Our Past Seminars
Academic Year 2022-2023
Michaelmas Term 2022
Wednesday 2nd November, 4.00-5:30pm GMT
Room 7, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online
AFTER RUPTURE: VISIONS OF HISTORY, SPIRITUAL BELONGING AND THEOLOGICAL REPAIR AMONGST NIGERIAN PENTECOSTALS
Dr Naomi Richman, Junior Research Fellow in Anthropology at Trinity College, University of Cambridge
More information can be found here.
Wednesday 30th November, 4.00-5:30pm GMT
Room 4, Faculty of Divinity, 25 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP & Online
ART PRACTICE AS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Dr Pavlína Kašparová, Academic Coordinator, The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
More information can be found here.
Academic Year 2021-2022
EASTER TERM 2022
SEMINAR: Wednesday 4th May, 4.00-5:30pm BST
A ‘SYNCRETISM OF PIETY’: IMAGINING GLOBAL PROTESTANTISM IN EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON, TRANQUEBAR, AND HALLE
Prof. Jan Stievermann, Professor of the History of Christianity in the U.S., Heidelberg University
More information can be found here.BOOK LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION: Wednesday 25th May, 4.00-5.30pm BSTFROM HENRY MARTYN TO WORLD CHRISTIANITY: CAMBRIDGE CENTRE FOR CHRISTIANITY WORLDWIDE
by Ian Randall, Graham Kings and Muthuraj Swamy | Both in person and onlineFor more information, please see here.
SEMINAR: Wednesday 8th June, 4.00-5.30pm BSTA NEW CHRISTIANITY: NATIVE ELITES BETWEEN ESOTERICISM, SCIENCE, AND AFRICAN TRADITION IN LATE 19TH CENTURY NIGERIA
Dr Judith Bachmann, Research and Teaching Fellow, Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, University of HeidelbergFor more information, please see here.
LENT TERM 2022
SEMINAR: Wednesday 2nd February, 4.00-5.30pm GMT
A GOSPEL FOR THE POOR: MISIÓN INTEGRAL AND THE LATIN AMERICAN EVANGELICAL LEFT IN THE SHADOW OF THE COLD WAR
Dr David C. Kirkpatrick, Associate Chair, Department of Philosophy & Religion, James Madison University, Virginia.
BOOK LAUNCH: Wednesday 16th February, 4.00-5.30pm GMTNOURISHING MISSION: THEOLOGICAL SETTINGS (Brill, 2022) by Graham Kings | Both in person and online
Speakers: Rt Revd Prof Joseph Galgalo, Assistant Bishop, All Saints Cathedral Diocese, Kenya and former Vice Chancellor of St Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya; Prof Kirsteen Kim, Professor of World Christianity, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA and an Editor of the Brill series, ‘Theology and Mission in World Christianity’; Prof David Ford, Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge; Revd Dr Muthuraj Swamy, Director, Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide; Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings, Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Ely and Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.Special Offer Discount Code (25%) on purchases from Brill : 72225
WEBINAR: Wednesday 2nd March, 4.00-5.30pm GMTNETWORKED SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, NETWORKED PUBLIC THEOLOGY: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HONG KONG PROTESTS TO WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Dr Calida Chu, Teaching Fellow, School of Divinity, University of EdinburghCalida ChuDownload
2020-2021 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM 2020
WEBINARS – Available to watch on the CCCW YouTube Channel
27 October 2020, Moving Beyond Assumptions: The Complex Role of Religion in the Experience of Conjugal Abuse in Northern Ethiopia
Dr Romina Istratil, SOAS17 November 2020, ‘World Christianity and International Development: Contours of a Long History’
Dr Jörg Haustein, Lecturer in World Christianities, University of Cambridge8 December 2020, Spirit, Power, and Transformation: Nigerian Pentecostalism and Development
Dr Richard Burgess, University of RoehamptonLENT TERM 2021
Wed 27 January, Arab Evangelicals in Israel: Identity in Conflict
Dr Anna Kirchner, Heidelberg UniversityBook Launch
Mon 22 February, Listening Together: Global Anglican Perspectives on the Renewal of Prayer and the Religious Life
Edited by Muthuraj Swamy and Stephen Spencer. Preparing for Lambeth Conference Book 3.
Published by the Anglican Communion Office, London and Forward MovementWed 24 February, Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land: African Caribbean Second Generation Pentecostal Leaders in Context
Dr Carol Tomlin, Leeds UniversityWed 17 March, Spirit Filled World: The Continuity Debate in African Pentecostalism
Professor Allan Anderson, Birmingham University2019-2020 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
15 October 2019, Challenges & Opportunities for the Church in Sub-Saharan Africa with Reference to Zambia.
Canon John Kafwanka L, Director for Mission, Anglican Communion Office, London.29 October 2019, Mission as an Adventure of the Imagination – Reflections on Mission Inspired by John V Taylor.
Dr Cathy Ross, Head of Pioneer Mission Leadership, Church Mission Society, Oxford12 November 2019, Palestinian Evangelicals & Global Evangelicalism
Dr Lena Rose, Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow, The Centre for Socio-legal Studies, University of Oxford.LENT TERM & EASTER TERM 2020
No seminars were held due to the Covid19 pandemic
2018-2019 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
9 October 2018, Can Religion and Politics be Separated in the Middle East?
Revd Colin Chapman, Author, & previously, lecturer of Islamic Studies, Near East School of Theology, Beirut.To listen to the talk please see below:
To read the paper please click here
30 October 2018, Are the Ideas of World Religions, Religious Conflict, & Elite Dialogue Helpful to Interfaith Relations? An Ethnographic Study from the South Indian Context.
Dr Muthuraj Swamy, Director of the CCCW.To listen to the talk please see below:
LENT TERM
5 February 2019, How Does a Christian Development Do Peacebuilding? Creating a Theological Framework.
Dr Hannah Swithinbank, Theology & Network Engagement, Tearfund.26 February 2019, British Immigration Policies & British Chinese Christianity.
Dr Alex Chow, University of EdinburghTo listen to the talk please see below:
12 March 2019, Three Cambridge Evangelicals & Their Significance for World Christianity: Henry Martyn, Joe Church, & Derek Prince.
Prof Brian Stanley, Professor of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh.To read the paper please click here. To see power points please click here.
EASTER TERM
This is the seminar which was advertised, but instead we held a seminar & book launch of Dr Randall’s new book, ‘Cambridge Students & Christianity Worldwide: Insights from the 1960s‘.
We have added the scheduled seminar paper below which follows and is available here with the kind permission of the editors, Baptistic Theologies.14 May 2019, That the Progress of the Word be not Hindered’: William Nicolson and the British and Foreign Bible Society in Russia, 1869-1897.
Dr Ian Randall, Author & CCCW Research AssociateTo read the paper please click here.
4 June 2019, The Church as a Reconciling Presence in the Midst of Conflict.
Canon Sarah Syder, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Advisor on Reconciliation.To listen to Sarah’s talk please click below:
2017-2018 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
18 October 2017, Treasure and Trials: On Publishing The Ugandan churches & the Political Centre, Angus Crichton, Ngoma Project. Powerpoint presentation
Part 1a
Part 1b
Part 2a
Part 2bBook launch of The Ugandan Churches and the Political Centre: Cooperation, Co-option and Confrontation, edited by Paddy Musana, Angus Crichton and Caroline Howell.
1 November 2017, Refashioning Ecumenism: Brazilian Evangelicals and the Idea of Christian Unity, 1880-1930’. Pedro Feitoza, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
22 November 2017, ‘I felt a Power from his Wounds and Blood’: Native American Women and Female Missionaries in early Moravian Missions in North America, 1742-1765, Jennifer Adams-Massmann, Faculty of Theology, University of Heidelberg
Click here to read
LENT TERM
24 January 2018, Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and the Anthropology of Taboo and Prohibition,
Tom Bolyston, University of Edinburgh7 February 2018, Ethiopian Christianities: the evolution of conflict and dialogue, Ralph Lee, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, and SOAS, London
21 February 2018, Visions of Social Justice in 1 Enoch: Ancient Texts for Contemporary Dialogues,
Sofanit T. Abebe, University of Edinburgh7 March 2018, Ethiopian Asceticism in Three Figures: The Hermit, The Monk and The Bishop, Meron T Gebreananaye, University of Durham
2016-2017 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
19 October 2016, Subaltern Public Theology for India, Rev. Raj Bharath Patta, University of Manchester
2 November 2016, Gender and the Family in Colonial Missions, Dr. Emily Manktlow, University of Kent
16 November 2016, Giving Life to the Faith: Pentecostal Practice and Community in Authoritarian Chile,
Joseph Florez, University of Cambridge
To listen click:
Florez, Joseph, 1, 16 Nov 2016
Florez, Joseph, 2, 16 Nov 201630 November 2016, Gender and Sustainable Development in Africa, Rev. Dr. Lydia Mwaniki, All Africa Council of Churches
Also in Michaelmas:
Cambridge Festival of Ideas.18 October 2016, Religion and Refugees in an Era of Mass Migration, Dr Emma Wild-Wood and Revd Dr Jesse Zink of the CCCW
LENT TERM
18 January 2017, Renewing a Theology of Christian Mission: Critical and Constructive Migrations, Rev. Dr. Robert Heaney, Virginia Theological Seminary
15 February 2017, The Public Nature of Chinese Christianity, Dr. Alexander Chow, University of Edinburgh
EASTER TERM
3 May 2017, Rapture – Ready or not, here they come: An Englishman’s Reflection on Two Contrasting
Nigerian-origin Pentecostal Churches in the UK, Jamie Klair, University of Cambridge10 May 2017, Judaising Christianity in Brazil: The case of the ‘Emerging’ Jewish Followers of Jesus, Manoela Carpenedo, University of Cambridge
2015-2016 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
21 October 2015, Violence and Displacement in the 21st century, Revd Dr Jesse Zink, Director of CCCW
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Zink, Revd Dr Jesse, 1, 21 Oct 2015
Zink, Revd Dr Jesse, 2, 21 Oct 201528 October 2015, Scottish Women Missionaries in an Expanding Empire: the Shaping of Mary Slessor as a Missionary Icon, Dr Esther Breitenbach, University of Edinburgh
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Breitenbach, Dr Esther, 1, 28 Oct 2015
Breitenbach, Dr Esther, 2, 28 Oct 201511 November 2015, Women and Pentacostal Movements in Rwanda, Dr Paddy Musana, Makerere University, Uganda
25 November 2015, Destroying Destinies: Fear, Faith and Fortune in a Nigerian Deliverance Ministry
Dr Juliet Gilbert, University of BirminghamLENT TERM
3 February 2016, Purification and Contestation: Pentecostalism and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa, Dr Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds
10 February 2016, Gender, Health and the Politics of Marginality on the Borders of Empire: Mission Work in North India c.1910-1950, Rosemary Seton, SOAS, University of London
24 February 2016, Claiming the City for Jesus Christ! Place Making and Creation of Sacred Spaces by African Pentecostal Churches in London, Revd Babetunde Adedibu, Redeemed Christian Church of God, London. Research Associate, CCCW.
9 March 2016, Feminising Faith and Personalising Politics: Anglican Women in Mission in Segregationist South Africa, Dr Deborah Gaitskill, SOAS, University of London
EASTER TERM
27 April 2016, Women of the Cambridge 70, Dr Ian Randall, Research Associate, CCCW
To listen click:
Randall, Dr Ian, 1, 27 Apr 2016 Camb 70
Randall, Dr Ian 2, 27 April 2016 Camb 7011 May 2016, Shadow of a Doubt: Pentecostal Uncertainty on the Zambian Copperbelt, Dr Naomi Haynes, University of Edinburgh
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Haynes, Naomi, 1a, 11 May 2016
Haynes, Naomi, 1b, 11 May 2016
Haynes, Naomi, 2, 11 May 20162014-2015 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
29 October 2014, Missionaries, Expertise and the Making of Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century East and Central Africa, Dr Markku Hokkanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
To listen click:
Hokkanen, Dr_Markku, 29 Oct 2014
Hokkanen, Dr_Markku, 1b 29 Oct 2014
Hokkanen, Dr_Markku, 2a, 29 Oct 2014
Hokkanen, Dr_Markku, 2b, 29 Oct 201412 November 2014, The Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda and Violent Biblical interpretation, Dr Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala, Makerere University, Uganda.
19 November 2014, Archbishop Janani Luwum & Human Rights in Idi Amin’s Uganda, Eva Namusole, Cambridge University
To listen click:
Namusole, Eva, 1, 19 Nov 2014
Namusole, Eva, 2, 19 Nov 20143 December 2014, Made in Africa? Mapping the Field of Theological Education in East Africa, Revd Johannes Zeiler, Uppsala University, Sweden
To listen click:
Zeiler, Revd Johannes, 1a, 3 Dec 2014
Zeiler, Revd Johannes, 1b, 3 Dec 2014
Zeiler, Revd Johannes, 2a, 3 Dec 2014
Zeiler, Johannes, 2b, 3 Dec 2014EASTER TERM
29 April 2015, Messianics: Journeys on the Borderlands between Judaism and Christianity, Dr David Lehmann, University of Cambridge
13 May 2015, Beyond Liberal vs. Conservative: Latin American Liberation Theology, Evangelical Protestantism, and Ecumenism in the Postwar Period, David Kirkpatrick, University of Edinburgh
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Kirkpatrick, David, 1, 13 May 2015
Kirkpatrick, David, 2, 13 May 2015
2013-2014 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
16 October 2013, Do Not Presume: Exhibiting David Livingstone at SOAS, Susannah Rayner Head of Archives and Special Collections, SOAS and Joanna Ichimura Archivist at SOAS, with special
responsibility for the London Missionary Society Archives.6 November 2013, Livingstone the Missionary at 200: Life and Afterlife, Dr John Stuart, Kingston University
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Stuart, Dr John, 1a, 6 Nov 2013
Stuart, Dr John, 1b, 6 Nov 2013
Stuart, Dr John, 2a, 6 Nov 2013
Stuart, Dr John, 2b, 6 Nov 201327 November 2013, From Celebrity to Saintliness: David Livingstone and Memories of Mission, Dr Chris Wingfield, Senior Curator, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University
LENT TERM
22 January 2014, Assyrians in the Diaspora Between a Rock and a Hard Place: the Case of Canada and United Kingdom, Fadi Dawood, SOAS, London
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Dawood, Fadi, 1, 22 Jan 2014
Dawood, Fadi, 22 Jan 201412 February 2014, Imposed realities and uncertain future: Armenian Diaspora Communities in Contemporary Middle East, Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, Oxford University
To listen click:
Tchilingirian, Dr Hratch, 1, 12 Feb 2014
Tchilingirian, Dr Hratch, 2, 12 Feb 201419 February 2014, Nigeria Delivered: A Cultural Performance of Belief amongst Lagosian Pentecostals,
Vicky Grebe, Cambridge University
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Grebe, Vicky, 1, 19 Feb 2014
Grebe, Vicky, 2a, 19 Feb 2014
Grebe, Vicky, 2b, 19 Feb 20145 March 2014, The Syriac Orthodox Church in the Diaspora: Challenges and Opportunities, Msgr Dr Polycarpus Augin Aydin, Archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Netherlands
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Aydin, Msgr Dr Polycarpus, 1a, 5 Mar 2014
Aydin, Msgr Dr Polycarpus, 1b, 5 Mar 2014
Aydin, Msgr Dr Polycarpus, 2a, 5 Mar 2014
Aydin, Msgr Dr Polycarpus, 2b, 5 Mar 2014EASTER TERM
23 April 2014, World Christianity and Global Christianity: Working Terms in Missiological and Ecumenical Research, Dr Dorottya Nagy, University of South Africa
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Nagy, Dr Dorottya, 1a, 23 Apr 2014
Nagy, Dr Dorottya, 1b, 23 Apr 2014
Nagy, Dr Dorottya, 2a,
Nagy, Dr Dorottya, 2b,14 May 2014, Language, Religion, and Conversion in the work of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Elspeth Carruthers, SOAS, London
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Carruthers, Elspeth, 1, 14 May 2014
Carruthers, Elspeth, 2, 14 May 20142012-2013 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
17 October 2012, Henry Martyn and the Growth of the Iranian Church Today, John Clark, Chairman of the Friends of the Diocese of Iran
21 October 2012, Henry Martyn: Scholar, Missionary and Translator, The Rt Rev’d Dr Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, former Director of The Henry Martyn Centre
29 October 2012, The Making of a Missionary: Henry Martyn and Preparation for an East Indian Chaplaincy, Dr Scott Ayler, University of Sharjah
To listen click:
Scott Ayler 1a
Scott Ayler 1b
Scott Ayler 2a
Scott Ayler 2b13-15 November 2012, see HM Lectures 2012
LENT TERM
6 February 2013, Colonialism is back! Mission and Church in the 21st Century, Rt Revd Michael Doe, formerly General Secretary of USPG, Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Southwark, and Preacher to Gray’s Inn.
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Doe, Bishop Michael, 1, 6 Feb 2013
Doe, Bishop Michael, 2, 6 Feb 201320 February 2013, 18th Century African Voices on Slavery, Prof Martha Fredericks, Utrecht University, Sweden
To listen click:
Fredericks, Prof Martha, 1a, 20 Feb 2013
Fredericks, Prof Martha, 1b, 20 Feb 2013
Fredericks, Prof Martha, 2a, 20 Feb 2013
Fredericks, Prof Martha, 2b, 20 Feb 2013EASTER TERM
24 April 2013, Protestant Missions, Progressivism and Global Modernity: The YMCA in China, 1895-1935, Jon Heavens, Cambridge
To listen click:
Heavens, Jon, 1, 24 Apr 2013
Heavens, Jon, 2, 24 Apr 20138 May 2013, Revisioning Prophecy in South Asia: Reflections for Interfaith Relations, Dr David Singh, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
To listen click:
Singh, Dr David, 1a, 8 May 2013
Singh, Dr David, 1b, 8 May 2013
Singh, Dr David, 2a, 8 May 2013
Singh, Dr David, 2b, 8 May 20132011-2012 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
27 September 2011, Telling Different Stories: Reading Missionary Photographs, Prof David Maxwell, Dixie Prof of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge
19 October 2011, Christians in the Middle East – Past, Present and Future, Revd Colin Chapman, Near East School of Theology, Beirut.
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Chapman, Revd Colin, 1a, 19 Oct 2011
Chapman, Revd Colin, 1b, 19 Oct 2011
Chapman, Revd Colin, 2a, 19 Oct 2011
Chapman, Revd Colin, 2b, 19 Oct 201116 November 2011, Nineteenth-Century Bible Society Colporteurs in Eastern Europe, Dr Ian Randall, International Baptist Theological Seminary Prague
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Randall, Dr Ian, 1, 16 Nov 2011
Randall, Dr Ian, 2, 16 Nov 2011LENT TERM
15 February 2012, Reading the Bible and the Qur’an Together, Carol Walker, All Nations College, Ware.
14 March 2012, Embodying Memories: Early Bible Translations in Tranquebar and Serampore, Prof Daniel Jayaraj, Liverpool Hope University
EASTER TERM
25 April 2012,The political theology of Indian Christian citizenship: Krishna Mohan Banerjea to K.T. Paul, Dr Nandini Chatterjee, Plymouth University
To listen click:
Chatterjee, Dr Nandini, 1a, 25 Apr 2012
Chatterjee, Dr Nandini, 1b, 25 Apr 2012
Chatterjee, Dr Nandini, 2a, 25 Apr 2012
Chatterjee, Dr Nandini, 2b, 25 Apr 2012
2 May 2012, Acculturising Subjects: Kanara Catholics & Their Religious & Social Institutions (1870-1950), Dwayne Menzes, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
To listen click:
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (2)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (2)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (3)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (4a)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (4b)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (5)
Menezes, Dwayne, 1, 2 May 2012 (6)2010-2011 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
20 October 2010, Mission Challenges from Contemporary India, Revd Dr Joshva Raja,The Queen’s Foundation Birmingham.
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Raja, Revd Dr Joshva, 1, 20 Oct 2010
Raja, Revd Dr Joshva, 1a, 20 Oct 2010
Raja, Revd Dr Joshva, 2, 20 Oct 2010
Raja, Revd Dr Joshva, 2a, 20 Oct 2010LENT TERM
9 February 2011, Wind of the Spirit and wind of change: How churches and missions responded to the African events of 1960, Terry Barringer, Wolfson College, Cambridge
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Barringer, Terry, 1, 9 Feb 2011
Barringer, Terry, 2, 9 Feb 20119 March 2011, Missionaries and Muslims in East Africa before the Great War, Ethan Saunders, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
EASTER TERM
4 May 2011, Foundations for Mission – Exploring the Language and Theology that Underlies Mission Praxis, Janice Price, The Archbishop’s Council for the Church of England
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Price, Janice, 1a, 4 May 2011
Price, Janice, 1b, 4 May 2011
Price, Janice, 2a, 4 May 2011
Price, Janice, 2b, 4 May 20112009-2010 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
14 October 2009, Indwelling of the Spirit: A Hindu-Christian Reflection,Dr Christina Manohar, University of Gloucester
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Manohar, Dr Christina, 1, 14 Oct 2009
Manohar, Dr Christian, 2, 14 Oct 200921 October 2009, Cherubim & Seraphim as an AICA, Revd John Adegoke, Cherubim & Seraphim Council of Churches
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Adegoke, Revd John, 1, 21 Oct 2009
Adegoke, Revd John, 1a, 21 Oct 2009
Adegoke, Revd John, 2, 21 Oct 2009
Adegoke, Revd John, 2a, 21 Oct 2009
11 November 2009, What Contextual Theology has to offer The Church of the 21st Century, Prof Stephen B. Bevans, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
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Bevans, Prof Stephen, 1
Bevans. Prof Stephen, 1a
Bevans, Prof Stephen, 2
Bevans, Prof Stephen, 2a
25 November 2009, Mission and Unity: Bishop Lesslie Newbigin and the Integration of the International Missionary Council with the World Council of Churches, Mark Laing, University of Edinburgh
LENT TERM
27 January 2010, Edinburgh 1910 and Edinburgh 2010: Different Theological Worldviews. Dr Kirsteen Kim, Leeds Trinity & All Saints Church
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Kim, Dr Kirsteen, 1, 27 Jan 2010
Kim, Dr Kirsteen, 1a, 27 Jan 2010
Kim, Dr Kirsteen, 2, 27 Jan 2010
Kim, Dr Kirsteen, 2a, 27 Jan 201020 February 2010, The Conversion of Ubuntu: Christian Theology and a Traditional African Vision of Human Nature, Revd Joe Kapolyo, Edmonton Baptist Church, London
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Kapolyo, Revd Joe, 1, 10 Feb 2010
Kapolyo, Revd Joe, 1a, 10 Feb 2010
Kapolyo, Revd Joe, 2, 10 Feb 2010
Kapolyo, Revd Joe, 2a, 10 Feb 201024 February 2010, Exploring Faiths in Fiction, Dr Christina Mangala Frost, IOCS Cambridge
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Frost, Dr Christina Mangala, 1, 24 Feb 2010
Frost, Dr Christina Mangala, 1a, 24 Feb 2010
Frost, Dr Christina Mangala, 2, 24 Feb 2010
Frost, Dr Christina Mangala, 2a, 24 Feb 201010 March 2010, Karl Roehl and the Entangled History of the Swahili Bible in East Africa, Dr Emma Hunter, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
EASTER TERM
12 May 2010, The Power of the Printed Word: Constance Padwick’s model for 20th century Anglican mission to the Muslim world, Catriona Laing, University of Cambridge
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Laing, Catriona, 1, 12 May 2010
Laing, Catriona, 1a, 12 May 2010
Laing, Catriona, 2, 12 May 2010
Laing, Catriona, 2a, 12 May 201019 May 2010, Murder of Motivation as Motivation for Murder? Caste, Christianity and the Conversion Debate in India, Revd Dr Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar, World Council of Churches
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Rajkumar, Revd Peniel, 1, 19 May 2010
Rajkumar, Revd Peniel, 1a, 19 May 2010
Rajkumar, Revd Peniel, 2, 19 May 201016 June 2010, Centre or Periphery?: Reflections on origins and patterns in New Zealand mission history, Dr Hugh Morrison, University of Otago, New Zealand
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Morrison, Dr Hugh, 1, 16 Jun 2010
Morrison, Dr Hugh, 1a, 16 Jun 2010
Morrison, Dr Hugh, 2, 16 Jun 2010
Morrison, Dr Hugh, 2a, 16 Jun 2010
2008-2009 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
16 October 2008, The Visual Culture of the Juvenile Missionary Movement 1910-1960, Prof Sandy Brewer, University of East London.
30 October 2008, “Indigenizing Christianity: Fantasy or Possibility? Examples from Trinidad and South Africa, Rev Canon Dr Adrian Chatfield, Ridley Hall, Cambridge
20 November 2008, World Christianity: Local Characteristics and Global Commonalities, Prof Sebastian Kim, York St John University.
27 November 2008, Albert Schweitzer and Africa, Dr James Carleton Paget, Peterhouse, Cambridge
LENT TERM
22 January 2009, Faction Fighting’, the Mchunu Royal Family and Isaiah Shembe’s Nazaretha Church in Natal of the 1930s, Prof Joel Cabrita, Trinity College, Cambridge
12 February 2009, Oneness in Christ: Perspectivies on Prejudice Indian and Britain, Revd Kumar Rajagopalan, London Baptist Association
EASTER TERM
7 May 2009, Sex, Death, Women and Religion: What is the Role of Faith Based Organisations in Changing the Face of HIV in Sub Saharan Africa?, Dr Elizabeth Grant, Senior Lecturer, Global Health Development, University of Edinburgh
14 May 2009, From Here to There and Back Again: Reflections on Mission in Kenya and The UK, Revd Cyprian Yobera, CMS Mission Partner
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Yobera, Revd Cyprian, 1, 14 May 2009
Yobera, Revd Cyprian, 1a, 14 May 2009
Yobera, Revd Cyprian, 2, 14 May 2009
Yobera, Revd Cyprian, 2a, 14 May 20092007-2008 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
18 October 2007, The Place of the Miraculous in the First Jesuit Mission to China (1582-1610), Dr Mary Laven, Jesus College, Cambridge
8 November 2007, Salaam on Islam: Waging Peace on Muslims in the Spirit of Christ, Revd Paul-Gordon Chandler, U.S. Episcopal Church, Cairo, Egypt
15 November 2007, J. H. Ritson, the World Missionary Conference, and the Origins of the Continuation Committee, Dr Brian Stanley, HMC Director, Cambridge. (The tenth in a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project)
22 November 2007, Liberating Germany: North American Evangelical Missions to West Germany in the wake of World War II, James Enns, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
EASTER TERM
1 May 2008, Evangelicalism, Islam and the Problem of Pluralism in the Missionary Thought of Norman Anderson, Todd Thompson – Emmanuel College, Cambridge
2006-2007 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
19 October 2006, Lesslie Newbigin’s Theology of Evangelism, Revd Dr Krish Kandiah, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
26 October 2006, Reconciliation Possible? The Churches’ Efforts toward Peace and Reconciliation of North and South Korea, Prof. Sebastian Kim, York St John University
9 November 2006, Faith without Borders” Themes and Issues in the Historiography of Southeast Asian Christianity, Revd John Roxborogh, Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand
16 November 2006, Meru Methodism and “Cultural Adaptation” in Colonial Kenya, Dr Kevin Ward, University of Leeds. (The eighth in a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project)
LENT TERM
5-7 February 2007, see HM Lectures 2007
15 February 2007, Methodists and British Emigration, Dr Marjory Harper, University of Aberdeen The ninth in a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project
22 February 2007, Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria Today, Henry Ndukuba, Bishop of Gombe
15 March 2007, 1799 & All That: CMS Networks and the Anglican Evangelical World, Gareth Atkins Magdalene College
EASTER TERM
3 May 2007, Breaking Free of the Establishment: Selwyn, Missionary Policy and New Zealand, Dr Robert Wilson, Selwyn College, Cambridge
10 May 2007, The Dance of the Warrior Bride: New Wine and the Contextualisation of Christian Worship, Dr Pete Ward, King’s College, London
2005-2006 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
13 October 2005, Christian Higher Education in China – A Globalization View, Prof. Peter Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
27 October 2005, Bishop Tucker of Uganda – a missionary before, of, or after his time? Revd Dr Tudor Griffiths, Hawarden, Cheshire
17 November 2005, Melvill Horne, Sierra Leone and early Methodist Missions….Prof. Suzanne Schwarz, Liverpool Hope Univ. (The sixth in a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project).
24 November 2005, Holy Spirit movements in Korea – paternal or maternal? Dr Kirsteen Kim, United College of the Ascension, Birmingham.
LENT TERM
2 February 2006, Providentialist Nationalism and Juvenile Missionary Literature: 1830-1870, John Brooke, SOAS
16 February 2006, Indian-Christian Theology: Two Centuries of Contrasting Dynamics, Dr Eric Lott, United Theological College, Bangalore. (The seventh in a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project)
2 March 2006, Missionaries as Humanitarians: Opposing the Pacific Labour Trade in the 1860s and 70s, Revd Dr John Darch, St John’s College, Nottingham
16 March 2006, Lesslie Newbigin’s Theology of Evangelism, Revd Dr Krish Kandiah, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
EASTER TERM
6 May 2006, A Famine of Hope: Christian Mission & The Search For a Sustainable Future, Revd Dave Bookless, A Roche
5 June 2006, Ramsden Sermon, Dr Brian Stanley, Henry Martyn Centre Director
2004-2005 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
21 October 2004, Issues of Japanese Identity Today, Dr Alan Suggate, University of Durham (jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project )
28 October 2004, Infiltrating a Male Bastion – Women and the Governance of the Church Missionary Society, 1890-1942, Dr Ken Farrimond, College of the Resurrection, Mirfield
4 November 2004, Evangelical Nonconformity Divided: John Philip and the Wesleyan Mission in South Africa, Dr Andrew Ross – University of Edinburgh. (The third of a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project )
18 November 2004, Vande mataram (“I revere the mother”): an inquiry into India’s national song and the secular state, Professor Julius Lipner, University of Cambridge. (Jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project)
25 November 2004, Co-existence of customary and civil marriage laws: A source of social and moral dilemmas for African Christians, Dr Onesimus Ngundu, St Edmund’s College
LENT TERM
3 February 2005, The development of ecumenicity in the early Korean Church: missionaries’ initiative and nationals’ response, Revd Kyo Seong Ahn, Fitwilliam College, Cambridge. (Jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project)
7-9 February 2005, see HM Lectures 2005
24 February 2005, The present world-revival…brought up in India”: Pandita Ramabai and the origins of Pentecostalism, Dr Allan Anderson, University of Birmingham. (Jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project)
17 March 2005, We have toiled all night…Methodist missions in The Gambia in the 19th century, Dr Martha Frederiks, University of Utrecht. (The fourth of a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project)
2003-2004 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
23 October 2003, An Ardour of Devotion: The Spiritual Legacy of Henry Martyn, Dr Brian Stanley, HMC Director.
30 October 2003, Henry Martyn, the Bible and Christianity in Asia, Dr Sebastian C-H Kim, Christianity in Asia Project Director
13 November 2003, Beyond Religious Controversy: Christian Mission and Communal Religious Violence in Contemporary India, Dr David E. Singh, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
4 December 2003, The Legacy of Henry Martyn in the study of India’s Muslims and Islam in the 19th Century, Dr Avril Powell, University of London
LENT TERM
22 January 2004, Mission in western Society after Christendom: A New Ecumenical Paradigm, Simon Barrow, Churches’ Commission on Mission. (Jointly hosted with the Centre for Ecumenical Studies)
5 February 2004, The African Bishops at Vatican II (1962-1965), Dr Anthony Njoku, Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria
19 February 2004, Recent Developments in Christianity in China, Professor Zhuo Xinping, Institute of World Religions/Centre for the Study of Christianity, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. (Jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project)
26 February 2004, Nature of Religious Texts in the Sacred Traditions of India, Professor Augustine Pagolu, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore. (Jointly hosted with the Christianity in Asia Project)
4 March 2004, Are Methodist Missions Different? Professor Andrew Walls, University of Edinburgh. (The first of a series of termly seminars in association with the Methodist Missionary Society history project.)
2002-2003 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
19-22 October 2002, see HM Lectures 2002
24 October 2002, Freedom as development: Christian mission and the definition of human well-being, Revd Dr Stephen Plant, Wesley House, Cambridge
28 November 2002, Lesslie Newbigin: A Post-Modern missiologist? Revd Dr Paul Weston, Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
LENT TERM
6 February 2003, Is reconciliation the new model for mission? Reflections on religious and ethnic conflicts with special reference to the Great Lakes region of East Africa, Robert Kaggwa St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
20 February 2003, The missionary image of Africa:evidence from nineteenth-century Sweden, Gustav Sjöblom, Darwin College, Cambridge
6 March 2003, Researching Bishop Stephen Neill: engaging history, methods, and the reconstruction, Dyron Daurighty University of Calgary
12 March 2003, Defining Christendom: J.H. Oldham, the Anglican bishops, and the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910, Brian Stanley Henry Martyn Centre, and St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
EASTER TERM
1 May 2003, Features of the Missional Church: Some Directions and Pathways, George Hunsberger, Gospel and Our Culture Network, N.America
15 May 2003, Anglican Mission in Egypt: a Case Study, Matthew Rhodes University of Birmingham
2001-2002 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
8 October 2001, Christian Mission and the Unity of Humanity, Dr Brian Stanley, Director of the Henry Martyn Centre, Cambridge
18 October 2001, Unknown gods, dying churches, and the spiritual search of contemporary culture, Prof. John Drane, Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen
1 November 2001, From Barriers to Communities: A Case Study of Afro-Caribbean Churches in North London, Revd Dr Valentin Dedji, St Mark’s Methodist Church, Tottenham
29 November 2001, Scottish Missionaries and the End of Empire: The Case of Nyasaland, John Stuart, Kings College, London
LENT TERM
14 February 2002, The future of world Christianity: True & false prophecies from Edinburgh 1910, Dr. Brian Stanley Henry Martyn Centre &St Edmund’s College
21 February 2002, How can theology inform mission practice? The example of the Public Theology in Cultural Engagement Project, Dr. Stephen Holmes, King’s College, London
EASTER TERM
2 May 2002, Identity and Migration: The development of an Anglican church in North East Congo 1960-2000, Emma Wild-Wood, Former CMS mission partner in the Congo, PhD Student, Edinburgh
16 May 2002, From Ancient Nubia to Laro the Slave Tree: History, Christian Identity and the Future of Sudan, Revd Dr Andy Wheeler, former CMS mission partner with the Sudanese Church
2000-2001 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
9 November 2000, Christian Mission and the Old Testament: Matrix or Mismatch? Revd Dr Christopher Wright, Principal, All Nations Christian College
23 November 2000, Christians and Structural Violence: The Northeast India Case Prof. John Parratt, Professor of Third World Theologies, University of Birmingham
LENT TERM
1 March 2001, Some Theological and Hermeneutical Developments of the Earliest Eucharist: Discerning a Case for Contextual Theology, Joseph D. Galgalo, Selwyn College, Cambridge
EASTER TERM
5 June 2001, see Valedictory Lecture
1999-2000 Academic Year
MICHAELMAS TERM
25-28 October 1999, see HM Lectures 1999
LENT TERM
2 February 2000, Bread and Breath in India: The Mission Pneumatology of Samuel Rayan, Kirsteen Kim
1998-1999 Academic Year
EASTER TERM
20 May 1999, The African Synod in Rome, 1994: Consequences for Catholicism, Dr Philip Knights, Catholic Priest, Hatfield