By Stephen Di Trolio edited and written with materials provided by Dianne and Richard Darr of MKSN “I am Abraham’s daughter, sacrificed on the altar of missions, harmed in ways that loathe to be healed…It was God’s desire and design that we die, that we suffer, that we give ourselves to the mission for […]
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By Stephen Di Trolio edited and written with materials provided by Dianne and Richard Darr of MKSN While much of the literature of mission history has centered around the significant work of missionaries across the globe and in different eras, there have been recent revelations of a sinister side of missionary activity, namely the
By Stephen Di Trolio Stephen Di Trolio is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History and Ecumenics at Princeton Theological Seminary, specializing in “Religion in the Americas.” Stephen was born in Costa Rica and grew up in Argentina, where he returned after graduating from university in the United States. He is writing his
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By Younghwa Kim Younghwa Kim is a Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies at Emory University’s Laney Graduate School, specializing in World Christianity. His primary research interests focus on the history of Korean Christianity and the broader field of Asian religious history, particularly within transnational contexts. His current project investigates how Korean women shaped their religious
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By Emmanuel Ojeifo Emmanuel Ojeifo is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He also serves as the graduate coordinator of the Integral Ecology Working Group at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Emmanuel has research interests in land, ecological, and agrarian questions, eco-martyrdom, and integral development in
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By Stephen Kapinde Stephen Kapinde is a Religion and Public Life Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Pwani University, Kenya. He is also an associate lecturer in religion and global politics at the University of London Worldwide, UK. Dr. Kapinde holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Basel, Switzerland,
By Fides Del Castillo Fides del Castillo is the Associate Dean of the School of Innovation and Sustainability at De La Salle University. She developed Laylayan Theology, which theologizes a Filipino cultural concept that has been appropriated to privilege and brings to the fore the voices of people from the margins. Dr. del Castillo has
By Jonathan James O. Cañete Jonathan James O. Cañete is a doctoral candidate in Applied Theology with a specialization in Religious Education at De La Salle University. His academic training and research interests include theology, religious education, and social theory, with a particular emphasis on interfaith dialogue and values education. He has written for The
By Stephen Di Trolio The Occasional dedicates this special article to the life and memory of Robert “Bob” Eric Frykenberg, who had a deep impact on the formation and shaping of scholarship from missions history to world Christianity. Over the last few days, many friends and colleagues have shared memories of their time with Bob
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by Gina Zurlo, Ph.D. – Visiting Lecturer on World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Editor of the World Christian Database This post is part of The Occasional’s “Numbers and Trends” series, dedicated to sharing work, analysis, and perspectives from our friends and partners at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity based at
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