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𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 leading research in #WorldChristianity since 1982 • @UoEDivinity.bsky.social, @Edinburgh-Uni.bsky.social.

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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
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉

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
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
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
Doug Liao’s article focuses on the Prachaniyom (‘Popular’) Version of the Bible in Thai, which adopted the translation principle of dynamic equivalence — 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
@calidachu.bsky.social’s 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
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 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....
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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢 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
A group of women carrying bundles on their heads can be seen in the distance in this tinted slide of a path through the Okoyong forest, Calabar (Nigeria). The Scottish Missionary Mary Slessor visited the Okoyong forest people in June 1888. (CSWC47/LS2/24) #PhotoFriday
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Jamaican Bush Hut, Jamaica, ca.1875-ca.1940. The Scottish Missionary Society sent missionaries to Jamaica in 1800. Two of the three died within weeks of arrival and a second group travelled to Jamaica in 1824 to instruct slaves on local plantations. (CSWC47/LS11/38) #PhotoFriday
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM