World Christianity
Fortnightly on Tuesdays from 4:10pm to 5:30pm in Elizabeth Templeton Room and Zoom
All welcome. For Zoom details, please email Dr Alex Chow.
Semester 2 - Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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24 January |
Dr Harvey Kwiyani (Global Connections) |
‘African Christian Identity in the Age of World Christianity: John Mbiti and Byang Kato, 50 Years Later’ |
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7 February *Althaus-Reid Room |
Dr Antonio De Caro (University of Zurich) |
‘Popularizing Catholic devotional images from Europe to China during the early modern era: Intermediality, cross-cultural encounters and conflictual receptions’ |
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28 February |
Book launch with Rev. Dr Warren R. Beattie (Church of Scotland and CSWC), Anne M. Y. Soh (WEC International), and Dr Julie Taylor (SIL International), with response by Rathiulung Elias (University of Edinburgh) |
Arts Across Cultures: Reimagining the Christian Faith in Asia (Regnum 2022) |
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14 March |
Professor Joanildo Albuquerque Burity (Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Brazil) |
‘Populism, the conservative wave and religion in Brazil: the last ten years’ *Joint seminar with Theology and Ethics, and Religious Studies |
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28 March |
Nico Brice-Bennett, Rathiulung Elias, and Nuam Hatzaw |
Centre Student Panel: Research Methods in World Christianity, in Retrospect |
Semester 1 - Autumn 2022
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
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20 September |
Panel & student discussion on Renie Chow Choy Ancestral feeling: Postcolonial Thoughts on Western Christian Heritage. |
‘Western Christian Heritage: What does it mean for World Christianity’ |
| Thursday 22 September |
Professors Rachel Muers, Jolyon Mitchell & Emma Wild-Wood, and Drs Anja Klein & Salam Rassi, chaired by Dr Holtschneider. |
Inter-disciplinary panel event reflecting on Professor Rachel Muers’ article '"Justly Shall You Pursue Justice": Theological Approaches to Evaluative Injustice' CSWC students are strongly encouraged to attend. |
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Friday 30 September *Rainy Hall |
Elizabeth Marteijn |
PhD Alumna Lecture (Class of 2022): “Baraka without Boundaries: The Christian-Muslim Encounter in Shared Shrines in Palestine” |
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18 October |
Abel Ugba (University of Leeds) |
‘The Nurse and her Prayer of Defiance: religious globalization and divine healing experiences of Pentecostal Africans in Britain.’ |
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1 November |
Pedro Feitoza (Lecturer in Latin American Christianity) |
'Religion and Regionalism in Brazil: The Dynamics of Evangelical Conversion and the Making of Caipira culture, 1860-1940' Seminar held with History of Christianity |
| Monday 7 November |
John Coffey (University of Leicester) |
'Black Protestantism and the Demerara Slave Revolt (1823)' with History of Christianity. |
| 15 November |
Peniel Rajkumar (USPG, Ripon College Cuddeston) |
‘"No one can serve Christ and Caste": Indian Ecumenical Attempts to Combat Caste.’ |