Gina Zurlo gives papers at social science conferences NY and Boston
Doctoral student Gina Zurlo has recently given several papers and lectures at social science conferences. In August, she presented a paper at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York City, titled, “Christian Sociology in Transition: The Institute of Social and Religious Research,” which discussed an early phase of American sociology and its intersections […]
Zurlo Lectures in Busan
Doctoral student Gina Zurlo was on the faculty of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea (October 30–November 8, 2013). Gina gave a lecture titled, “Demographics of World and Asian Christianity” to a group of 200 students from 60 countries, representing 80 different […]
Mission and Church Planting
PhD student Christopher James has been busy publishing several articles on missiology. Chris’ two peer-reviewed journal articles are: “Missional Acuity: 20th Century Insights Toward a Redemptive Way of Seeing,” in Witness: Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, vol. 26 (2012); and “Some Fell On Good Soil: Church Planting in Religious Ecologies,” Witness: Journal […]
Missional Education
Doctoral student Christopher James has recently published an article entitled: “Education that is Missional: Towards a Pedagogy for the Missional Church,” in Social Engagement: The Challenge of the “Social” in Missiological Education (Wilmore, KY: First Fruit Press, 2013, p.146-169). You can also access the article free online. Chris’ article has also been cited by by the African […]
Gina Zurlo Bellofatto gives video presentation in Bangalore
Student Gina Zurlo Bellofatto gave a presentation at the Global Leadership Forum in Bangalore, India this June, called “The State of the World.” The video of the presentation is available for all online at the Lausanne Movement website. Congratulations to Gina!
Review of “Theology for the Global Church”
Student Travis Myers has reviewed a noteworthy book exploring theology and missiology, Local Theology for the Global Church: Principles for an Evangelical Approach to Contextualization. His review can be found in Missiology: An International Review 39, no. 3 (July 2011): 413-414.
Yale-Edinburgh Group meeting report by Daryl Ireland
The Yale-Edinburgh Group held its 23rd meeting in New Haven, Connecticut, June 27-29, 2013. The theme, “Health, Healing, and Medicine in the History of Christian Missions and World Christianity,” inspired diverse papers, ranging from an investigation of John Wesley’s medical advice to the use of herbal medicine in Ghanaian Christianity. The number of participants was […]
Dr. Fohle Lygunda visits the CGCM
The CGMC was delighted by the visit of Rev. Dr. Fohle Lygunda, Head of the Department of Missiology at International Leadership University (ILU) – Burundi, on June 14. Dr. Lygunda and Dr. Dana Robert discussed a possible collaboration for the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB), which was transferred to Boston University in 2012. Dr. […]
Global Christian Shifts
Dr. Todd Johnson and doctoral student Gina Zurlo published a summary of the main findings of a 2013 update to the Atlas of Global Christianity for the Lausanne Global Analysis, entitled “Highlights of Christianity in its Global Context, 1970-2020: Society, Religion, and Mission.” In it they emphasize that Christians today find themselves in very different contexts than […]