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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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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
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 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
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...
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
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
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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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....
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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....
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...
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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
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