Schedule
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Registration Desk Open Guided Tours of Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University | Mackay Student Center—Main Lounge |
| 10:40 a.m. | First Guided Tour | Departs from Mackay Student Center—Lobby |
| 11:00 a.m. | Second Guided Tour | Departs from Mackay Student Center—Lobby |
| 12:30–1:00 p.m. | Opening/Welcome/Orientation | Stuart Hall Room 6 |
| 1:00–2:15 p.m. | Gerald H. Anderson Lecture 1 Chair: Barreto, Raimundo (Brazil/USA) Vilaça, Aparecida (Brazil) || The Genesis Effect: Conversion and the Invention of Nature in Indigenous Amazonia | Stuart Hall Room 6 |
| 2:15–2:45 p.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in the Erdman Center and Library |
| 2:45–4:00 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 1 | |
| World Christianity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (I) Chair: Williams, Corey (Netherlands/USA) Macdonald, Fraser (New Zealand) || Devil in the Detail? The Religious Dimensions of Vaccine Resistance in Papua New Guinea Lee, Sun Yong (Korea/USA) || Politics of “Heresy” Under the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (South Africa) || A Retail Therapy Approach in the Sales of Anointed Products During Covid-19: Apostle Mohlala Ministries as a Case Study | Theron Room (Library) | |
| World Christianity and the History of Global Pandemics Chair: Koschorke, Klaus (Germany) Mohr, Adam (USA) || The West African Revival Begins: The 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Faith Tabernacle Congregation on the Guinea Coast Mathew, Dax (India/USA) || Death and Destitution in Deccan Region of Bombay Presidency: In Midst of Famine, Plague and Pandemic – American Marathi Mission Response to the Unfolding Catastrophe 1898 – 1918 Cornelio-Arias, Misael (Dominican Republic/USA) || Mission, Purpose, Hope, and Community Participation in the Proclamation of a Liberating Gospel in the Power of the Spirit in Times of Pandemics: A Latinex Perspective | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| The 21st-Century Environmental Crisis: Existential Threat or Opportunity for World Christianity? Chair: Law, Easten (USA) Rethinasamy, Johnson (India/USA) || The Message of Jesus Christ to a Population Traumatized by the Fears of a Collapsing Civilization Bitten, Hank (USA) || The Impact of Global Warming on the Human Experience Chapman, Sean (USA) || The Changing Dynamics of Congregational Ministry in Times of Crises Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti (Finland) || Christian Theology as Comparative Theology: A Methodological Proposal for World Christianities Studies | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Ecology and Sustainability Chair: Shirin, Andrey (USA/Russia) Delgado, Yenny (Peru/USA) || Christianity in Abya Yala: Motherland, Creation, and Sustainability Ma, Nok Yin (Hong Kong) || Eco-Spirituality and Sustainability: Applying the Universal Spirituality Framework in Understanding the Sustainable Practices of an Eco-Community Tettey, Michael Perry N.O. (Ghana) || The Misery of Breaking the Mystery: The Cry of the Environment and the Gods | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 4:00–4:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:30–6:00 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 2 | |
| Exhuming Cold War Christianity in Asia’s Hot Zones: Reconsidering the Politics, Power Dynamics, and Histories of Christians at War Chair: Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei (USA) Seat, Thomas (USA) || Christianity and U.S. Counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia Young, Richard (USA) || Cold Truth About Presbyterians and the Cold War in North Korea, October-December 1950 Haga, Kai Yin Allison (USA) || Crossing the 38th Parallel: The Path of American Missionaries from the Incheon Landing to Their Evacuation out of North Korea | Theron Room (Library) | |
| NO PAPER SESSIONS IN THIS ROOM DURING THIS TIME | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Christianity in the Face of Conflict, Violence, and Persecution (I) Chair: Farag, Mary (USA) Philip, Jose (India/USA) || When Blood is Shed: Identity, Violence, and the Privilege of Being Christian in India Today Gwatana, Israel (Nigeria/USA) || The God that Saves: Revisiting Christian Responses to Ethnoreligious Conflicts | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Women, Gender, and Resistance Chair: Thurston, Naomi (USA) Charwi, Mary Zacharia (Tanzania) || Theological Linguistics Manifestation of Kuria Culture: A Study of Nyumbantobhu Kwaramba, Joachim (Zimbabwe) || ”Ndadhinhiwa!” (I am fed up!): Gleaning for Power, Recognition and Liberty in an Economic War and Religious Instability in Zimbabwe Kobo, Fundiswa (South Africa) || A Cry for Life: Womanism and Fragmented Creation Haro Ruiz, Silvana Jacqueline (Ecuador) || Mapp Emancipación y Cuidado Intereligioso Desde Las Mujeres Urbanas en Espacios de Resistencia | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 6:00– 7:30 p.m. | Dinner Break (On Your Own) | |
| 7:30–8:45 p.m. | PLENARY I The Future of World Christianity Scholarship: Perspectives from Graduate Researchers Chair: Kim, Afia Sun (Korea/USA) Liu, Meng (China) Chrisna, David (Indonesia) Mathew, Dax (India/USA) Di Trolio Coakley, Stephen (Costa Rica / USA) van den Toren-Liefting, Marten (Netherlands) Smith, David (USA) Bland, Weston (USA) Crago, Morgan (USA) Yi, Aixin (China) | Theron Room (Library) |
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | PAPER SESSION 3 | |
| World Christianity and the Climate Crisis Chair: Wingeier-Rayo, Philip (USA) Eriksen, Stian Sørlie (Norway) || Not of This World? Global Neo-Pentecostal Responses to Climate Change and Ecological Crises Camara, Theodore (USA) || Pakistan’s Modern Flood Narrative: The Need for Climate Justice by Christians Worldwide Zurlo, Gina (USA) || World Christianity and the Climate Crisis: Mitigation, Adaption, and Resilience | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Missionaries, Alaska Natives, and Indian Boarding Schools Chair: Taylor, Mark (USA) Jacuk, Benjamin (USA) Edenshaw, Emily (USA) Shetler, Brian (USA) || The Sheldon Jackson Collection at Princeton Theological Seminary Miyagi, Ken (Japan/USA) || Orientalization for Alienation: Sheldon Jackson’s Racialization in His Mission in Alaska | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Migrants, Refugees, and Diaspora During the COVID-19 Pandemic Chair: Thinane, Jonas (South Africa) Varghese, Binu (USA) || Precarity of Life During the Pandemic: Caricaturing a New Diasporic Imaginary del Castillo, Fides (Philippines) || Laylayan Theology and the Lived Religion of Migrant Workers in Asia During the COVID-19 Pandemic Wijoyo, Hendrawan (Indonesia) || What Refugees Owe to Their Country: Virtue of Exit as Key Toward a More Empowering and Hospitable World | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Nigerian Churches’ Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Chair: Adelakun, Abimbola (Nigeria/USA) Omopo, Bimbo (Nigeria) || The COVID-19 Pandemic: How Church Leaders Maintained Close-Knit Church Communities in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Igboin, Benson Ohihon (Nigeria) || ‘A Critical Moment Calls for Decisive Judgment’: Poetics of Violent Prayers in Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria Rapheal, Ojo Joseph (Nigeria) || The ‘Street Ministry’: Assessing the Changing Role of African Pentecostal Churches in the Fight Against Covid-19 in Nigeria | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in the Erdman Center and Library |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Gerald H. Anderson Lecture 2 Chair: Young, Richard (USA) Longkumer, Arkotong (India/UK) || A View from the Hills: Christianity, Hindutva, and the Greater India Experiment | Stuart Hall Room 6 |
| 12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m. | Group Picture | Chapel Steps |
| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | Mackay Student Center Main Lounge |
| 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 4 | |
| M. Richard Shaull’s Legacy for World Christianity Chair: Barreto, Raimundo (Brazil/USA) Irvin, Dale (USA) De Matos, Marcus (Brazil/UK) || Christ and the Brazilian Revolutionary Process: Religion, Politics and Human Rights Rosa, Wanderley (Brazil) || Richard Shaull: Theology, Mission, and Revolution in Brazil | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Author Meets Critics: Powerful Devices: Prayer and the Political Praxis of Spiritual Warfare (Rutgers University Press, 2022) Chair: Adedibu, Babatunde (Nigeria) Adelakun, Abimbola (Nigeria/USA) Norton, Allison (USA) Parsitau, Damaris (Kenya) Apaah, Felicity (Ghana) Ogera, Okelloh (Kenya) Dodeye Williams (Nigeria) | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| World Christianity and Indigenous Experience. A Global History, 1500-2000 Chair: Chow, Christie Chui-Shan (USA) Lindenfeld, David (USA) Barnes, Andrew (USA) Carpenter, Joel (USA) Sharkey, Heather (USA) | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Christian Witness During the Pandemics Chair: Kennedy, Amelia (USA) Yang, Xiaoli (Australia) || Lived Poetics from ‘Down Under’ – A Contemplative Stance of Christian Witness During the Pandemic(s) Boamah, Kwaku (Ghana) || Pastoral Care and Pandemic: An Evaluation of Pastoral Letters and Their Applications During the Galen Plague and Covid-19 Pandemic | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 3:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in the Erdman Center and Library |
| 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 5 | |
| World Christianity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic II Chair: Tettey, Michael Perry (Ghana) Benyah, Francis (Ghana) || My Spirit Left My Body: Covid-19 Narratives, Trauma and Healing in Ghana Kihuha, Wanjiku (Kenya) || Unpacking Individualistic Spirituality in the Context of African Communal Living: The Case of Single Persons in Kiambu County, Kenya | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Interreligious Conflict, Engagement, and Dialogue Chair: Al Raheb, Tala (Palestine) Williams, Dodeye (Nigeria) || The Nigerian Interreligious Council (NIREC), Interfaith Dialogue and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria Oshiomogwe, Ignatius (Nigeria) || The Role of Islam and Christianity in Upholding the Norms of International Humanitarian Law in the Religious Conflict in Northeast Nigeria Daughrity, Dyron (USA) || I Refuse to Speak During this Session: Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Mapping Ecological and Environmental Theologies Chair: Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti (Finland) Aruan, Abel (Indonesia) || Mapping Contemporary Indonesian Ecotheologies Muriithi Ndereba, Kevin (Kenya) || Young and Environmentally Conscious: Mapping Environmental Theology among Kenyan Presbyterians Apaah, Felicity (Ghana) || Christ and Nature: Representing Indigenous Ghanaian Eco-Theological Narratives in Global Environmental Discourse de Araújo Santos, Lyndon (Brazil) and Santos, Márcia Regina (Brazil) || Map the Planet’s Eager Expectation: The Theo-Ecological and Evangelical Political Discourse on the Environmental Crisis in Post-Pandemic Brazil | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| War, Wound, and Healing: Interreligious Responses to the Coup and Crisis in Myanmar Chair: Hastings, Thomas (USA) Moe, David (Myanmar/USA) || Reading the Parable of the Good Samaritan in the Context of Myanmar Coup: The Ethics of Reconciliation, Healing, and Hospitality Cherry, Ngwa (Myanmar/USA) || Christian Responses to the Wound and Trauma in Myanmar Za Mang, Pum (Myanmar) || The Church in Contemporary Burma | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 6 | |
| Scrutinizing Evangelicalism and Nationalism: Case Studies from Brazil Chair: Barreto, Raimundo (Brazil/USA) de Almeida, Ronaldo (Brazil) || Denialism of Christian Far-Right in Brazil Witeze Junior, Geraldo (Brazil) || Conservative and Neoliberal Theology During Bolsonaro Administration: The Political Kit of Edições Vida Nova (New Life Editions) Lopes, Jr., Orivaldo (Brazil) || The Evangelical Churches in Brazil and the Environment: The Religious Influence on a Global Crisis | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Ecological Crisis from a World Christianity Perspective Chair: Van den Toren-Liefting, Marten (Netherlands) Lee, JooEun (Korea) || Ecologically Displaced People: Past, Present, and Future Role of the Church in an Eco-Diakonic Approach Williams, Corey (Netherlands/USA) || African Pentecostalism and Ecology: Reinventing Myths and Recapturing the Sacred in Nigeria Bangura, Joseph Bosco (Sierra Leone/Belgium) || The Fallen, Floods and Fires of Freetown: Interfaith Engagement with Environmental Disasters in Sierra Leone | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| The Sins of Extractivism and the Rights of Nature, a Cry from Latin America and the Caribbean Chair: Eriksen, Stian Sørlie (Norway) Alfaro, Eloy (Ecuador) || The Rights of Nature a Cry of Hope to Defend Mother Earth Garcia, Ana Paula (Mexican) || Extractivism Threatens the Future of Women, Girls, Boys and Teenagers Magaña, José Luis (Salvador) || A World Beyond Extractivism is Possible: The Resistance of the Peoples of Abya Yala in the Stage of Transnationalization of Dispossession, a Prophetic Voice in the Construction of a World that Puts a Dignified Life at the Center | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Sino-Christian Studies Chair: Law, Easten (USA) Thurston, Naomi (USA) || Political Theology of the Cross in China: Jürgen Moltmann Dialogues with Beijing’s Elites Liu, Meng (China) || Revelation Through Suffering: Chinese Christians During the Covid-19 Pandemic Li, Quan (China) || Permanent War, Transcendent Christ, and the Predicament of Chinese Public Theology: A Case Study of Liu Xiaofeng | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner Break (On Your Own) | |
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | PLENARY II Joel Carpenter and the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity Co-Chairs: Adogame, Afe (Nigeria/USA) & Arrington, Aminta (USA) Muller, Retief (South Africa/Norway) Tienou, Tite (USA) Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary (Ghana) Bowers-Du Toit, Nadine (South Africa) Asamoah-Gyadu, Kwabena (Ghana) Maclean-Farrell, Janice (USA) Parsitau, Damaris (Kenya) Williams, Corey (Netherlands/USA) Respondent: Joel Carpenter (USA) | Stuart Hall Room 6 |
| 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in Stuart Hall |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Gerald H. Anderson Lecture 3 Chair: Adogame, Afe (Nigeria/USA) Chitando, Ezra (Zimbabwe) || She Leads: African Women, War, Pandemics, and the Shaping of Scholarship on Christianity | Stuart Hall Room 6 |
| 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | Lunch | Mackay Student Center – Main Lounge |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 7 | |
| Politics, War, and Christianity in East Asia Chair: Young, Richard Fox (USA) Crilley, Rachel (USA) || Godly Pursuits; American Women’s Influence on War Politics in the Korean Peninsula During the Late 19th and 20th Century Mullins, Mark (USA) || Japanese Christians and Shinto Nationalism: Coming to Terms with a Wartime Past Song, Sangil (Korea) || Relief Activities by the Christian Korea Association of Voluntary Agencies (KAVA) During the Korean War | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Christianity in the Face of Conflict, Violence, and Persecution (II) Chair: Bland, Weston (USA) Rhakho, Husezo (India) || Repeal AFSPA: Guns and the Bible in India Matshobane, Mangaliso (South Africa) || The Role of the African Pentecostal-Charismatic Church in Sustainable Development Focusing on Safety and Security Wingeier-Rayo, Philip (USA) || Peace among Religions: Catholic-Protestant Conflict in Mexico | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Co-Existence on Shared Sacred Spaces in Nigeria: An Integrated Approach Chair: Igboin, Benson (Nigeria) Owoeye, Omotayo (Nigeria) || Unpacking Shared Sacred Spaces: A Space for Indigenous Knowledge Production in Nigeria Ogunoye, Oladimeji (Nigeria) || The Unifying Ocean: Templates of Religious Co-Existence on Nigeria’s Sea Shores Titus, Olusegun Stephen (Nigeria) || Sounding the Sea: Musical and Extra-Musical Sounds and Their Semiotics among the Alpha Beach Prayer Groups, Nigeria Osayomi, Tolulope (Nigeria) || Understanding the Spatiality of Religious Tolerance in Shared Sacred Spaces Ogunbiyi, Olatunde (Nigeria) || Sacred Natural Sites and Contemporary Value Changes in the Spirituality of Nigerian Indigenous Church Movement | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Global Church and the Post-Pandemic World Chair: Zurlo, Gina (USA) Kim, Afia Sun (Korea/USA) || Grand Opening: Thriving African Diaspora Communities in the Post-Pandemic Era in the United States Antwi Boasiako, Dorothy (Ghana) || Migrant Churches and Urban-Shaped Development in Post-Pandemic: The Case of The Church of Pentecost, Denmark Batan, Clarence and Dela Cruz, Jayson (Philippines) || Catechetical Engagements in the Philippine Catholic Church: Commitment, Crises, and Challenges | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 2:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in the Erdman Center and Library |
| 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 8 | |
| Mission, Colonialism, and Inculturation Chair: Mang, Pum Za (Myanmar) Chrisna, David (Indonesia) || Ajana Cacad: Colonialism, Epidemics, and Mission Rivalries in the History of Christianity in the Late 19th-Century Java Al Raheb, Tala (USA) || Peace Will Come Upon this Holy Land: Palestinian Christian Activism Against Colonialism Chu, Xiaobai (China) || Inculturating Christianity: The Catholic Paintings of Fu Jen University (1929-1949) | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Wars and Their Impact on Christianity Chair: Yang, Xiaoli (Australia) Akano, Kimberly (Nigeria/USA) || Go Ye Therefore…and Make Democracies of All Nations: African Students, U.S. Christianity, and the Cold War Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei (USA) || Lutheran Humanitarianism in Cold War Hong Kong Koschorke, Klaus (Germany) || World War I and the End of the Christianity-Civilization Model Bland, Weston (USA) || Coptic Orthodox Perspectives on a Decade of War: from the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia to the Aftermath of World War II | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa Chair: Mohr, Adam (USA) Thinane, Jonas (South Africa) || Xenophobia in South Africa: Alignment of Policy-Making with the Aim of the Missio Dei Bvuma, Mercy (South Africa) || Patriotism or Vigilantism? The Horrific Wave of Xenophobic Pandemics in South Africa: Towards an African Philosophy of Ubuntu Smith-Mather, Shelvis (USA) || I Don’t Want to Die in War -Lessons from South Sudan’s Liminal Spaces | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Theological Response in the Face of Crisis Chair: del Castillo, Fides (Philippines) Law, Easten (USA) || Theological Construction in the Impossible City: Emerging Hong Kong Theologians Working amid Crisis Sigamoney, Shakespeare (India) || A Dialogic Theology of World Christianity: A Missiological Reflection on the Global Refugee Phenomenon with Case Studies from Sri Lanka and Myanmar Rosario Rodríguez, Rubén (Puerto Rico) || Human Uniqueness, Divine Interrelationality, and the Hope of Ecofeminist Theology | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 4:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:45 p.m.–6:15 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 9 | |
| Land, Responsibility, and Decoloniality in Latin America Chair: Barreto, Raimundo (Brazil/USA) Ramsey, Ryan (USA) || A Personal Climate Change: Teresa Urrea’s Healing Efficacy Once Removed from Her Land Crago, Morgan (USA) || Shifting Conceptions of Social Engagement and the Meaning of Land among Brazilian Ecumenical Protestants, 1920s-1960s Di Trolio Coakley, Stephen (Costa Rica / USA) || El Bien Vivir como Estrategia Decolonial: Anibal Quijano as Resource for World Christianity | Theron Room (Library) | |
| World Christianity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (III) Chair: Bangura, Joseph Bosco (Sierra Leone/Belgium) DaSilva, Anaxsuell F (Brazil) || Denialism, Hate and Political Activism: The Face of Brazilian Christianity in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Ogera, Okelloh (Kenya) and Johnson, Andrew (USA) || Church Response to Covid in Kenya and Brazil van den Toren-Liefting, Marten (Netherlands) || Pray for the City, Because If It Prospers, You Too Will Prosper: The Public Presence of Latin American Pentecostal Communities in a Pandemic Stricken Madrid | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Interrogating Missions and Cultural Encounters Chair: Rhakho, Husezo (India) Capiberibe, Artionka (Brazil/Canada) || Reaching Souls, Liberating Lands: Cross-Cultural Evangelical Missions and Bolsonaro’s Government Murthy, Jayabalan (India/Germany) || Re-Reading First-World War History from German Christian Missionaries’ and Indian Revolutionaries’ Perspectives | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Indigenous Expressions of the Christian Faith Chair: Choi, Byung Ho (Korea/USA) Grant, Paul (USA) || The Lord of Hosts Against Asante: Invoking Divine Power in Late Precolonial Ghana Thomas, Akhil (India) || Hindu Forests and Christian Groves: Early Modern Indian Christianity and Climate Change Evans, Joseph (USA) and Nguyen, Ngoc (Vietnam) || The Virgin Mary as a Source of Strength, Comfort, and Hope for Asian Women: Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnam) and Our Lady of Health (Vailankanni, India) | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 6:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | Conference Banquet | Mackay Student Center—Dining Hall |
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | PAPER SESSION 10 | |
| Global South Megachurches and the World: An Analysis of the Findings from the Templeton Global South Megachurch Project Chair: Christian, Patricia (USA) Wadkins, Timothy (USA) || Otherworldly Pentecostalism and Misiόn Integral Face-off at Elim Mission International Church in El Salvador Ponniah, James (India) || Pentecostals and the Public Issues in India Adogame, Afe (Nigeria/USA) || Spiritual Economies, Civic Engagement, and the Modernity of African Megachurches Johnson, Andrew (USA) || The Future of the Megachurch in Post-Covid Brazil | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Politics, Church, and World Christianity Chair: Lindenfeld, David (USA) Saavedra, Joy Clarisse (USA) || Political Crisis and Philippine Identity: Implications for World Christianity Falcão Junior, Jorge William (Brazil) || The Theory of Natural Selection in Evangelical Newspapers: from Princeton to Missionary fields in Brazil and Chile (1859-1892) | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Church and War in Contemporary Europe Chair: Smith, David (USA) Smytsnyuk, Pavlo (Ukraine) || The Holy See and Ecumenical Patriarchate Confronting the War in Ukraine: Geopolitics, Social Ethics and Religious Peacebuilding Markevich, Alexey (Russia) || Challenge to the Russian Evangelical Church in the Midst of War Shirin, Andrey (Russia/USA) || The Impact of Putin’s Rule on the Russian Orthodox Church | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| Predicaments and Prospects of African Ecclesial Communalism amid the Covid-19 Pandemic Chair: Mugambi, Kyama (Kenya/USA) Kayeli, Edith (Kenya) || Brother’s/Sister’s Keeper in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: Communality and Accompaniment in Selected Christian Churches in Kenya Mugambi, Kyama (Kenya/USA) || Ethnography and World Christianity: A Case Study Exploring New Tools for a Dynamic Field of Study Ogera, Okelloh (Kenya) || Intersections of Communality and Pastoral Ministry in Urban African Ecclesiologies amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights, Innovations, and Implications Mwangi, Paul Nganga (Kenya) || Growing in Faith in Times of a Pandemic: A Case Study of Christ is the Answer Ministries Kihuha, Wanjiku (Kenya) || Daughter of Zion as an Expression of Ephesian Moment and the Global Connection of World Christianity: The Case of Daughter of Zion Greater Works Convention | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. | Break | Coffee/Tea Available in the Erdman Center and Library |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | PAPER SESSION 11 | |
| NO PAPER SESSIONS IN THIS ROOM DURING THIS TIME | Theron Room (Library) | |
| Performing Faith: Prayer, Politics, and the Pandemic in Nigerian Churches Chair: Apaah, Felicity (Ghana) Adelakun, Abimbola (Nigeria) || The Digital Turn: Prayer and the Future of Global Churching Adedibu, Babatunde (Nigeria) || From African Indigenous Church Movement to Pentecostalism: Faith and Global Pandemics Igboin, Benson (Nigeria) || “Violent Times Calls for Violent Prayers”: Nigerian Church Activities During Pandemic | Alumni Room (Library) | |
| Dialogues on Intercultural and Comparative Theology in an Era of Global Crises and Challenges Chair: Hastings, Thomas (USA) Anaya-Ghebrai, Lani (Mexico) and Katharina, Opalka (Germany) || “Struggle and Contemplation”: Youth-Driven, Spiritually Relevant Practices and Narratives for Activism in Crises Mahdevar, Saman (Iran) and Robinson, Matthew (USA) || Christian and Muslim Comparative Theology in Dialogue Jeong, Heekyung (South Korea) and Richter, Cornelia (Germany) || The Possibility of Reconciliation from a Position of Mediopassive Agency Ahialey-Mawusi Elorm, Nick (Togo) and Robinson, Matthew (USA) || On the Living and Writing-Down of New Theologies Between Identity and Belonging Smith, David B. (USA) || Is it Possible to Read Early Medieval Penitential Literature in Light of World Christianities? | Cooper Room (Erdman) | |
| NO PAPER SESSIONS IN THIS ROOM DURING THIS TIME | Clarke Room (Erdman) | |
| 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | Closing Session/Remarks | Theron Room—Library |
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