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๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ leading research in #WorldChristianity since 1982 โข @UoEDivinity.bsky.social, @Edinburgh-Uni.bsky.social.
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๐ข Just outโ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. 1/6 @edinburghup.bsky.social www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/studies-in-w...
Wonderful to have Dr MiJa Wi of Nazarene Theological College presenting at our first research seminar of the semester on a Korean dialogical reading of John 7:53-8:11.
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Wonderful to have Dr MiJa Wi of Nazarene Theological College presenting at our first research seminar of the semester on a Korean dialogical reading of John 7:53-8:11.
Tomorrow, Dr MiJa Wi from Nazarene Theological College will deliver our first research seminar paper of the semester: โโWhere to Go?โ: A Korean Relational Reading of John 7:53โ8:11โ #WorldChristianity #BiblicalHermeneutics
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Tomorrow, Dr MiJa Wi from Nazarene Theological College will deliver our first research seminar paper of the semester: โโWhere to Go?โ: A Korean Relational Reading of John 7:53โ8:11โ #WorldChristianity #BiblicalHermeneutics
๐ฅณ Congratulations to our very own Dr Pedro Feitoza for winning the prestigious Ecclesiastical History Society book prize!! #WorldChristianity #LatinAmericanChristianity
Congratulations to Dr Pedro Feitoza and Dr Gabriel Radle for being our co-winners of this year's EHS Book Prize ๐
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
๐ฅณ Congratulations to our very own Dr Pedro Feitoza for winning the prestigious Ecclesiastical History Society book prize!! #WorldChristianity #LatinAmericanChristianity
This image from a collection featuring the King's African Rifles, ca. 1914-1918, shows a man outside an unfinished building, revealing some traditional construction techniques. (CSWC47/LS13/44) #PhotoFriday
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This image from a collection featuring the King's African Rifles, ca. 1914-1918, shows a man outside an unfinished building, revealing some traditional construction techniques. (CSWC47/LS13/44) #PhotoFriday
We look forward to welcoming students, staff, and guests back to our #WorldChristianity seminars and readings groups this semester, starting with one next week. Do get in contact for Zoom details. www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2026/01/rese...
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 AM
We look forward to welcoming students, staff, and guests back to our #WorldChristianity seminars and readings groups this semester, starting with one next week. Do get in contact for Zoom details. www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2026/01/rese...
It's the ninth day of Christmas! Patients at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in Nigeria wear some of their Christmas presents in this photo from 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/123) #PhotoFriday
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
It's the ninth day of Christmas! Patients at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in Nigeria wear some of their Christmas presents in this photo from 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/123) #PhotoFriday
Father Christmas attends the Christmas festivities at the Methodist Missionary Society station at Ama Achara in present-day Nigeria in 1934. This image is from an album created by Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara hospital from 1921 to 1944. (CSWC20/1/1/30) #PhotoFriday
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Father Christmas attends the Christmas festivities at the Methodist Missionary Society station at Ama Achara in present-day Nigeria in 1934. This image is from an album created by Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara hospital from 1921 to 1944. (CSWC20/1/1/30) #PhotoFriday
Congratulations to Centre alumna Esther Mombo, the upcoming Vice Chancellor of St. Paul's University-Kenya!
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Congratulations to Centre alumna Esther Mombo, the upcoming Vice Chancellor of St. Paul's University-Kenya!
Barrel race participants take their places on the starting line at the Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, circa 1927 to 1937. (CSWC20/1/1/120) #PhotoFriday
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Barrel race participants take their places on the starting line at the Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, circa 1927 to 1937. (CSWC20/1/1/120) #PhotoFriday
Christmas greetings from the Congo, 1929. This image comes from a collection of lantern slides from the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. (CSWC33/OS12/19) #PhotoFriday
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Christmas greetings from the Congo, 1929. This image comes from a collection of lantern slides from the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. (CSWC33/OS12/19) #PhotoFriday
A few of us lifted a glass together ahead of the Christmas holidays! ๐ป
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A few of us lifted a glass together ahead of the Christmas holidays! ๐ป
A Christmas photo from the albums of Emily Godfrey, the matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria. This is the men's ward decorated for the holiday in 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/117) #PhotoFriday
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A Christmas photo from the albums of Emily Godfrey, the matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria. This is the men's ward decorated for the holiday in 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/117) #PhotoFriday
The Peruvian Inland Mission ran this orphanage, pictured in about 1947. The evangelical mission was started in 1930 by Annie G Soper and was administered by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1948. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Peruvian Inland Mission ran this orphanage, pictured in about 1947. The evangelical mission was started in 1930 by Annie G Soper and was administered by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1948. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday
This slide's caption reads 'High caste women in zenana at Harkua village in Gopalganj'. The zenana was reserved for women and were sometimes visited by the wives of male missionaries, who were not allowed to enter. (CSWC33/OS14) #PhotoFriday
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This slide's caption reads 'High caste women in zenana at Harkua village in Gopalganj'. The zenana was reserved for women and were sometimes visited by the wives of male missionaries, who were not allowed to enter. (CSWC33/OS14) #PhotoFriday
This slide from the Congo Balolo Mission shows the port of Conakry on Tombo Island, now in Guinea, ca. 1920-1930. Men in flat-bottomed boats can be seen over the harbour wall as three other men (possibly missionaries) are winched up to the harbour. (CSWC33/OS12/43) #PhotoFriday
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This slide from the Congo Balolo Mission shows the port of Conakry on Tombo Island, now in Guinea, ca. 1920-1930. Men in flat-bottomed boats can be seen over the harbour wall as three other men (possibly missionaries) are winched up to the harbour. (CSWC33/OS12/43) #PhotoFriday
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. ๐ฅ๐
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. ๐ฅ๐
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
A collection from the interdenominational Regions Beyond Missionary Union gives us this image titled 'Walking in the street, India, ca. 1930'. (CSWC33/OS16/67) #PhotoFriday
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A collection from the interdenominational Regions Beyond Missionary Union gives us this image titled 'Walking in the street, India, ca. 1930'. (CSWC33/OS16/67) #PhotoFriday
Black and white lantern slide of street barbers, Canton, China, c. 1905-14. The long queue, or braid, of the man on the left suggests the image is from before 1912, after which the style was considered outmoded or a sign of support for the old regime. (CSWC47/LS1/57) #PhotoFriday
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Black and white lantern slide of street barbers, Canton, China, c. 1905-14. The long queue, or braid, of the man on the left suggests the image is from before 1912, after which the style was considered outmoded or a sign of support for the old regime. (CSWC47/LS1/57) #PhotoFriday
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My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
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October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong
We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldousโs piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldousโs piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social
Doug Liaoโs article focuses on the Prachaniyom (โPopularโ) Version of the Bible in Thai, which adopted the translation principle of dynamic equivalence โ but ultimately failed to receive the popular embrace that its name promised. #bibletranslation 6/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Doug Liaoโs article focuses on the Prachaniyom (โPopularโ) Version of the Bible in Thai, which adopted the translation principle of dynamic equivalence โ but ultimately failed to receive the popular embrace that its name promised. #bibletranslation 6/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
@calidachu.bsky.socialโs article looks at how Contemporary Christian Music was used in the protests of the 2010s in Hong Kong, and demonstrates the ways that music represents a grassroots theology of lament. #CCM #HongKongeseChristianity #grassrootstheology 5/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@calidachu.bsky.socialโs article looks at how Contemporary Christian Music was used in the protests of the 2010s in Hong Kong, and demonstrates the ways that music represents a grassroots theology of lament. #CCM #HongKongeseChristianity #grassrootstheology 5/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
The second article, written by Soojin Chung, looks at the relationship between the contemporary discourse of World Christianity, and the American academic developments of #EthnicStudies and the Third World Liberation Front. 3/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The second article, written by Soojin Chung, looks at the relationship between the contemporary discourse of World Christianity, and the American academic developments of #EthnicStudies and the Third World Liberation Front. 3/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Kenneth Ross and Angus Crichton points to inequalities in scholarly publications heavily dependent on research conducted on, about and within the Global South, but often published at cost-prohibitive outlets in the Global North. #NoPaywall #OpenAccess 2/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Kenneth Ross and Angus Crichton points to inequalities in scholarly publications heavily dependent on research conducted on, about and within the Global South, but often published at cost-prohibitive outlets in the Global North. #NoPaywall #OpenAccess 2/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....