Black and white lantern slide of street barbers, Canton, China, c. 1905-14. The long queue, or braid, of the man on the left suggests the image is from before 1912, after which the style was considered outmoded or a sign of support for the old regime. (CSWC47/LS1/57) #PhotoFriday

My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong

We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldous’s piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social

Doug Liao’s article focuses on the Prachaniyom (‘Popular’) Version of the Bible in Thai, which adopted the translation principle of dynamic equivalence — but ultimately failed to receive the popular embrace that its name promised. #bibletranslation 6/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

@calidachu.bsky.social’s article looks at how Contemporary Christian Music was used in the protests of the 2010s in Hong Kong, and demonstrates the ways that music represents a grassroots theology of lament. #CCM #HongKongeseChristianity #grassrootstheology 5/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
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The second article, written by Soojin Chung, looks at the relationship between the contemporary discourse of World Christianity, and the American academic developments of #EthnicStudies and the Third World Liberation Front. 3/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Kenneth Ross and Angus Crichton points to inequalities in scholarly publications heavily dependent on research conducted on, about and within the Global South, but often published at cost-prohibitive outlets in the Global North. #NoPaywall #OpenAccess 2/6 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Just out—𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. 1/6 @edinburghup.bsky.social www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/studies-in-w...

I first presented this paper on city #lament, #CCM and a grassroots theology at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Glad that this has now been published while I am a staff here, and at @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social
journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests
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A group of women carrying bundles on their heads can be seen in the distance in this tinted slide of a path through the Okoyong forest, Calabar (Nigeria). The Scottish Missionary Mary Slessor visited the Okoyong forest people in June 1888. (CSWC47/LS2/24) #PhotoFriday

Jamaican Bush Hut, Jamaica, ca.1875-ca.1940. The Scottish Missionary Society sent missionaries to Jamaica in 1800. Two of the three died within weeks of arrival and a second group travelled to Jamaica in 1824 to instruct slaves on local plantations. (CSWC47/LS11/38) #PhotoFriday

Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2025/10/yale...