Researching Chinese Christianity in the 2020s

Posted on 20 October 2020 by CSWCEdinburgh

On October 13, 2020, the Centre hosted a panel discussion with leading experts in the field of Chinese Christianity: Dr Mark McLeister (University of Edinburgh), Professor Chloë F. Starr (Yale Divinity School), and Dr Kevin Xiyi Yao (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), and moderated by Dr Alexander Chow (University of Edinburgh). Topics ranged from the personal interests in the field, different disciplinary methodologies (historical, theological, and social scientific), and a debate around Chinese Christianity’s relationship with World Christianity.

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Interview with Dr Emma Wild-Wood

Posted on 26 March 2019 by CSWCEdinburgh

This is an interview conducted in 2018 with Dr Emma Wild-Wood, alumna and now Senior Lecturer in the Centre for the Study of World Christianity. In this video, Dr Wild-Wood discusses her research on the East African revival and recent edited volume Relocating World Christianity (Brill 2017).

Dr Emma Wild-Wood: Where does the wisdom of the white man come in?

Posted on 8 February 2018 by Alexander Chow

Dr Emma Wild-Wood delivered the lecture ‘Where does the wisdom of the white man come in? The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in Africa’ on 6 February 2018 in the jointly hosted Centre for the Study of World Christianity and History of Christianity research seminars at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

Prof. Brian Stanley: Research in World Christianity

Posted on 12 December 2017 by Brian Stanley