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.

Alumnus Jean Luc Enyegue (’18) to Speak at the Jesuit Studies Café

February 17 | 9:20am–10am | U.S. Eastern Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J. The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa During the Spring Season, the Jesuit Studies Café will host conversations with the directors and archivists of Jesuit Archives and Research Centers around the world. Our first café presenter will be Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J., the director of The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa. The Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa (JHIA) is an institute geared to preserving memory and promoting historical knowledge. It was started in 2010 as an idea of the Superior General of the Jesuits, Most Rev. Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., to encourage the study of... More

Revisiting East Asia through Mission Collections

Conference Panel on Missionary Archives: register for the Zoom meeting at this link. The event will be recorded and will be posted online later as well. See attached abstracts.   New England Regional Association for Asian Studies Meeting  Monday December 6, 2021, 10:30-11:45AM US EST (16:30-17:45 Central European Time; 23:30-24:45 China time; 24:30-1:45AM, Japan/Korea)  at Harvard University (on Zoom).  Panel B1: “Revisiting East Asia through Mission Collections in New England” (on resources at the BC Ricci Institute; Columbia University; Yale University; Harvard University; BU CHCD). “Digital Frontiers: The China Historical Christian Database” Alex Mayfield (Boston University) “The Archival Collections on East Asia at the Yale Divinity Library” Christopher Anderson... More

IMC Centenary Conference: Dana Robert’s Lecture and North American Panel

The IMC Centenary Conference concluded on Thursday, November 18th, after three days of virtual gatherings. The program included eight regional presentations on the history of missional collaboration and three public lectures. Dana Robert delivered one of the three public lectures to the global, virtual conference attendees. Her lecture, "What happened in Lake Mohonk and its outcome," detailed the individuals, events, and movements that led to the founding of the IMC at Lake Mohonk, NY, in 1921. Dr. Robert highlighted innovative and forerunning mission themes and commitments evidenced in the work, relationships, and words of the early IMC.  We will post the... More

“Reconciliation: Figuring out World Christianity amidst Conflicts,” CCCW Lecture Wednesday 24 November 2021, 4 pm GMT, Online

The fifth and final lecture in the CCCW Silver Jubilee Lecture series on Transfiguring World Christianity will be delivered on the topic “Reconciliation: Figuring out World Christianity amidst Conflicts,” by Dr Irini Thabet, Assistant Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo, & Member ofthe Egyptian Senate, tomorrow,  Wednesday 24th November, 4pm, GMT, Online. The Session will be chaired by Canon Sarah Snyder, Director, Rose Castle Foundation. More information about the Lecture and the speaker is included in the flyer attached. If you would like to join, please email centre@cccw.cam.ac.uk. More information about the CCCW Silver Jubilee Lectures 2021is found here: Events - Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.

Dana Robert to Give Public Lecture for International Missionary Council Centenary Conference, November 17th

Dana Robert will deliver an online lecture on November 17, 2021, at 9:30, am (EST) for the IMC Centenary Conference hosted by the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Her talk, "What happened in Lake Mohonk and its outcome," is one of three webinars open to public attendance over the three-day conference. The conference will include presentations on missional collaboration studies from eight world regions. The founding of the International Missionary Council at Lake Mohonk one hundred years ago was a significant event in global mission collaboration. Dr. Robert's lecture and the broader conference will offer historical reflection and contemporary... More