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𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 leading research in #WorldChristianity since 1982 • @UoEDivinity.bsky.social, @Edinburgh-Uni.bsky.social.
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📢 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...
It's the ninth day of Christmas! Patients at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in Nigeria wear some of their Christmas presents in this photo from 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/123) #PhotoFriday
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
It's the ninth day of Christmas! Patients at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in Nigeria wear some of their Christmas presents in this photo from 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/123) #PhotoFriday
Father Christmas attends the Christmas festivities at the Methodist Missionary Society station at Ama Achara in present-day Nigeria in 1934. This image is from an album created by Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara hospital from 1921 to 1944. (CSWC20/1/1/30) #PhotoFriday
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Father Christmas attends the Christmas festivities at the Methodist Missionary Society station at Ama Achara in present-day Nigeria in 1934. This image is from an album created by Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara hospital from 1921 to 1944. (CSWC20/1/1/30) #PhotoFriday
Congratulations to Centre alumna Esther Mombo, the upcoming Vice Chancellor of St. Paul's University-Kenya!
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Congratulations to Centre alumna Esther Mombo, the upcoming Vice Chancellor of St. Paul's University-Kenya!
Barrel race participants take their places on the starting line at the Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, circa 1927 to 1937. (CSWC20/1/1/120) #PhotoFriday
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Barrel race participants take their places on the starting line at the Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, circa 1927 to 1937. (CSWC20/1/1/120) #PhotoFriday
Christmas greetings from the Congo, 1929. This image comes from a collection of lantern slides from the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. (CSWC33/OS12/19) #PhotoFriday
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Christmas greetings from the Congo, 1929. This image comes from a collection of lantern slides from the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. (CSWC33/OS12/19) #PhotoFriday
A few of us lifted a glass together ahead of the Christmas holidays! 🍻
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A few of us lifted a glass together ahead of the Christmas holidays! 🍻
A Christmas photo from the albums of Emily Godfrey, the matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria. This is the men's ward decorated for the holiday in 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/117) #PhotoFriday
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A Christmas photo from the albums of Emily Godfrey, the matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria. This is the men's ward decorated for the holiday in 1932. (CSWC20/1/1/117) #PhotoFriday
The Peruvian Inland Mission ran this orphanage, pictured in about 1947. The evangelical mission was started in 1930 by Annie G Soper and was administered by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1948. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Peruvian Inland Mission ran this orphanage, pictured in about 1947. The evangelical mission was started in 1930 by Annie G Soper and was administered by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1948. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday
This slide's caption reads 'High caste women in zenana at Harkua village in Gopalganj'. The zenana was reserved for women and were sometimes visited by the wives of male missionaries, who were not allowed to enter. (CSWC33/OS14) #PhotoFriday
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This slide's caption reads 'High caste women in zenana at Harkua village in Gopalganj'. The zenana was reserved for women and were sometimes visited by the wives of male missionaries, who were not allowed to enter. (CSWC33/OS14) #PhotoFriday
This slide from the Congo Balolo Mission shows the port of Conakry on Tombo Island, now in Guinea, ca. 1920-1930. Men in flat-bottomed boats can be seen over the harbour wall as three other men (possibly missionaries) are winched up to the harbour. (CSWC33/OS12/43) #PhotoFriday
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This slide from the Congo Balolo Mission shows the port of Conakry on Tombo Island, now in Guinea, ca. 1920-1930. Men in flat-bottomed boats can be seen over the harbour wall as three other men (possibly missionaries) are winched up to the harbour. (CSWC33/OS12/43) #PhotoFriday
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
A collection from the interdenominational Regions Beyond Missionary Union gives us this image titled 'Walking in the street, India, ca. 1930'. (CSWC33/OS16/67) #PhotoFriday
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A collection from the interdenominational Regions Beyond Missionary Union gives us this image titled 'Walking in the street, India, ca. 1930'. (CSWC33/OS16/67) #PhotoFriday
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
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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
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My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong
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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October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
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
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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
📢 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...
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢 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...
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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
doi.org/10.3366/swc....
journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests
doi.org/10.3366/swc....
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
doi.org/10.3366/swc....
journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests
doi.org/10.3366/swc....
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
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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...
Yale-Edinburgh 2026 – Call for Papers
Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission10–12 June 2026 ‧ New College, University of Edinburgh ‧ #YaleEdin2026Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Ch…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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...