Board is Bishop Ian Douglas, a distinguished alumnus in Mission Studies and World Christianity. Our association with the OMSC is deep and strong, and we wish it all the best as it begins a new chapter of its existence as OMSC@PTS under Dr. Thomas Hastings and Dr. Easten Law.
This video, produced by the OMSC, celebrates the organization's long history. Further information on the history of the OMSC can be found here.
Lamin Sanneh Research Grants Available
The Overseas Ministry Study Center (OMSC) at Princeton Theological Seminary is now accepting proposals for two research grants established in honor of Professor Lamin Sanneh. The grants will fund work by scholars from the Middle East, Oceania, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, or Asia in the field of mission studies, intercultural theology, or related fields. Both of the two recipients will receive $10,000 for their research, and applications are due by July 30. Find the details and requirements here.
Prof. Roldán-Figueroa Named Director of Center for Latin American Studies
Congratulations to Dr. Rady Roldán-Figueroa, who has just been named the new director for the Center for Latin American Studies at the Pardee School of Global Studies! Prof. Roldán-Figueroa, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at the School of Theology and a CGCM faculty associate, is a specialist in the history of early modern global Catholicism. His latest publication is The Martyrs of Japan: Publication History and Catholic Missions in the Spanish World (Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597–1700) (Brill, 2021). Learn more news about his new appointment at the Pardee School here.
25 Years of the UMC Order of Deacon
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the creation the Order of Deacon in the United Methodist Church, Dr. Benjamin Hartley ('05) recently reflected on The Deacon: Ministry through Words of Faith and Acts of Love, a book he co-authored with Paul E. Van Buren in 1998. This discussion between the two authors appeared in UM & Global, a blog that highlights the global connections in the UMC. Hartley discusses the impact of faculty members at STH in the progress of his thinking about the work of the diaconate.
In fall 2021, Hartley will become Associate Professor of Mission and World Christianity and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Seattle Pacific University. He is an expert on the mission leader John R. Mott, and his essay, "Pragmatic Internationalist: John R. Mott’s Negotiation of Nationalisms and Racism, 1895-1925," will appear in a forthcoming essay collection edited by Drs. Dana Robert and Judith Becker.