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Overseas Ministries Study Center at Princeton Theological Seminary

OMSC@PTS is taking applications until Decmber 31 for our 2023–2024 residential study program in Princeton. For more information about this program for local and cross-cultural church leaders and scholars from the global south, see https://omsc.ptsem.edu/what-we-do/residential-program-overview/. There you will also find a link to the application. Though we do not offer full scholarships, we are able to… Overseas Ministries Study Center at Princeton Theological Seminary

Memorialising Colonisation

#ColonialImaginaryUniverse This statue of Captain Cook sits on ‘The Mall’ near the ‘Admiralty Arch’ adjacent to ‘Trafalgar Square’ looking down toward ‘Buckingham Palace’. It occupies, in other words, a key place in celebration of the naval dominance of the British Empire and with a literal direct link to the British crown.  The caption on the… Memorialising Colonisation

Mundane Symbols of Colonisation

Colonisation is structural but it is also a universe of images and expectations, an ‘imaginary’, mundane ways of seeing the world which continue to legitimise violence against the cultural and religious other as normative. #ColonialImaginaryUniverse

Hearing the World Christian Voice

When reading on world Christianity as a formal academic discourse, most of the material popularised and cited is that published by western imprints. No doubt, these texts contain good material, including primary research, and should be read more widely than currently the case. However, in order to publish in these presses the material needs to… Hearing the World Christian Voice

Wānanga Symposium, 2023

16-18th November, 2023 https://www.laidlaw.ac.nz/events/w%C4%81nanga-symposium/ We would like to invite you to join us for this Wananga Symposium, where we will explore Christianity, the Māori world and Colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand. This symposium, featuring leading international and New Zealand scholars, will consider the interactions between Christianity, te ao Māori and colonization in Aotearoa New Zealand.… Wānanga Symposium, 2023

Māori Theologies

The image is of the main altar in St. Joseph’s Church, Hiruharama (Jerusalem), Whanganui River, New Zealand. Photo taken by Robert Thomson. It is part of the “Hehu Karaiti: Jesus Christ of the Māori” blog post on The Jesus Question. Anderson, Jean. “Redeeming the Redeemer Representations of an Indigenous Christ in James K. Baxter’s ‘The… Māori Theologies

Indigenous Theologies

The image is the offical 2022 National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) poster for NAIDOC Week. From the website: “National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander… Indigenous Theologies

Asian Christologies

The image is “Meredakan Angin Ribut (Calm The Storm)” by Ketut Lasia (Bali) Alangaram, A. Christ of the Asian Peoples: Towards an Asian Contextual Christology: Based on the Documents of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2001. Amaladoss, Michael. The Asian Jesus. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2006. Asis, Michael Demetrius H. “Toward A… Asian Christologies