Yale-Edinburgh 2021

Yale-Edinburgh 2021

Oral, Print, and Digital Cultures in World Christianity and the History of Mission
On-line, from New College, University of Edinburgh, 22–24 June 2021 #YaleEdin2021

The 2021 meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and the History of Mission is on the theme ‘Oral, Print, and Digital Cultures in World Christianity and the History of Mission’. This year’s theme uses the language of culture to examine three different mediums in which the Christian message is communicated, and the Christian life is practiced.


In order to maximise the benefits of the online format, this year’s conference includes a mixture of pre-recorded (asynchronous) and live (synchronous) events.

Keynote Lecture

Alexander Chow, What does Jerusalem have to do with the Internet? World Christianity and Digital Culture


Conference Events

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Reflections on Yale–Edinburgh in São Paulo

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.

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