Call for Papers
We here at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission sometimes get calls for papers that might be of interest to some of our viewers. They will be posted on this page as we get them. If YOU get a Call for Papers that you do not see appear here but that you think people in this community might be interested in, please email it to cgcm@bu.edu for posting.
Commemorating Professor Andrew F. Walls – October 5
The Centre for the Study of World Christianity (School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh) is hosting an online event commemorating the life and work of Professor Andrew Walls, in a seminar held next Tuesday, October 5th at 4:10pm (UK time). It will include contributions from Margaret Acton, Dr Barbara Bompani, Professor James L. Cox, and Professor Jehu J. Hanciles. If you would like the Zoom details, please register your interest on the online form by 12 noon that day.
Call for Papers – 13th GloPent Conference: Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change
The thirteenth annual conference of the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent.net) will take place in Cambridge, 1–2 April 2022. The conference will be convened by David Maxwell and Jörg Haustein. The conference's theme is "Pentecostalism and Socio-Cultural Change" and will feature keynote speakers Joel Cabrita, Girish Daswani, and Karen Lauterbach. Organizers will plan the event to be hybrid, with an eye on public health guidelines and the safety of participants. Paper proposals and abstracts are due November 30, 2021. For more detailed information, see GloPent Cambridge Info.
Re-envisioning the Mission of Health : Fuller Seminary’s 2021 Missiology Lectures
"Re-envisioning the Mission of Health: A Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis" October 27-29, 2021 Check out the 2021 Missiology Lectures Website for more information and to register.
2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group Meeting – Save the Dates
The 2022 Yale-Edinburgh Group annual meeting will be June 28-30. Please save the dates. We anticipate that the conference will be a hybrid event, with onsite participation at Yale Divinity School and remote video opportunities. The theme for the 2022 meeting will focus on the legacies of our founders Andrew Walls and Lamin Sanneh. Please follow the Yale-Edinburgh Group website for details and look for the call for proposals sometime in January.
Prof. Anthony E. Clark to Lecture on “The Making of Jesuit Saints in Late Imperial China”
You are invited to attend a talk by Prof. Anthony E. Clark, Combe Trust Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Date: Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm in Edinburgh, Scotland (5:00 am in Seattle/8:00 am in New York) Zoom Link: https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/81322391722 Passcode: Vr8f3ew2 Title: The Theater of Canonization: The Making of Jesuit Saints in Late Imperial China Abstract: The word “China” is a sixteenth-century Western neologism derived from the name of China’s first imperial dynasty – the Qin 秦, which was commonly Latinized in Jesuit epistolary exchange as “China.” Chinese refer to their own nation as 中國, transliterated as Zhongguo, or the “Middle Kingdom,” and thus the division between... More
What is Global Catholicism? Forum at SLU
On behalf of our colleagues at St. Louis University's Center for Research on Global Catholicism, we invite you to attend an online Zoom forum on September 24, 12:00-1:15 (CDT). Professors Heidi Ardizzone, Kevin Ingram, and Grant Kaplan will share their current research and reflect with the audience on “What is global Catholicism?” Please direct any questions to Charles.parker@slu.edu. Zoom: https://slu.zoom.us/j/97237981664?pwd=Rm40Nzd6SjQwM3ptY2drL0kxa1ptZz09
Call for Papers – “Decolonizing Churches”
Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network's 14th Annual Conference June 22-25, 2022 Universidad Interamericana de Puetro Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico in collaboration with Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico The Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches For more information on the conference topic, "Decolonizing Churches," details on registration, and more, visit the Ecclesiological Investigations website. See the attached PDF announcement: 2022 EI Decolonizing Churches announcement and call for papers.
Ecclesiological Investigations Zoom Gathering, September 24th
Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network invites members, friends, & others to gather by Zoom on Friday September 24th, 2021 from 4-6pm (EST) to celebrate the Ecclesiological Investigations past and to look ahead to the Ecclesiological Investigations future. For more detailed information, click on this "Sept 24 2021 Ecclesiological Investigations gathering" Announcement Join the Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89458834310?pwd=QnA4ckM1WUVEOC9YVEpwaDF1anIyQT09 Meeting ID: 894 5883 4310 - Passcode: 656520 One tap mobile +16465588656,,89458834310#,,,,*656520# Please join us on September 24, 2021, at 4 pm Eastern Time (USA) as we celebrate EI’s past (14 international conferences, sessions at both the American Academy of Religion and the European Academy of Religion, publication series, More
Dana Robert to Speak in Panel Discussion on “What is World Christianity?”
As a part of the Overseas Ministry Study Center's Online Study Program 2020-2021, Dr. Dana Robert will join a panel to discuss "What is World Christianity?". The event will take place on November 4, 9:30-11:00 am (EST). Dr. Robert will be a part of the panel with Afe Adogame, Alexander Chow, Jehu Hanciles, Brian Stanley, and Emma Wild-Wood. To sign up and attend, see the OMSC info page here.
Bulhoek Centenary Symposium
On May 24, 2021 (8:00-12:50 SAST), the University of Pretoria Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship and the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study are hosting a symposium which will remember the Bulhoek Massacre of 1921, in which members of the Israelites Church were killed by Union police and in which its leader, Enoch Mgijima, was arrested. The program can be viewed here. Register to attend here.