These missionary nurses and toddler pose in Peru about 1947. The woman in the foreground may be Jessie L Norton. In the background is Annie G Soper, who founded the Peruvian Indian Mission in 1930. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday

Four men and a sedan chair, China, ca. 1905-1914. This slide comes from a collection held by the Church of Scotland and was created by Charles Somerville, a medical missionary who worked for the London Missionary Society in Hankou from 1904 to 1914. (CSWC47/LS1/52) #PhotoFriday

These boys are gathered in front of a school in Chanpatia, Bihar, India in 1914. The Regions Beyond Missionary Union opened Chanpatia as a mission district in 1905. (CSWC33/OS14/62) #PhotoFriday

'You are the salt of the earth' (Matt. 5:13). This woman is preparing salt near Okposi, Calabar, Nigeria, ca. 1930-1940. Okposi is the site of a saltwater lake, where salt production has been an important activity since the area was first inhabited. (CSWC47/LS9/43) #PhotoFriday

This church in Mukden (present-day Shenyang) exhibits the indigenisation of Christianity in its use of both Western and Chinese architectural elements. (CSWC47/LS8/31) #PhotoFriday

Men and women at a fair (or 'mela') in the village of Thawe, in Gopalganj, Bihar, India. The Durga Temple there is a major Hindu pilgrimage site. The photograph was taken in 1905 by Alexander Banks of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. (CSCNWW33/OS14/47) #PhotoFriday

Catch the recording of Professor Jean Kidula's 2026 Alexander Duff Lecture, entitled: “This time, I must sing: African Missionizing and Christian Song.” #WorldChristianity #DuffLecture #YaleEdin2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISMA...

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This map shows the Church of Scotland's missions in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula circa 1880 and includes an insert of Scotland drawn to the same scale. The slide was meant to show audiences the enormity of the Kirk's undertaking and garner support. (CSWC47/LS2/1) #PhotoFriday

Wrote this a couple of years ago now during a winterlude and it set up much of the pathway for the project I'm working on at Durham. Pleased to see it finally out in CSWC by @edinburghup.bsky.social : doi.org/10.3366/swc.... @durhamtheology.bsky.social

Three Texts, to Restore and to Return: Centring Refusal in Indigenous Thinking | Studies in World Christianity

This essay builds on other work in political theological circles that seeks to understand what refusal means for our political and practical theologies, by exploring three pieces of writing by contemp...

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Have a read of reflections on Yale-Edinburgh 2026 written by Centre PhD student Kpanie Addy, SJ. ☺️ #YaleEdin2026 www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2026/06/refl...

Reflections on Yale-Edinburgh 2026

This was written by our Centre PhD student, Kpanie Addy, SJ. Professor Emma Wild-Wood (Centre Co-Director) and Professor Jeremy Carette (Head of School) welcoming delegates to Yale-Edinburgh 2026. …

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📢 Just out! Special issue of Studies in World Christianity on “Indigenous Theologies: Relationality and Lived Cosmologies on Land and Sea.” #WorldChristianity #IndigenousTheology www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2026/06/stud...

A very colourful start of our hybrid meeting on Chinese Christian posters and its engagement with Muslims by Emily Leigh-Pemberton. #YaleEdin2026

Group photo from #YaleEdin2026, on “Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission.”

The final Day 3 of #YaleEdin2026 began with a Nairobi panel, then paper panels, and a concluding session reflecting on the conference and planning for #YaleEdin2027!

This street scene juxtaposing traditional Chinese buildings and clothing with automobiles and telephone lines in Beijing was captured around 1905 to 1914. The slide is part of a collection generated by the medical missionary Charles Somerville. (CSWC47/LS1/13) #PhotoFriday

Our team always enjoys attending the Yale-Edinburgh conference at the Centre for the Study of World Christianity! If you're around this week, we have a range of books on missiology, diasporas, and some of our latest publications so make sure to stop by. Hope to see you there! #yaleedin2026

Another very engaging presentation with Sigamoney Shakespeare about Dalit music #YaleEdin2026

We had a full Day 2 of #YaleEdin2026, which started with a CUHK plenary panel, parallel paper panels, a “Meet the Publishers” panel, and a sing-a-long led by Professor Jean Kidula and Professor Kyama Mugambi! 🎶🎵

It has been wonderful welcoming delegates to Day 1 of #YaleEdin2026 . We were also pleased to end the night with a #DuffLecture from the ethnomusicologist Professor Jean Kidula.

Much enjoyed this presentation by Cedric Mouzou on rhythm as meaning making in the Togolese Christian community and worship. 🎵🎶 #YaleEdin2026

Congratulations to Christina Li for passing her viva on Hong Kong Christianity!! Thanks to Drs Marina Wang and Felicity Loughlin for examining her work!

Looking forward to welcoming delegates to #YaleEdin2026 later this week! www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/events/yale-...

This large effigy made of paper was built to be burnt during the Indian festival of Dussehra. The image comes from a series of slides relating to Jammu City, where a Scottish mission station was founded in the late 19th/early 20th century. (CSWC47/LS10/41) #PhotoFriday

We look forward to welcoming Prof Jean Kidula (University of Georgia) to deliver the #DuffLecture2026 on June 10th on the topic “‘This time, I must sing’: African Missionizing and Christian Song.” edin.ac/4a62OFw #WorldChristianity #Mission #Ethnomusicology

Ngoni Warrior, Nyasaland (now Malawi). This image is part of a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone. (CSWC47/LS16/48) #PhotoFriday

This undated and hand-tinted lantern slide of men carrying a traditional sedan chair was included in a set relating to the Scottish medical missionary Dugald Christie, who worked in China between 1882 and 1923. (CSWC47/LS8/23) #PhotoFriday

Congratulations Zihao He! Another @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social student has successfully passing their PhD exam. Thanks to Dr Lars Laaman (SOAS) and Luke Li for serving as examiners.

Another fascinating #Gifford2026 lecture; the next lecture’s title is ‘From Jesus to Christ.’ Also, great to have Prof Emma Wild-Wood from @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social introducing the event. #GiffordLectures ed.ac.uk/events/lectu...

This young boy was photographed around 1906 by missionaries of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal. (CSWC33/OS14/12) #PhotoFriday

Our Keynote #DuffLecture will be delivered by Prof Jean Kidula (University of Georgia) on the topic “‘This time, I must sing’: African Missionizing and Christian Song”? 💒🪘 Don’t forget to register! Deadline if you need University accommodations is May 11, and final deadline is May 27. #YaleEdin2026

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✍🏼 Registration is open for #YaleEdin2026! Join us in Edinburgh, June 10th to 12th, to discuss “Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission.” #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yale-edinb...