Churches in Change
Dr. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, CGCM faculty associate, will be giving the keynote address at the Stockholm School of Theology (TEOLOGISKA HÖGSKOLAN STOCKHOLM) on February 3. This is address is part of a one-day research conference on “Churches in Change” as part of the school’s collaboration with the Uniting Church (Equmeniakyrkan) in Sweden, a merger between the […]
Mission Education in Burundi
The International Leadership University (ILU) in Burundi has established a graduate program in mission studies. Dr. Fohle Lygunda, the Academic Dean and Daewon Moon, a CGCM student associate, have collaborated for the past several years to open research and education in this field. Mission Studies is quite new to the central African region. The first group of master’s […]
The Indefatigable Work of Don Carlos Janes
At the turn of the 20th century, Churches of Christ had less than a nominal level of missionary activity. With few missionaries abroad and fewer churches willing to support them along with no denominationally baptized mechanism for conducting a missionary enterprise, the prospect of a viable missions program that covered the denomination seemed bleak for […]
Aesthetics of African Traditional Religion
Dr. Nimi Wariboko, Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics and CGCM faculty associate, will be giving a lecture on aesthetics of African traditional religion and Pentecostalism in Nigeria. The lecture will take place at 232 Bay State Road, Room 505 at 5:00 pm. The public is welcome.
Legacy of John Sung
In the 1930s, no evangelist traveled further, spoke more often, or led more Chinese people to faith than Song Shangjie (John Sung). In the October 2016 issue of the International Bulletin of Mission Research, Daryl Ireland explores the legacy of one of China’s most dynamic and memorable Christians. This is the first scholarly article to make use of Sung’s own […]
Making of Buddhism in the West
Eva Pascal argues that the idea of Buddhism as a common religion across much of Asia, did not emerge in the 19th century as has been widely assumed. Instead, it was Spanish Franciscan Friars in the 16th century who, in their interactions with Buddhist monks in Thailand, China, and Japan recognized a common core. In a lecture delivered […]
Vincent Machozi’s Calling
Father Vincent Machozi (STH ’15), a priest from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was recently killed during his peaceful protest to help end the violence. He operated a website Beni Lubero Online, where he posted photos of victims of violence in the DRC province of North Kivu, as well as reports that often […]
Christian-Muslim Relations
Dr. Nimi Wariboko, CGCM faculty associate and Walter G. Muelder Professor of social ethics, will give a plenary address titled “Christian-Muslim Relations and the Ethos of State Formation in West Africa” at Fuller Theological Seminary on November 3, 2016. A blog post previewing the conference can be found here. You can learn about the lectures […]
Bartolome de Las Casas
On October 7-8, 2016, a conference on “Bartolomé de Las Casas: History, Philosophy, & Theology in the Age of European Expansion” was held at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. The event was organized by Dr. David Orique of Providence College and BU Associate Professor Rady Roldán-Figueroa to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Order […]