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Alexander Chow
@alexanderchow.bsky.social
Sr Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at @UoEDivinity.bsky.social. Co-Director of @CSWCEdinburgh.bsky.social.

🏠 https://alexanderchow.wordpress.com
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The Calcutta Christian Observer [1832-1862) now online (in part) missiology.org.uk/journal_calc... #ChristianMissions #India #journals #TheologyontheWeb
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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
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We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldous’s 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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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📢 Just out—𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 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...
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2025/10/yale...
Yale-Edinburgh 2026 – Call for Papers
Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission10–12 June 2026 ‧ New College, University of Edinburgh ‧ #YaleEdin2026Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Ch…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Congratulations to Dr Ximian Xu and Professor David Fergusson for a successful launch of the Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology. Glad to be able to participate in the launch and deliver the inaugural keynote lecture. #ChineseChristianity #WorldChristianity
October 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Putting together the final pieces for my lecture: Worlding Chinese Christianities. Tomorrow, we celebrate the launch of the new Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology.
#ChineseChristianities #WorldChristianity #TheoSky
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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JOB> University of Toronto - Religions of Transnational East Asia networks.h-net.org/jobs/69189/u...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Thursday 2 Oct 2025, launch of the #Cambridge Centre for #Chinese #Theology.
Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology |
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September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Really enjoyed writing “The Colour of Revival” for the latest issue of Preach Magazine.

“If we can't hear the sound of revival, let us at least see its colour.”

#QuietRevival #BritishChristianity #GlobalMajority

www.preachweb.org/issues
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interested in #WorldChristianity but not sure where to start? Check out THIRTY YEARS of Studies in World Christianity, the premier journal in the field.

@edinburghup.bsky.social has made available articles throughout the years to help us celebrate!

📝 www.euppublishing.com/virtualissue... 1/2
September 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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We have 2 exciting vacancies here at Cranmer Hall! Please head to - www.cranmerhall.com/resources/vacancies/ for more information and how to apply.
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A huge congratulations to Elilo Ezung! 👏🏼🎉

Another successfully completed @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student. Thanks to Professors Emma Wild-Wood (pictured) and Kirsteen Kim (@fullerseminary.bsky.social) for their efforts examining Eli’s PhD.
August 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Another day at work.

(When your office is also an #EdFringe venue in the summer!)
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“[The] human vision of neighbourliness has begun to expand to include all creation, seen and unseen. Loving our neighbour has come to mean recycling, reforestation and cleaning up the waters around us.” —Mercy Oduyoye, _Beads and Strands_ #EcoTheology #WorldChristianity
August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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"TRANSLINGUAL CATHOLICS narrates the overlooked contributions of #Catholic intellectuals of twentieth-century #China, correcting the unbalanced nature of scholarship on Chinese #Christianities." ~Alexander Chow #LiuInstitute #Theology

Book: https://bit.ly/3NYFnCW
August 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Conclusions are underrated. Really struggling to compose a compelling conclusion to a chapter I have otherwise finished writing. #AcWri
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Really appreciate this thoughtful chapter-by-chapter reflection of 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 from a Canadian perspective. #morethanforeigners @scmpress.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Thread containing my stream of thoughts as I read through this book, "Chinese Heritage in British Christianity: More than Foreigners" edited by Alexander Chow
Looking forward to digging into this book as a Hong Konger and Chinese Canadian Christian
May 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Another important Latin American theologian has passed: Samuel Escobar. He was a major figure in integral mission, often consider an evangelical form of “liberation theology.” www.christiandaily.com/news/samuel-...
Samuel Escobar, Latin American theologian and missions leader, dies at 90
Samuel Escobar Aguirre, a leading Peruvian theologian, missiologist and Bible scholar, died April 28 at the age of 90. Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1934, Escobar devoted his life to serving the church a...
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April 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Now available as an epub:
- The Seeking Heart (@ianjmobsby.bsky.social)
- Behold the Men
- Pursuing Perfection
- Chinese Heritage in British Christianity (@alexanderchow.bsky.social)
- Curating Spaces of Hope (@spacesofhope.bsky.social)
- Introducing Analytic Theology
April 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thanks be to God for Pope Francis—his life, his ministry, and his witness.
Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88
Death of 267th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successor
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The entire Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity is complete.

I was honored to edit Vol 7 with Drs. Todd Johnson and Ken Ross.
Read this older piece by Todd Johnson on my substack about Vol. 7

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Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity: Christianity in North America
Edinburgh celebrates the completion of the Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity series with 10 volumes.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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this was a lovely evening celebrating a momentous occasion!
April 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"The church is growing..."

New research from our friends at the Bible Society and @theosthinktank.bsky.social OUT TODAY

Find out about the #QuietRevival
www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/qui...

Are you seeing it in your church?

#ChurchGrowth #ChurchesTogether
April 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM