Center for Global Christianity and Mission
Marthinus “Inus” Daneel, 1936 – 2024
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission (CGCM) and the Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) announce the passing on July 29, 2024 of CGCM co-founder Marthinus “Inus” Daneel, who was a noted theologian, author, and professor. Dr. Daneel grew up in Zimbabwe, was a self-professed “nomad” and adventurer, was a renowned and respected researcher, […]
Prof. Daryl Ireland Co-Authors Article on China Historical Christian Database
The following is an excerpt from the ChinaSource article “Mapping China’s Christian Legacy” by Research Associate Professor of Mission Daryl Ireland, Alex Mayfield, Eugenio Menegon, and Greta Rauch, published on November 10, 2023. … At that scale, could a person see what role Christians and their institutions played in the formation of modern China? Daryl Ireland, […]
Unlikely Friends: Honoring Dana Robert’s Scholarship
On Friday, October 1, 2021, Professor Dana L. Robert was stunned to learn that the dinner she thought she was attending with her graduate students turned out to be a surprise honoring her own lifelong scholarship and contributions to mission studies and world Christianity. A festschrift was presented to her over dinner, titled “Unlikely Friends: […]
BUSTH CGCM Awarded Grant for China Historical Christian Database Project
The Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce the Center for Global Christianity and Mission (CGCM) was awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for their project “China Historical Christian Database: Mapping the Spatial and Social Networks of Christianity in China, 1550-1950.” This peer-reviewed grant is […]
Mapping Christianity in China Workshop: a Global Event
By Daryl Ireland, Research Assistant Professor of Mission On November 19-21, 2020, the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University convened a workshop on “Mapping Christianity in China, 1550-1950.” The Center launched the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD) project in 2018 to map where every Christian church, school, hospital, monastery, orphanage, publishing house, […]
BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China
This article was originally published by BU Today on November 4, 2020. Congrats to STH faculty Dana Robert and Daryl Ireland, and students Alex Mayfield (’21) and Yang Dai (’21) on their recognition for their contributions to this important project! BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China Researchers hope […]