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.

East Rock Institute Newsletter

By Ada Focer April 18th, 2013 in Korean Diaspora

East Rock Institute is our partner in this project. Here is the latest newsletter. ERI newsletter Vol. 4, No.1 This newsletter includes an article by Hye Jin Lee about the project on page 6 but a link to the entire newsletter is included here for readers who want to get better acquainted with this organization. ERI MARCH2013 v15

Prof. Robert Presents Augsberger Lectures

By Ada Focer April 17th, 2013 in Announcements, Research

Professor Dana Robert delivered the Augsberger Lecture series at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonville, VA on March 19 and 20, 2013. Each of the three lectures addresses an aspect of friendship as mission. The audio files are included here so you, too, can listen! Many thanks to Eastern Mennonite for these and for the photos by Jonathan Bush. Lecture #1 - Friendship as an Incarnational Mission Practice "Through the incarnation, God became human in the person of Jesus. And Jesus’s ministry was one based on friendship. And the purpose of friendship was to build a fellowship that witnessed to the kingdom of... More

Research Update from Mary Lou Shea

By Ada Focer November 1st, 2012 in Research

Mary Lou Shea, Th.D. October 30, 2012 Just about one year ago, I began my research into the life and ministry of Hiram F. Reynolds, one of the founders of a Wesleyan-American Holiness denomination, the Church of the Nazarene. As a historian of Christianity with a strong interest, and background, in mission history, I was appalled at my own lack of knowledge about the man who was widely considered “Mr. Missions” by earlier generations of Nazarenes. As an educator serving at a denominationally-affiliated college, my ignorance was galling (to me, at least. Most of the current crop of twenty-somethings... More