A group devoted to the study of Christianity in its global dimension, with particular reference to its non-European expressions. We are interested in historical, theological, anthropological, linguistic and gender approaches (among others).
Dima Hurlbut deposited “Gobert Edet and the Entry of the RLDS Church into Southeastern Nigeria, 1962-1966,” Journal of Mormon History 45, no. 4 (2019): 81-104. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 5 months, 2 weeks agoThis is an article published in the Journal of Mormon History 45, no. 4 (2019): 81-104.
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “LDS Materials for the Study of Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 5 months, 2 weeks agoThis is an article published in the International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310.
Alexander Chow started the topic CfP: Yale-Edinburgh 2020 in the discussion
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 7 months, 3 weeks agoOral, Print, and Digital Cultures in World Christianity and the History of Mission
New College, University of Edinburgh, 25–27 June 2020
Proposals due: March 6, 2020
Registration deadline: March 30, 2020
The next meeting of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on World Christianity and the History of Mission will take place in New College, University of E…[Read more]
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Dima Hurlbut started the topic CfP: IJAHS, Special Issue: Prophets and Prophecy in Postcolonial Africa in the discussion
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 10 months, 2 weeks agoCALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Special Issue: Prophets and Prophecy in Postcolonial AfricaGuest Editors:
Dima Hurlbut, Boston University
Andreana Prichard, University of OklahomaThis is a call for papers for a special issue of the International Journal of African Historical Studies (IJAHS), a p…[Read more]
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “Materials for the Study of Postcolonial Africa in the LDS Church History Library: Oral Histories,” Working Papers in African Studies, no. 270 (2018): 1-19. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 10 months, 2 weeks agoThis is working paper published by the African Studies Center at Boston University.
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “Materials for the Study of Postcolonial Africa in the LDS Church History Library: Manuscripts,” Working Papers in African Studies, no. 272 (2019): 1-18. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 10 months, 3 weeks agoThis is working paper published by the African Studies Center at Boston University.
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “The History of Christianity in Nigeria: A Bibliography of Secondary Literature,” Working Papers in African Studies, no. 269 (2017): 1-46. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 11 months, 3 weeks agoThis is a working paper published by the African Studies Center at Boston University.
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “LDS Materials for the Study of Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year agoThis is an article published in the International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310.
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Dima Hurlbut started the topic CfP: 2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History (August 7-8, 2020) in the discussion
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year ago2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History
BYU Salt Lake Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
August 7-8, 2020
This is a call for papers, panels, and discussants for the 2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History. Inspired by the success of the North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, the Rocky Mountain Workshop is designed to provide an…[Read more]
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Dima Hurlbut deposited Review of Devaka Premawardhana, Faith in Flux: Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018), African Studies Quarterly 18, no. 3 (May 2019): 91-93. in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year agoBook review published in African Studies Quarterly 18, no. 3 (May 2019): 91-93.
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Dima Hurlbut deposited Review of Andreana C. Prichard, Sisters in Spirit: Christianity, Affect, and Community Building in East Africa, 1860-1970 (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2017), H-Empire, H-Net Reviews (December 2018) in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month agoBook review published in H-Empire, H-Net Reviews.
Nathan Gibson deposited Inquiring of ‘Beelzebub’: Timothy and al-Jāḥiẓ on Christians in the ʿAbbāsid Legal System in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months agoThis study juxtaposes the concerns of Catholicos Timothy I (r. 780–823), leader of the Church of the East, with those of al-Jāḥiẓ (about 776–868/9), a popular Muslim writer, regarding the dangers for each community when Christians appear as plaintiffs or defendants in Islamic courts. Timothy’s Canons attempt to obviate some of the reasons…[Read more]
Wladimir Fischer-Nebmaier deposited Der heilige Sava in serbischen Diskursen. Eine kulturhistorische Annäherung, in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoEine kurze Geschichte der Heiligenverehrung rund um den wichtigsten serbisch-orthodoxen Heiligen. Dargestellt aus einer kultur-anthropologischen Perspektive und im Kontext der politischen Mythologien verschiedener Bewegungen serbischer Identitätsprojekte: vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, von dynastischer Kulturpropaganda bis zum…[Read more]
Victor Zorrilla deposited Consideraciones sobre la doctrina del derecho de guerra en José de Acosta in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoEn el marco de las controversias indianas del siglo XVI, la obra de José de Acosta (1540-1600) refleja una nueva actitud intelectual que, más que plantearse el problema de la legitimidad del dominio español en América o los modos moralmente aceptables de conseguirlo, se enfrenta a la necesidad de asumir los hechos consumados y orientar el fun…[Read more]
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Nathan Gibson deposited Biblia Arabica: An Update on the State of Research in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe aim of this contribution is to review some of the major areas of current research on the Arabic Bible, along with the factors and trends contributing to them. Also we present some of the tools that are currently under development in the Biblia Arabica team, Munich.
We provide here a very condensed survey of the transmission of traditions,…[Read more]
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Nathan Gibson deposited Modeling a Body of Literature in TEI: The New Handbook of Syriac Literature in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoThe New Handbook of Syriac Literature (NHSL) is a born-digital TEI-encoded reference work for the study of Syriac literature. The first volume, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica, was published by Syriaca.org in 2016 using a simple TEI schema to describe a single genre (hagiography) (Saint-Laurent et al. 2016; see also Saint-Laurent…[Read more]
Robert Wells deposited A Deep Description of Cross Pressured Christian Identity in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months agoAccording to Charles Taylor, faith in a secular age is cross-pressured; that is, it is contested by the presence of multiple accounts of belief and unbelief in contemporary Western culture. According to Taylor, these multiple accounts fragilize our own accounts of faith. This fragilization is what nurtures the conditions for believing today and…[Read more]
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Victor Zorrilla deposited Economía, riqueza y ética en Bartolomé de las Casas y José de Acosta (Economy, Wealth and Ethics in Bartolomé de las Casas and José de Acosta) in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe new economic realities that arose from the Spanish presence in America produced a lively debate as part of the Indian Controversies of the sixteenth century. Two important theoreticians, the Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566) and the Jesuit José de Acosta (1540-1600) differed from one another in important ways, but n…[Read more]
Paolo Aranha started the topic Journal of World Christianity in the discussion
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe “Journal of World Christianity” was relaunched last year with a special issue devoted to the Munich School of World Christianity.
The journal is now published by the Penn State University Press.
The current and previous issues can be accessed through JSTOR:
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Paolo Aranha deposited REVIEW: Giuseppe Marcocci, “L’invenzione di un impero. Politica e cultura nel mondo portoghese (1450-1600)”, (Rome: Cacucci, 2011) in the group
World Christianity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months agoReview of a book by Giuseppe Marcocci on politics and culture in the Portuguese Empire in the long 15th century.
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