iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 14h

These two men, identified as 'Alfred' and 'Enoch', assisted in the dispensary run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Ama Achara, Nigeria. They were photographed around July 1929. (CSWC20/1/7/2/1) #PhotoFriday

020

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#YaleEdin2027 will be held in Kenya on the theme “Economies, Power, and Mission in World Christianity.” We are grateful for colleagues in Nairobi who have begun preparing for the conference and look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2026/09/fort...

cswc.div.ed.ac.uk

Forthcoming Yale-Edinburgh 2027

We are pleased to share the Yale-Edinburgh Conference theme and dates below. We are grateful to our colleagues in Nairobi who have begun preparing for the conference and look forward to seeing as m…

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This hand-tinted slide shows Chinese pilgrims outside the entrance arch to a Chinese temple or holy site sometime around 1905 to 1914. (CSWC47/LS1/8) #PhotoFriday

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

These girls from a mission school in Jammu, India, demonstrate their embroidery skills. (CSWC47/LS10/50) #photofriday

021

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Jamaican boys learning to make string from sisal fibre. The image comes from a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Jamaica. (CSWC47/LS11/48) #PhotoFriday

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This woman is grinding corn using a stone wheel, China, ca. 1905-1914. The courtyard appears to be decorated for the spring festival. (CSWC47/LS1/5) #PhotoFriday

031

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Congratulations to Centre alumnus @aganaagana.bsky.social for his upcoming post at Harvard Divinity School looking at AI and religion!

021

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Missionaries from the Regions Beyond Missionary Union identified this child as a 'boy priest' in Siwan, India, around 1906. (CSWC33/OS14/29) #PhotoFriday

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hezekiya Tweya and Walter Elmslie photographed after Tweya's ordination at Bandawe in present-day Malawi, 18 May 1914. (CSWC47/LS3/1/54) #PhotoFriday

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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

020

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

'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

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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...

youtube.com

Your browser is up to date

You can use YouTube's latest features!

032

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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

011

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📢 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...

000

Reposted by World Christianity

Dr Calida Chu @calidachu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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

Chinese Christian posters and Muslim engagements.

021

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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

031

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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!

032

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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

010

Reposted by World Christianity

Langham Publishing @langhampub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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

011

Reposted by World Christianity

Dr Calida Chu @calidachu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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

021

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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! 🎶🎵

033

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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.

052

Reposted by World Christianity

Dr Calida Chu @calidachu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

Rhythm for boarder implication for world Christianity

031

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 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) #PhotoFriday

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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

042

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 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) #PhotoFriday

022

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 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) #PhotoFriday

020

Reposted by World Christianity

Alexander Chow @alexanderchow.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

152

Reposted by World Christianity

Theology in Scotland @theoscot.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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...

Inside the Edinburgh Informatics Forum, Prof. Wild-Wood (left) and Prof. Fredriksen (right).

011

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 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) #PhotoFriday

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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

011

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 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) #PhotoFriday

010

Reposted by World Christianity

School of Divinity @uoedivinity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Dr Alexander Chow recently delivered the Dr Timothy Lin Memorial Lecture at China Evangelical Seminary 🧑‍🏫 You can watch all nine lectures from his series alongside the roundtable discussion and Q&A session on their YouTube channel now 🎥👇 edin.ac/4w2YAIr

Colour head and shoulders photo of Dr Alexander Chow

063

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

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

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Books by two of our own—Professors Brian Stanley and Andrew Walls—are recognised as among the ten most outstanding books in the field! Congratulations!! #WorldChristianity #missionstudies doi.org/10.1177/2396...

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This class of Igbo women was photographed on a Church of Scotland mission station in Nigeria, ca. 1930-1940. (CSWC47/LS9/27) #PhotoFriday

000

Reposted by World Christianity

Alexander Chow @alexanderchow.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Final @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social reading group discussion over the “excluded middle” over pints. 🍻 #WorldChristianity

072

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Our very own Emeritus Professor Brian Stanley will be awarded a Doctorate of Divinity from the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge in July 2026. What a wonderful recognition—congratulations!! 🎉

140

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Inside a Buddhist Temple, China. From a collection of slides relating to Dugald Christie, who went to Manchuria with his wife in 1882 to work as a medical missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. He retired in 1923 and died in 1936. (CSWC47/LS8/36) #PhotoFriday

000

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

✍🏼 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...

044

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Black and white lantern slide showing a road from the town of Motihari in Bihar, northeast India, to the Regions Beyond Missionary Union's mission station opened in 1900. (CSWC33/OS14/2) #PhotoFriday

010

World Christianity @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Our final seminar of the term will include two visiting scholars who have been researching Scottish #MissionHistory to India and China, John Carter (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA) and Liza Qiu (Trinity Theological College, Singapore). #WorldChristianity

000