World Christianity

Tuesdays, 4:10pm, in the Martin Hall unless otherwise stated

All welcome. For enquiries, please contact Professor Emma Wild-Wood: emma.wildwood@ed.ac.uk

Date	Speaker	Topic
10 September		Welcome and Five-minute thesis with 2nd year PhD Students: Hannah Nation and Alison Zilversmit. Reception to meet new students.
19 September		Whole School Seminar
24 September		Book Launch: Joint seminar with Church History. Propagandists of the Book examines the development of Brazilian Protestantism through an analysis of the production and circulation of evangelical texts and considers the broad impact of evangelicalism on literacy and culture in Brazil between 1860-1930. Propagandists of the Book examines the development of Brazilian Protestantism through an analysis of the production and circulation of evangelical texts and considers the broad impact of evangelicalism on literacy and culture in Brazil between 1860-1930.
8 October	Zihao He David Lewis	Killing for the Great Peace: Analysing the Role of Theology in the Violence of the Taiping Rebellion. Ecotheology and Disenchantment: Maathai, Chryssavgis, and Johnsen on Restoring Sacramentality.
22 October	Dr Ming Shun Chiang, Trinity Theological College, Singapore	The Cross and the Whip: Christianity and Religious Violence in the 19th Century
5 November		Whole School seminar: Gunning Lecture Discussion for the Decolonised Transformation
19 November	Prof Adriaan van Klinken, Leeds University	Contemporary Nigerian Literature as African Religion and World Christianity Joint seminar with Scottish Network of Religion and Literature.

This article was published on 2024-03-19