Public Lectures Commemorating John Ross

In October 2015, the Centre’s Prof. Brian Stanley offered a public lecture at Honam Theological University Seminary, hosted by its president Rev. Dr Young Sang Ro, commemorating the centennial of the death of the important Scottish missionary to Manchuria who produced the first Protestant Bible in Korean, John Ross (1842-1915).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_M83BiiN1A&t=14m2s

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Recap of ‘James Legge and Scottish Missions to China’

Legge 2015 Group Photo

On 11–13 June 2015, the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Chinese Studies, organised a conference in honour of the Scottish missionary-scholar to China, James Legge, on the bicentennial of his birth (see conference page). The conference received generous financial support from the Confucius Institute and the New College Senate. Continue reading

James Legge Conference, June 2015 – Call for Papers

James Legge

James Legge and Scottish Missions to China
University of Edinburgh, 11–13 June 2015
Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2015 17 April 2015

Inside and outside of China, there is a growing scholarly debate around how foreigners have contributed to and, at times, maligned prevailing understandings of Chinese philosophy, religion, and culture. One of the most important figures in these discussions is James Legge, the Scottish missionary-scholar to China, and translator of Chinese writings into English and Christian writings into Chinese. As 2015 will be the bicentennial of Legge’s birth, the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for the Study of World Christianity, in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Chinese Studies, plans to hold an international and interdisciplinary conference to be held on 11–13 June 2015 at the University of Edinburgh, where Legge received an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1884.

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Studies in World Christianity 20.2

Polarities and Parallels

Studies in World ChristianityThe four articles in this issue of Studies in World Christianity span four separate geographical locations: India, China, Kenya and (unusually for this journal) Scotland. Their subject matter also ranges widely, from some of the theological issues raised by the Christian encounter with other religions to an exploration of the challenges presented to the churches by the ever-increasing influx of rural populations into urban environments – a narrative first played out in nineteenth-century Europe and then multiply rehearsed on African, Asian, Australasian or Latin American stages from the twentieth century until today. The four articles present us with a series of polarities and parallels that deserve careful reflection. Continue reading