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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 […]

By Stephen Di Trolio Last week we featured the traditions and memories of staff and resident scholars with OMSC. This week, we continue by sharing Christmas traditions from Ghana, Nigeria, and the Philippines from resident scholars and participants of the Online Certificate Programs. These are stories that help us not only think of the global nature of

By Stephen Di Trolio One of the beauties of the Christmas season is a season of celebration. A time to rejoice at the good news to “…not be afraid…[that there is] good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David

By Paul Mark Andres Paul Mark ‘Mohammed Amir’ Andres, LPT, is a graduate of Islamic studies from the Institute of Islamic Studies, UP Diliman, University of the Philippines Diliman. He has completed units of a PhD in Applied Theology with a specialization in Religious Education, a Master’s in Applied Theology with a specialization in Religious

By David Dwi Chrisna David Dwi Chrisna is a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies at Baylor University, with a focus on the historical study of world Christianity. His academic training and research interests include world Christianity, mission history, and interfaith studies, with a particular emphasis on the history of Christian-Muslim relations. He is currently engaged

By Ryan Ramsey Ryan Ramsey (PhD, Baylor University) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History and World Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. His research in the Americas intersects decoloniality, popular theological development, historiography, and interreligious engagement. With Anna Wells, he is co-editor of The Five Distinctives of World Christianity:

By Anna Redhair Wells Anna Redhair Wells received her PhD from the Religion Department at Baylor University. Through the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, she is a postdoctoral fellow at Central Seminary. Her research examines the representation of gender in saints’ lives in medieval Ethiopia and Europe. With Ryan Ramsey, she is co-editor

By Nadia Andrilenas Nadia Andrilenas is a PhD student in the Department of Religion in Historical Studies at Baylor University. Her research examines women’s experiences in Christianity, especially in East and Southeast Asia, and draws from World Christianity methodologies. Her dissertation will explore how Vietnamese and Christian and Missionary Alliance missionary women shaped early Vietnamese

By Matthew Krabill, The Sanneh Institute, Academic Programs Coordinator Dr. Matthew Krabill was born and raised in southern Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa. He obtained a PhD from Fuller Seminary, where his research focused on African migration, religious identity, and ecclesiology within Mennonite Church USA. Dr. Krabill’s dissertation will be published in Brill’s Theology and