Corman Project Debuts on Center Website

Welcome to CGCM Visiting Researcher Catherine Corman! Please have a look at the webpage for her project, “In the Midst,” a multimedia exploration of the lives of Jim and Barry Alter, who spent decades as Presbyterian missionaries in India, not to change the people there but to share their lives.

Pneumatology and Interreligious Dialogue

An article by doctoral student Travis Myers entitled “What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping? The Complexity And Embeddedness Of Biblical Pneumatology In Consideration Of A Theology Of Interreligious Dialogue” was published in the Fall edition of the online, graduate student peer-reviewed and edited journal of Yale Divinity School, Glossolalia. The full-text article can […]

Journey to Here

Several years ago, Roz – a beloved college friend – and I toured the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. It was a first trip for both of us. We were impressed by the ways curators had organized materials to tell so many riveting stories, and we agreed that the architectural design added […]

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New David Scott article

The latest issue of Mission Studies contains a new article by doctoral student David Scott entitled “Alcohol, Opium, and the Methodists in Singapore: The Inculturation of a Moral Crusade.” (Mission Studies 29 (2012): 147–162.) Although the full-text article is only available to subscribers, David included the following abstract for those who might be interested in […]

Ireland article in “Studies in World Christianity”

CGCM is well represented in the latest issue of Studies in World Christianity. A new article by graduate student, Daryl Ireland, entitled Becoming Modern Women: Creating a New Female Identity through John Sung’s Evangelistic Teams appears in the issue. There is also an article entitled Major Protestant Revivals in Korea, 1903-1935 by alumnus Sung-Deuk Oak. […]

Hillary Clinton: Methodist

A new Washington Post story about Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State describes her as “a wonky Methodist who believes she is supposed to make good things happen.” Clinton has in the past credited motive magazine as an important formative influence. You can find the story here.

Bevans addresses practical theology/missiology consultation

On November 1st, Dr. Stephen Bevans opened an engaging interchange between missiology and practical theology. In “Forging a Conversation,” Bevans described how the two fields compliment one another without collapsing either discipline into the other. Subsequent presentations were made by faculty of STH: David Jacobsen, Dana Robert, Bryan Stone, and Thomas Thangaraj. Each presenter provided […]

Alum Profile: Xiyi Yao, Th.D. 2000

Xiyi Yao is an associate professor of World Christianity and Asian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has been an active scholar, publishing numerous works in both English and Chinese. He has a variety of research interests, including the history of Protestant missions and mission theology; the fundamentalist and evangelical movements in China and America; […]