NAGEL LECTURES -- SPRING 2008
The Rev. Dr. Chris Wright
Rev. Dr. Chris Wright, Langham Partnership’s International Director, is an Irishman who lives in London, with his heart firmly planted in the Majority World!
Lecture abstract:
The Bible challenges us with a robust affirmation that God is sovereign over the stories of all nations in history. But it also focuses on God's purpose for biblical Israel in particular. How are we to connect these two great themes? And what do they tell us about God's mission and our part in it?
God, Israel, and the Future of the Nations
in Biblical PerspectiveWednesday, April 23 @ 3:30 PM
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Cephas Omenyo
Cephas Omenyo is currently the John A. Mackay Professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He also teaches at the University of Ghana, Legon. He has published, among others, Pentecost Outside Pentecostalism: A Study of the Development of Charismatic Renewal in the Mainline Church in Ghana (Zoetermeer, 2002).
Professor Omenyo will give the following lecture while at Calvin:
African Christian Initiatives: Some Lessons for the West
Tuesday, May 6 @ 3:30 PM
Alumni Association Board Room
Cosponsored by: Byker Chair in Christian Perspectives on Economic, Social, and Political Thought; African and African Diaspora Studies; the department of Sociology and Social Work; and the Nagel Institute
The Inaugural Lectures of the Korean Lectureship
Speaker: Dr. Stephan Linton
What Should Christians Do about North Korea?March 26 @ 3:30 PM
Meeter Center Lecture Hall
Why Should Koreans Care about North Korea?
March 27 @ 3:30 PM
Calvin Seminary Auditorium
Jehu J. Hanciles
Jehu J. Hanciles, associate professor of mission history and globalization at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA, will give the following public lecture:
Don't Be Refugees, Be Missionaries!
African Immigrants & the New Missionary Encounter with American SocietyThursday, February 14 @ 3:30 PM
Commons Lecture Hall
POSITION OPENING:
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh has begun a search for the next Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World. Applications from experienced scholars are invited for a post at Reader or Senior Lecturer level, although individuals who merit professional rank may be considered for appointment.
Contact: Professor L. W. Hurtado, l.hurtado@ed.ac.uk
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Transformational Development Conference
Co-sponsored by Food for the Hungry & George Fox University
August 14-16, 2008, Newberg, Oregon
Presentation proposal deadline: May 15, 2009
We invite presentations from multiple disciplines to explore what it means to be
transformational in all aspects of development work. Possible presentation topics include (but are
not limited to):
- The qualitative and quantitative criteria used to specify program contribution to transformational outcomes.
- Approaches that have been evidenced to effectively foster transformational outcomes.
- Frameworks for understanding how the objects and subjects of development (and their relationships) contribute to transformational outcomes.
We welcome presentation proposals by established academics and graduate students, and poster presentation proposals by undergraduate students, which we will group by topic. Proposals of 250-300 words should be submitted by May 15, 2008, and should include your name, organization/university affiliation, mailing address and email.
Submit proposals of 250-300 words to:
Food for the Hungry
Attn:
Michael Pucci, Ph.D., International Director of Academic Programs
1224 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
or by email to TDconference@fh.org
We will notify applicants of their acceptance as a presenter by June 10, 2008.
Download the Call for Presentations 
Yale-Edinburgh Group Conference, July 2008
"Perceptions and Portrayals: heroes and villains in mission historiography"
This is the formal call for papers for the July 3 - 5, 2008 meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group at New College, Edinburgh.
Please submit paper proposals with brief abstract via email attachment to Dr. T. Jack Thompson, Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World (t.jack.thompson@ed.ac.uk) by March 7, 2008.
Please put your name, the name of your institution, and the title of your proposed paper at the top of the document. Papers should relate in some way to the conference theme. Officicial notification of accepted proposals will be sent by April 15, 2008.
More on information about the meeting »SANACS 2008 Annual Journal -- Due June 30, 2008
The Society of Asian North American Christian Studies (SANACS) is receiving submissions for its 2008 annual journal. We seek:
- Full-length scholarly articles in the fields of Bible, Theology, Missiology, Praxis, History, and Sociology
- Book reviews
- Data to help us assemble directories of ANA Centers and Institutes, ANA seminary faculty, and ANA doctoral students and dissertation notices
Please contact the managing editor, Dr. Russell Yee ryee@isaacweb.org
Deadline for submissions: June 30. 2008 | More about SANACS
SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES & MEETINGS:
New Dynamics of Religious Expansion
in a Globalizing World
When: July 31-August 2, 2008
Where: Association for the Sociology of Religion Meeting,
"Religion Crossing Boundaries"
Conveners: Afe Adogame and Shobana Shankar
Abstract:
Religious revivals in the global South have been largely under-theorized, with scholars sometimes referring to postcolonial poverty, disempowerment, and crises of modernity as main motivations for religious revitalization, conversion, and organization. These intricate dynamics demand fresh analytical, empirical investigation. What forces enable the "reverse mission" dynamics as evident in the dramatic shift of Christianity's center of gravity to the "global South"? How do, for example, globe-trotting Nigerian evangelists secure funding, lodging, and constituents, and what can we say about the cultural capital that they garner from Kiev to Virginia? What makes new African immigrants in the West successful as religious leaders among communities with growing numbers of Euro-American membership as converts to Islam, Christianity and African-derived religions? Religious expansion has occurred across borders, concretizing different sets of boundaries and prompting us to rethink conventional cartographies. This session explores new, emerging theories and trajectories of religious globalization between the South-North and South-South.
For more information, please contact Afe Adogame: a.dogame@ed.ac.uk
Transformational Development Conference
Co-sponsored by Food for the Hungry & George Fox University
August 14-16, 2008, Newberg, Oregon
The Transformational Development Conference hopes to bring together a broad interdisciplinary group of participants to explore what it means to be transformational in all aspects of development work. We seek to move beyond definition to interpretation of transformational development, building sound academic foundations for both engaging in and educating for Christian development.
This conference will be held this first year on the West Coast, and our panel of speakers include: Dr. Bryant Myers, Dr. Evvy Campbell and Dr. Brian Fikkert.
More information on the Transformational Development Conference »
The East Africa Revival: History and Legacies
April 2008
When: April 25-26, 2008
Where: Cambridge, England
The Henry Martyn Centre and the African Studies Centre of the
University of Cambridge are pleased to announce a conference on the
theme The East African Revival: History and Legacies. Speakers
expected include John Gatu, John Karanja, Esther Mombo, Derek
Peterson, and Kevin Ward.
The conference is being held to mark the opening to researchers of
the private papers of Joe Church (1899-1989), the Anglican medical
missionary who was deeply involved in this movement which has so
profoundly shaped the character of Protestant Christianity in much of
East Africa.
Visit the Henry Martyn Centre website for more information and an application »
Instituting Calvin: Society, Culture & Diaspora
International Conference
June 18-21, 2009
Victoria College, University of Torronto
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Five Centuries of Global Calvinism(s)
Calvinism was one of the most extraordinarily revolutionary movements to develop in the Renaissance and Reformation, with an impact that Calvin himself could hardly have anticipated. Calvin’s inner tensions – between a driving activism for change and a deep-seated quest for order – defined the Calvinist legacy and have resonated down through the centuries. In its many manifestations, Calvinism has profoundly affected the cultural and social contours of the world since the sixteenth century.
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Templeton Grant
Calvin College received a $2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project called "Science, Philosophy and Belief: A Program for Chinese Scholars." This effort will include a three-year partnership between the Philosohpy Department at Calvin and the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP). It is being managed by the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity at Calvin. More about "Science, Philosophy, & Belief »