World Christianity
Tuesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated
All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Dr Alex Chow: alexander.chow@ed.ac.uk
Semester 2 – Spring 2024
Date | Speaker | Topic |
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Wednesday 17 January |
Dr Arkotong Longkumer, Professor Hannah Holtschneider, Dr Simeon Xu, and Dr Alexander Chow |
Whole School Seminar 'The Digital in Theology and Religious Studies' |
23 January |
Rev’d Dr David Bagnall (St John’s Scottish Episcopal Church) |
'A Metaphysics of Ubumwe: Sexuality, Reconciliation, and the Discursive Production of the Other in the Anglican Church of Rwanda' |
6 February |
Dr Yinxuan Huang (British and Foreign Bible Society) |
'The Chinese Christian Community in Britain: Spirituality, Dynamics, and Division' |
27 February |
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Panel Discussion ‘Global Christians in Edinburgh: The Changing Landscape of Scottish Christianity’, moderated by Nuam Hatzaw, with select Edinburgh church leaders |
12 March |
Dr Romina Istratii (SOAS Centre of World Christianity) |
Topic TBC |
26 March |
Ray Burbank (School of Divinity)
Peter Rowe (School of Geosciences) |
PhD Student Papers ‘Conversion and Country: Evangelical Conversion Theology addressing Place and Culture in 19th-Century Western India’
‘Christianity and Conservation Agriculture in Kenya’ |
Semester 1 - Autumn 2023
Date | Speaker | Topic |
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3 October |
Agana-Nsiire Agana (University of Edinburgh)
Elilo Ezung (University of Edinburgh) |
"A Digital Theological Investigation of Identity Among Ghanaian Youth"
“Your Daughters Shall Prophecy”: Charismata and Women’s Influence in Naga Christianity" |
17 October |
Leanne Williams Green (Trinity College, Cambridge) |
"Reasonable Suffering: Baptist Accounts of Sin and Responsibility in Postcolonial Harare" |
31 October |
Harvey Kwiyani (Global Connections) |
"African Christian Identity in the Age of World Christianity: John Mbiti and Byang Kato, 50 Years Later" |
21 November |
Robert Heimburger (Cardiff University) |
"Debating Forgiveness During Armed Conflict: Colombian Conflict Survivors’ Christian Ethic of Forgiveness and its Philosophical Critics" |
28 November |
Brian Stanley (editor), Ingrid Walls, Kenneth Ross, Emma Wild-Wood, and Ray Burbank |
Book launch "The Missionary Movement from the West" by Andrew Walls with Brian Stanley (editor), Ingrid Walls, Kenneth Ross, Emma Wild-Wood, and Ray Burbank |
Wednesday 29 November |
Professor Esther Mombo (St. Paul’s University, Kenya) |
Cunningham Lecture |