Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide

12/02/2026

Prof. Dana L. Robert will be coming to give this year’s CCCW Day Lecture on the subject: ‘The Challenges of Sacred Charters for World Christianity’.

Join us in person or online Tuesday 17 February 2026.

For more details, follow the link below.

'The Challenges of Sacred Charters for World Christianity' Prof Dana L. Robert, Centre for Global Christianity and Mission, Boston University Tuesday 17

25/09/2025

Our Henry Martyn Day lecture is coming up soon on Thursday 16 October 2025, 1600–1730pm BST! Do join us in person or online.

Thursday 16 October 2025, 1600–1730pm BST, Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge & Online Professor Klaus Koschorke, University of

11/09/2025

Join us in the abbey at 6:30pm on Wednesday 17 September as Professor Sathianathan Clarke gives the annual Charles Gore lecture.

He'll be reflecting on Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion, and you can book your place (free) at: www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/lectures-and-talks/2025/september/charles-gore-seminar-2025-september

08/05/2025

Upcoming Seminar on missionary periodicals in Britain and the South Pacific, 1793-1820.

Speaker: Dr Kate Tilson, University of Cambridge.

Speaker:Dr Kate TilsonUniversity of Cambridge Tuesday 27 May 2025, 4.00–5.30pm BSTFaculty of Divinity, West Road & Online Abstract In the London

05/05/2025

Come join us for our Seminar today Tuesday 6 May!

Join us for our latest Seminar! Tuesday 6 May 2025, 3.30–5pm BSTFaculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge,and online Speaker:Professor Uta Balbier,

25/04/2025

Bishop Graham Kings, Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely and Research Associate of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, joins us to d...

23/04/2025

Join us for the launch of this inspiring biography of Elizabeth Glendinning Kirkwood Hewat (1895-1968), a remarkable writer of Christian history, missionary, and trailblazer from western Scotland. We look forward to celebrating her legacy with you!
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elizabeth-hewat-historian-missionary-mould-breaker-by-ian-randall-tickets-1318432289469?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1%2A1dfw2h8%2A_up%2AMQ..%2A_ga%2AMjA3NDQ4Nzc5MS4xNzQ0MjA5MTc2%2A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%2AMTc0NDIwOTE3NS4xLjAuMTc0NDIwOTE3NS4wLjAuMA..

16/04/2025

https://www.cccw.cam.ac.uk/all-things-are-possible-pentecostalism-and-the-uncontrollability-of-the-world/

Come and hear Prof Michael Wilkinson speak on Pentecostalism in the US, Trump and US politics in our upcoming Seminar!

Why is Paula White and Charismatic Christianity attractive to Trump? How has Pentecostalism inAmerica come to be aligned with MAGA and supported by a

05/03/2025

📢 Upcoming Seminar: World Christianity in Indo-Myanmar – Culture, Conflict, and Christ

Join us for a fascinating talk by Prof. Atola Longkumer, who will explore the interplay between Christianity and Indigenous traditions in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands. Drawing on historical and contemporary perspectives, this seminar will reflect on cultural transitions and transformations within Indigenous Christian communities.

🗓 Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2025
⏰ Time: 16:00–17:30 GMT
📍 Location: Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge & Online
🍵 Followed by refreshments
📩 Register by emailing [email protected]

Prof. Longkumer is a faculty member at the United Theological College, Bengaluru, and an expert in Christianity, Indigenous cultures, and mission studies. She is the secretary of the Program for Theology and Cultures in Asia (PTCA). She is a member of the World Council of Churches Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and of the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS). She has served as the book review editor for the Journal of Missions Studies. Dr. Longkumer has written on Christianity and Indigenous Cultures, Christian Mission and Women, and theological education, among others.

11/02/2025

Curious about how individual lives can shape global history? Join us for an inspiring seminar with Prof. Heather J. Sharkey! Only a few hours remain!

🌍 When World Christianity Meets Global Microhistory
📅 Tuesday, 11 February | ⏰ 16:00-17:30 GMT
📍 Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge & Online

🔍 Abstract:
Discover the extraordinary lives of Bamba Müller (1848-1877) and Ahmed Fahmy (1861-1933), two key figures in the history of the American Presbyterian mission in Egypt. Their journeys through migration, marriage, and interfaith encounters connect Egypt, India, China, the UK, and the US in ways that reveal broader global trends.

🎓 Speaker:
Prof. Heather J. Sharkey (University of Pennsylvania), a distinguished scholar of Middle Eastern history and religion, will share insights from her latest research on global microhistory in the Nile Valley.

🌍 Join us for a fascinating seminar with Prof Heather J. Sharkey on Tuesday, 11 February, from 16:00-17:30 GMT, both online and in-person at the Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge!

Title: When World Christianity Meets Global Microhistory: Two Lives between Egypt, India, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States🌍✝️

🖋 Abstract:
Bamba Müller (1848-1877) and Ahmed Fahmy (1861-1933) are key figures in the history of the American Presbyterian mission in Egypt. Bamba, daughter of a German merchant and enslaved Ethiopian, was introduced to Duleep Singh, married at 16, and settled in England. Ahmed, from an educated Muslim family, converted to Christianity, studied medicine in Edinburgh, and worked in China with the LMS, founding a hospital in Zhangzhou.
Prof Heather J. Sharkey Heather J. Sharkey's book on global microhistory in the Nile Valley explores how their lives reflect broader global trends in migration, marriage, and interfaith relations.

🎓Speaker:
Heather J. Sharkey is a Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Pennsylvania. During the 2024-25 year, she is the Oliver Smithies Fellow at Balliol College of Oxford University in the UK and a senior fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Her books include Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (University of California Press 2003); American Evangelicals in Egypt: Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire (Princeton University Press 2008); and A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press 2017). With Jeffrey Edward Green, she edited The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press 2021).

She is currently writing a book about global microhistory in the Nile Valley.

23/01/2025

🌍 Join us for a fascinating seminar with Prof Heather J. Sharkey on Tuesday, 11 February, from 16:00-17:30 GMT, both online and in-person at the Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge!

Title: When World Christianity Meets Global Microhistory: Two Lives between Egypt, India, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States🌍✝️

🖋 Abstract:
Bamba Müller (1848-1877) and Ahmed Fahmy (1861-1933) are key figures in the history of the American Presbyterian mission in Egypt. Bamba, daughter of a German merchant and enslaved Ethiopian, was introduced to Duleep Singh, married at 16, and settled in England. Ahmed, from an educated Muslim family, converted to Christianity, studied medicine in Edinburgh, and worked in China with the LMS, founding a hospital in Zhangzhou.
Prof Heather J. Sharkey Heather J. Sharkey's book on global microhistory in the Nile Valley explores how their lives reflect broader global trends in migration, marriage, and interfaith relations.

🎓Speaker:
Heather J. Sharkey is a Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Pennsylvania. During the 2024-25 year, she is the Oliver Smithies Fellow at Balliol College of Oxford University in the UK and a senior fellow in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Her books include Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (University of California Press 2003); American Evangelicals in Egypt: Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire (Princeton University Press 2008); and A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press 2017). With Jeffrey Edward Green, she edited The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press 2021).

She is currently writing a book about global microhistory in the Nile Valley.