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.
Methodist Studies Seminar
Methodist Studies Seminar
Friday 12 May 2023
Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Online.
Organized by Cliff College and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre.
2023-05 MSS MWRC-Cliff Programme
More details here: http://www.mwrc.ac.uk/methodist-studies-seminars.
Alum Dr. George Harper passed away
CGCM mourns the loss of Dr. George Harper, a Ph.D. alum (DRTS 1992) who worked with Dr. Carter Lindberg and Dr. Dana Robert. A church historian, he was a missionary in the Philippines for many years.
More details about Dr. George Harper are here.
Dr. Soojin Chung Promoted to Associate Professor
Alum Dr. Soojin Chung ('18) is promoted to Associate Professor. She teaches at Azusa Pacific University.
Bio Updated: Since August 1, 2023, Dr. Chung has been the Director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center and Editor of the International Bulletin of Mission Research at Princeton Theological Seminary. More on her profile and academic interests here.
Antipas Harris awarded the Young Adult Influencer Award
The Alliance for Black Pentecostal Scholarship awarded the high honor of the Young Adult Influencer Award to Antipas Harris at the Gala at Oral Roberts University.
Dr. Rady Roldan-Figueroa will hold the Rev. Robert Randall Distinguished Professorship in Christian Culture
Dr. Rady Roldan-Figueroa, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Boston University School of Theology, and a CGCM Faculty Associate will be Rev. Robert Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian Culture in the fall.
The Randall Professorship is held by a recognized scholar whose work concentrates on an understanding of culture that embodies a Christian view of human achievement. The selected individual contributes to undergraduate instruction in the theology, philosophy, history, literature, or social sciences departments, directs student research, and delivers public lectures.
The Korean Church of Boston 70th Anniversary Symposium
The Korean Church of Boston (PCUSA) looks back on the past as we welcome our 70th anniversary in 2023 as an immigrant church planted in the United States, and we thank God for God's great love bestowed upon us. Therefore, we have prepared events to commemorate our 70th anniversary under the title "Gratitude," and a meaningful symposium as below:
Two Tales of a City upon a Hill:
- Unlocking the Past for a Better Future Together:
Stories of Native Americans & Korean American Churches
2023. 4.24-26
The Korean Church of Boston (PCUSA)
32 Harvard St. Brookline, MA 02445
Dr. Eunil David Cho, a CGCM faculty affiliate, will be speaking.
More details on the event here.
More on the Korean Diaspora Project here.
New Book Release: Portraits of Global Christianity
Postdoctoral Workshop Applications
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL POSTDOCTORAL WORKSHOP
ON THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN EAST ASIA
AT BOSTON COLLEGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.
The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College will hold a four-day international workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, from October 22 through 26, 2023. Please note that the working language of the workshop will be English.
All participants will be expected to arrive by Sunday, October 22, and depart on Friday, October 27, 2023. They are required to attend all workshop-related activities and sessions.
Located in a newly renovated building on the Brighton Campus of Boston College, the Ricci Institute is inviting post-doctoral level scholars and junior faculty members whose research focuses on Christianity in East Asia and who are currently preparing a book manuscript for publication to apply. Entitled “Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia: Bridging a New Generation of Scholars and Scholarship”, this workshop is administered by the Ricci Institute.
For more info: Call for Applications for the Boston International Workshop 2023
CGCM Notes: March 2023
Legend has it that for years the Association for Asian Studies steadfastly refused any public conversations about Christianity in China because Christianity was Western not Asian. A stalwart of the AAS, historian Kathleen Lodwick of Pennsylvania State University, continued to lobby for the importance of Christianity in modern China, and ultimately gained permission to form the China Missions Group in 1983. Later renamed the China Christianity Studies Group, this collection of scholars has helped move the study of Christianity in China out of its foreign religious ghetto and into larger conversations about its role in Chinese society, politics, culture, economics, science, and more. No one doubts the importance of Christianity in China any longer, and it is hard to describe it still as a foreign import when, in fact, China’s 100 million Christians have turned their faith into an export, sending their own missionaries across Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania.
This month, the China Christianity Studies Group will celebrate its 40th anniversary at Boston University. Its parent organization, the AAS will hold its annual conference just a mile down the road, so the Center for Global Christianity and Mission invited the CCSG to use space on campus to host its annual gathering. Separated from Boston’s Convention Center, this event is now free and open to all interested in Christianity in China. You can join us in person on March 18th at 7 pm EST, or you can participate online. This is an opportunity to hear how the study of Christianity in China has become a flourishing field.
Other significant opportunities to hear about Christianity in China are available this month. On March 21st, Boston’s various theological schools will collaborate to present “Christianity in China Today,” an event that will bring together scholars, students, and missioners to reflect on the rapidly changing religious landscape in China. One week later, Eugenio Menegon will offer an online workshop about the Chinese documents available in Archive of the Congregation of the “Propaganda Fide” in Rome.
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission has prioritized China as one of its research foci. This month is an opportunity to expose yourself to what that means and discover what the China Christian Studies Group knew four decades ago: Christianity is vital for understanding China, and now also for grasping the dynamism of World Christianity.
Daryl Ireland
CGCM, Associate Director
Dr. Kyama Mugambi’s Upcoming Lecture
As part of the CGCM Spring Lecture series, Dr. Kyama Mugambi, Assistant Professor of World Christianity, Yale Divinity School, will lecture on "Kenyan Pentecostalism" on April 4, 2023, at 3.30 pm at the Boston University College of General Studies, Room 421.
