Category: World Christianity

Lectures on Global Pentecostalism and Key Concepts in World Christianity: Insights from Professors Mark Shaw and Dr. Kyama Mugambi

January 28, 2025

Over the past two weeks, from January 13th to 24th, a series of lectures were delivered by Professor Mark Shaw from Africa International University and guest lecturer Dr. Kyama Mugambi from Yale University. ​ During the first week, four students participated in a seminar on Pentecostalism, co-taught by the two lecturers. ​ In the second … More Lectures on Global Pentecostalism and Key Concepts in World Christianity: Insights from Professors Mark Shaw and Dr. Kyama Mugambi

New Book – World Christianity in History and in Culture

August 17, 2024

“Woven together like finely crafted fabric, world Christianity, history, and culture are always tightly interlaced. Historians realise that all Christians exist in a dynamic web of cultural and historical factors. There is a constant and perpetual interplay between Christianity, history, and culture that illuminates everything else around. This Special Issue of Religions probes the vast and colourful … More New Book – World Christianity in History and in Culture

New Book Released – Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)

August 6, 2024

Reviewed by Mark Shaw An important new book in World Christianity studies is Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century), edited by Klaus Karschorke and others . The numerous case study make the point that world Christianity as we know it today with the famous shift from north to south also … More New Book Released – Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)