Centre for the Study of World Christianity

Centre for the Study of World Christianity Leading scholarship in World Christianity since 1982.

The Centre for the Study of World Christianity (formerly, the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World) exists to advance high-quality scholarship in Christianity as a polycentric faith whose adherents are now far more numerous in the majority world than in Europe or North America. It has the primary post-graduate focus of the School of Divinity’s keen interest in the history

and contemporary reality of Christianity as a world religion. We seek to make a distinctive contribution to scholarly knowledge in all areas of the study of world Christianity through interdisciplinary research, teaching and publication. More information on graduate study can be found on the University of Edinburgh website:

http://www.ed.ac.uk/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/postgraduate-study

This large effigy made of paper was built to be burnt during the Indian festival of Dussehra. The image comes from a ser...
05/06/2026

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)

We look forward to welcoming Prof Jean Kidula (University of Georgia) to deliver the on June 10th on the topic “‘This ...
25/05/2026

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

Ngoni Warrior, Nyasaland (now Malawi). This image is part of a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee l...
22/05/2026

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)

This undated and hand-tinted lantern slide of men carrying a traditional sedan chair was included in a set relating to t...
15/05/2026

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)

Congratulations Zihao He! Another Centre student has successfully passing their PhD exam. Thanks to Dr Lars Laaman (SOAS...
12/05/2026

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

Zihao’s PhD was on religion and violence among the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a 19th C Christianity-inspired group that led one of the bloodiest civil wars in human history.

This young boy was photographed around 1906 by missionaries of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenomination...
08/05/2026

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)

Our Keynote will be delivered by Professor Jean Kidula (University of Georgia) on “‘This time, I must sing’: African M...
05/05/2026

Our Keynote will be delivered by Professor Jean Kidula (University of Georgia) on “‘This time, I must sing’: African Missionizing and Christian Song”? 💒🪘

Don’t forget to register! Deadline if you need University accommodations is May 11th, and final deadline is May 27.

https://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/events/yale-edinburgh-2026/

✍🏼 Registration is open for ! Join us in Edinburgh, June 10th to 12th, to discuss “Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission.”

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yale-edinburgh-conference-2026-tickets-1982342422549

This Kikuyu woman was photographed in Kenya sometime between 1905 and 1940. Church of Scotland missionaries established ...
01/05/2026

This Kikuyu woman was photographed in Kenya sometime between 1905 and 1940. Church of Scotland missionaries established hospitals in Kikuyu in 1908, Tumutumu in 1909, and Chogoria in 1922. (CSWC47/LS7/11)

Centre Co-director Dr Alexander Chow delivered nine lectures as part of the Dr Timothy Lin Memorial Lecture Series at Ch...
24/04/2026

Centre Co-director Dr Alexander Chow delivered nine lectures as part of the Dr Timothy Lin Memorial Lecture Series at China Evangelical Seminary. The theme of the series was “Theology: Worldwide Faith Seeking Understanding.”

Northeast corner of the city wall and moat surrounding Mukden, Manchuria. (CSWC47/LS8/5)
24/04/2026

Northeast corner of the city wall and moat surrounding Mukden, Manchuria. (CSWC47/LS8/5)

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