Alumni Around the World
Year by year, advanced graduate students pass through the School of Theology and the Center for Global Christianity, then go out into the world to teach and do what they have been studying. As they move, the CGCM community grows in engagement through them. They are such a diverse group of people that no one description could possibly do the entire body justice. Instead, news and updates will be regularly provided. Cumulatively, their activities will create a portrait of the CGCM alumni community.
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.
“Women in World Christianity: Facts, Figures, Challenges, and Opportunities”
‘Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement’
On March 1, 2023, Wednesday, 16.00 GMT, Dr. Gina Zurlo will speak on 'Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement.'
The seminar will take place at the Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP and on Zoom.
You are very welcome to join.
Abstract:
This seminar will discuss findings from Dr. Zurlo’s recent findings from her Women in World Christianity Project, which was the first demographic assessment of Christianity down to the denominational level in every country of the world. World Christianity is a women’s movement because it was built and is sustained by women, and the majority of its members, participants, and affiliates are women. It is anticipated women will continue this work, likely longer than men, since women’s religious commitment appears to remain high. Christianity is also continuing its global southward shift, with 77% of all Christians likely to live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania by the year 2050. This combination means that women in the global South will take on increasingly visible leadership roles in the church, despite the barriers they face, grounded by their faith and in service to their present communities and the next generations.
Bio:
Gina A. Zurlo holds a Ph.D. in History and Hermeneutics from Boston University School of Theology (2017). She is the Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (South Hamilton, MA) and Visiting Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs. She is the co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) and co-editor of the World Christian Database (Brill). She has recently authored three books: Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (Zondervan, 2022); Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023); and From Nairobi to the World: David B. Barrett and the Re-Imagining of World Christianity (Brill, 2023). She was named one of the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 for her work in quantifying religion worldwide.
Zoom link:
https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93136508607?pwd=QnRRcG55TkNndVJZbFcvUGZPMEdHdz09
Meeting ID: 931 3650 8607
Passcode: 568920
If you plan to attend, please email centre@cccw.cam.ac.uk.
Alumni News: Anicka Fast joining Mennonite World Conference
Anicka Fast ('20) will be joining the Mennonite World Conference as the Secretary of the Faith & Life Commission in April.
More on the story here.
Intercultural Teaching in a Global Church: Questions of Identity and Power
New Book: “Global Christianity”
“Soundings Towards an Intercultural Identity for The United Methodist Church”
A new article by Hendrik R. Pieterse and David W. Scott ('13) has been published in the 2022 edition of Methodist Review: “Soundings Towards an Intercultural Identity for The United Methodist Church: Some Historical and Theological Resources.”