World Christianity and the Fourfold Gospel
The third issue of World Christianity and the Fourfold Gospel came out in March 2017. Many CGCM alums and faculty associate are involved with this journal—Dr. Yeon-seung Lee as managing editor; Dr. Dana Robert, Dr. Sung-deuk Oak, Dr. Myung-soo Park, and Dr. Brian Clark on the advisory board. Dr. Yeon-seung Lee also contributed an article entitled “Korean […]
Explorations in Ecumenism, Missions and Pentecostalism
Dr. Jonathan Bonk, CGCM faculty associate, recently published a book chapter entitled “‘And They Marveled.’ Mammon as Miracle in Western Missionary Encounters” in A Light to the Nations: Explorations in Ecumenism, Missions and Pentecostalism, edited by Stanley M. Burgess and Paul W. Lewis. Dr. Bonk also chaired the meeting of the board of the Global […]
The Saints of Santa Ana: Ethnic Membership and Religious Identities in the Barrio
Dr. Jonathan Calvillo, CGCM faculty associate, has been awarded Louisville Institute’s First Book Grant for Minority Scholars. The title of his project is “The Saints of Santa Ana: Ethnic Membership and Religious Identities in the Barrio.” This project examines the influence of religious identities on the ethnic community membership of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. […]
Race, Immigration, Ethnicity, and Religion in America
Dr. Jonathan Calvillo, CGCM faculty associate, and Dr. Russell Jeung recently published an article entitled “Race, Immigration, Ethnicity, and Religion in America.” This is an encyclopedia entry within the Oxford Research Encyclopedia series featured in their volume on Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychology of Religion. Their article first provide an overview of the ethnic, racial, and religious […]
David B. Barrett and the Quantification of World Christianity
Join Ph.D. candidate Gina Zurlo in a lunch forum discussing Barrett’s achievement and her process of researching and writing a dissertation. Lunch Provided.
The Missiology of Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck’s fame as a novelist (best known for her beloved book The Good Earth) often overshadowed her original vocation as a Presbyterian missionary and her later role as a social activist. Her Christian values, however, provided an important foundation for humanitarian works. Soojin Chung recently published an article titled “The Missiology of Pearl […]
41st Korea Missiology Forum
A Korea Missiology Forum, which has been hosted by Korea Research Institute for Mission (KRIM) since 2004, was held on January 12, 2017 at Nam Seoul Presbyterian Church, Seoul, South Korea. Rev. Daewon Moon, who is Ph.D. candidate at Boston University, spoke about “Ancestor Cults in Africa and African Initiated Churches” and Rev. Chun Lee, […]
Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability
The theme of the Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum this year is “Migration, Human Dislocation, and Mission Accountability.” Research Professor Jon Bonk will chair the executive meeting in New Haven on February 20th in preparation for the fourth meeting of the Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum, scheduled for Sokcho in South Korea, November 7-10. The papers […]
African Christian Biographies
The Advisory Council of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography met at St. Mary Magdalene’s Retreat House in Nairobi, Kenya for their 3rd annual meeting, December 3-5. The meeting was very well attended by ten of the twelve advisors who came from nine African countries. The all-day meeting on Monday focused on reports of the past year’s activities […]
A Documentary History of Shona Religion
Old and New in Shona Religion is an interactive website that allows scholars to explore the Shona religion in the middle of the 20th century. Based on over 1,200 annotated photographs taken by M.L. Daneel between 1960 and the mid-1990s, this website provides a visual history of African Initiated Churches and African Traditional Religion. At the […]