DABOH Sessions, Toronto 2012

DABOH Programme

Co-chairs:

  • Marek Rostkowski, OMI, Director of the Library of Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome
  • Michael Poon, Director and Asian Christianity Research Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Session 1:  09:45-10:45
Documenting the Marginalised (1)

  • Missiology in Eastern Europe - Wojciech Kluj, University Cardinal Wyszynski of Warsaw, Poland
  • Documenting the Local Church Outreach to the Marginalized in the People’s Republic of China - Jean Paul Wiest, Beijing Centre for Chinese Studies, PRC

Session 2: 11:15-12:15
Documenting the Marginalised (2):

  • Elisha Ilene Ogunfeyimi, 1901- 1996: The Story of the Migration of an African King-Priest and the Founding of Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Zion, Nigeria - Samson Adetunji Fatokum, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Belgian Gospel Mission - Aaldert Prins, EVADOC, Protestants-Evangelisch Archief- en Documentatiecentrum, Belgium
  • Digital Media, Dislocation, Documentation and the Study of Mission - John Roxborogh, Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore

Session 3: 16:30-18:00
DABOH Open Forum: Structural Problems in Mission Studies after Twenty Years

Speaker: Andrew F. Walls (Founding chair of DAB/DABOH; Professor of the History of Missions, Liverpool Hope University; Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh; and Research Professor at Africa International University Center for World Christianity, Nairobi)
Respondent: Marek Rostkowski

Friday, 17 August 2012

Session 4: 09:00-12:00: Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism Project

Presenter and facilitator: Dietrich Werner, Programme Coordinator of the Programme on Ecumenical Theological Education at the World Council of Churches

Session 5: 14:00-17:00: DABOH Matters

Facilitators: Michael Poon and Marek Rostkowski
1. From Balaton to Toronto and beyond
2. DABOH Book Project
3. Preparation for the International Congress 2014 in Europe

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Session 6: 09:45-10:45
Developing Mission Studies as a Thick Discipline

  • The Contribution of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate [OMI] in the Beginning and Development of the Missionary Bibliography - Marek A. Rostkowski, Biblioteca della Pontificia Università Urbaniana, Vatican
  • Documentation Projects Relating to Church Developments in Ghana - Korklu A Laryea, University of Cape Coast Library, Ghana
  • Bridging the Gap: The Role of Libraries and Archives in Mission Studies - Ephraim Mudave, Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya

Session 7: 11:15-12:15
Historiology and Documentation

  • Embracing the Brother to Representing the Other: The Salvation Army’s Promotion of Foreign Missions in Victorian London - Andrew M. Eason, Booth University College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • The Malvinas (Falklands) and Argentina: a hidden story within a long history of conflict - Mariel Deluca Voth, Bethel Seminary, San Diego, CA, USA
  • The Rise of Pacific Rim Christianity: Prospects for the Study of World Christianity - Michael Nai-Chiu Poon, Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore

Session 8: 14:30-16:00

DABOH Open Forum: The Traces of Transitus Domini in Human History

Speaker: Dom Michael Zielinski (Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church)
Respondent: Michael Poon