Busy August For CWC

Viral 2016: CWC had a busy August 2016. The first activity of the month was the inaugural partnership activity with Viral Conference. Kyama Mugambi spent some time at the Nairobi Chapel engaging with pastors and talking about the importance of world Christianity research of the church in Africa. CWC sponsored a live stream of the final commissioning session at the conference.

Colloquium August 2016: The next activity was the August 2016 Colloquium, which Prof Shaw chaired. From 22nd to 26th August, Michael Wambua, Heglon Kitawi and Kyama Mugambi made some presentations from their current research. At the colloquium were Dr Enoch Opuka and Prof J.N.K Mugambi who spoke about their experiences in publishing.

CWC Book Presentation: The colloquium ended on a high with the presentation of the book “African Urban Christian Identity” edited by Steven O’Malley. The book was handed over to the Librarian, Mr Ephraim Mudave. The book contains chapters by CWC’s Dr Wanjiru Gitau and Dr George Atido. The book is the result of an ongoing research project on Christianity around the world headed by Prof Jim Miller, a former AIU professor.

2016 Cohort: The month ended with an introductory class for the 2016 PhD Cohort.

Andrew Walls on World Christianity

A rare interview with Prof Andrew Walls, from the sidelines of the 2016 Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Christianity. Kyama Mugambi chatted with Prof Walls about the conference and the significance of World Christianity Studies.

 

Lamin Sanneh – Insights from the sidelines of Yale-Edinburgh 2016

Here is an interview from the sidelines of the 2016 Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Christianity. Kyama Mugambi had a conversation with Prof Lamin Sanneh about the conference and the significance of World Christianity Studies. We also include in this video Prof Sanneh’s comments about how his book “Translating the Message” came about.

 

Brian Stanley on the Yale-Edinburgh Conference 2016

Kyama interviewed Prof Brian Stanley on World Christianity and the Yale-Edinburgh conference on World Christianity.

Here is the video:

Yale Edinburgh Conference 2016

Here are some sights and sounds Kyama shared from Edinburgh, along with a brief introduction to the Yale Edinburgh conference, a word about the historic venue and a hint at what’s coming up on the blog soon.

 

Yale Edinburgh Conference on World Christianity 2016

Here are some thoughts at the beginning of the conference from the AIU team.

 

CWC June Update

World Christianity Conference in Edinburgh: CWC-AIU will be sending a delegation to the Yale-Edinburgh Group on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity. The group will gather in June at the New College University of Edinburgh to talk about Responses to Missions: Appropriations, Revisions, and Rejections. This annual conference brings together leading scholars in Missions and World Christianity to deliberate and share their research on emerging themes in the disciplines. Among those chairing the plenary sessions will be Prof Lamin Saneh, Prof Andrew Walls, Prof Brian Stanley, and Prof Paul Foster. CWC-AIU will be represented by the Prof Mark Shaw, and members of the current PhD cohort.

Mini-Colloquium: The CWC PhD cohort members, Heglon Kitawi and Kyama Mugambi met on May 26th 2016 to discuss progress on their research projects. Also present at that meeting was Miriam Njoroge, a PhD candidate at the UoN department of religion.