We are looking forward to beginning the new academic year next week, and especially in welcoming new students. Along with various reading groups and other activities for students, we are pleased to hold the following public seminars this Autumn.
We look forward to seeing friends and alumni of the Centre in person or online. Do get in contact for Zoom details.
Centre student Zihao He shares his reflections on the 2025 Yale-Edinburgh conference, held in São Paulo, Brazil, on the theme ‘Christianity, Democracy, and Nationalism’.
As a current PhD student at the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, I had the great privilege of attending this year’s Yale–Edinburgh Conference, held at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in São Paulo, Brazil. The theme of this year’s gathering, ‘Christianity, Democracy, and Nationalism’, could not be more timely in our increasingly volatile world. It also closely resonates with my own research interests in Chinese pre-modern nationalism, Christianity, and the issue of violence. Significantly, I had the unique opportunity to witness a historical milestone: for the first time, this influential conference was held in the Global South.
Continue readingJoin us in celebrating the publication of Alexander Chow’s recently edited volume, Chinese Heritage in British Christianity: More than Foreigners (SCM Press 2025).
From the publisher’s website:
This is a critical and unique time for British Chinese Christians. On the one hand, the national churches of each of Britain’s four nations have experienced an unprecedented decline in church attendance. On the other hand, British Chinese Christianity is today amongst the fastest growing Christian populations in the United Kingdom. But there is a much longer history in the background, with the first Chinese Christian in Britain dated to the 17th century, and a sizeable population existing since the late-19th century, eventually creating the first Chinese church established in Liverpool in 1910. This book tells the story of the rise of British Chinese Christianity, and how the British Chinese have been shaping and reshaping the future of British Christianity. It brings together theological educators, church ministers, and parachurch leaders in a collaborative project speaking to the historical and contemporary situation of British Chinese Christianity, and prospects moving forward.
The launch will be held on Friday, March 28th 2025, at 7:30pm, at the Chinese Church in London, Hammersmith (69-71 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, W6 7BE).
Please register here.
On September 30, 2024, the Centre held a book launch for Pedro Feitoza’s first book, Propagandists of the Book, published in 2024 through Oxford University Press. Panelists included the author, Dr Pedro Feitoza, and three respondents, Dr Timo Schaefer, Dr Maya Mayblin, and Alison Zilversmit.
If you are unable to access the video above from YouTube, you can also try watching it from the University of Edinburgh’s Media Hopper service.