Research
The research agenda of the Center for Global Christianity is driven by the interests of the people who are part of its community. Reports about their ongoing work will be posted from time to time.
Mennonite Brethren Historical Study Project Awarded
Anicka Fast, a first-year student in Mission Studies at Boston University, received the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission's study grant for 2015. Before moving from Montreal to Boston, Anicka worked with the Mennonite Central Committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for three years. Anicka's research interests include intercultural reconciliation and power balancing in the global church, Anabaptist missiology and ecclesiology, the history of the missionary encounter in the DR Congo, and African political theology. Her grant is in the amount of $2,865, and will be disbursed in May 2016. Anicka's project title is, "Identity and Power in Mission: A... More
Mission and Mass Incarceration
Bill Mefford, the United Methodist Church Director for Civil and Human Rights, argued that the way to mobilize churches to challenge the United State's system of mass incarceration is to lead a congregation into "multiplex" relationships with those impacted by the system. Using various illustrations he talked about how "simplex" relationships can deliver emergency aid or assistance--with one person or group offering another person or group temporary help. But, he went on to explain, to transform a structural problem churches will need to enter multiplex relationships. These are far more complex, demanding, and enduring. They unite people together through friendship, and therefore what... More
“Korean Wave” Not New to BU
Recently Boston University wrote about the "Korean Wave" that is hitting campus. While record numbers of students and courses in Korean language are being hit, the Boston Korean Diaspora project demonstrates that this is not entirely new. Read more about BU and its long and intertwined history with Korea and Korean intellectuals.
Symposium on Edinburgh 2010
Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS), in collaboration with several of its global partners, on 4th September 2015, hosted the symposium of the Edinburgh 2010 centenary conference and brought the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series of 36 books to completion. 80 mission thinkers joined the series editors – Dr Wonsuk Ma of OCMS, Dr Knud Jorgensen of the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Prof. Kirsteen Kim of Leeds Trinity University and Tony Gray of Words by Design – to mark the close of a series that is remarkable for its global scope. The event, which was addressed by Professor Dana Robert... More
School of Theology and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Collaborate to Launch Digital Archive of motive Magazine
“The magazine, motive, challenged me beyond natural ability.” Jeanne Audrey Powers On September 16, Boston University School of Theology and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry will celebrate the launch of a website that digitizes motive magazine and makes it accessible to a new generation of scholars and leaders. motive magazine shaped a generation of young, passionate activists and leaders. The event will feature an art display beginning at 4:30 pm and a celebratory event at 5:00 pm, with a Readers' Theater, presentation of the new website, and panelists. motive was the official magazine for the Methodist Student Movement from its founding in 1941 and, More