Student Seminars
Student-led seminars are a key tool in helping scholars develop their research and research skills. Most students are expected to lead a minimum of one seminar a year, but to participate actively in others, reading carefully the papers that are sent in advance and bringing their own cultural and professional experience, knowledge and skills to the table. Faculty are an active part of the seminars too, bringing years of experience and a wealth of knowledge to help fine tune students' work. The peer-support and peer-review is a vital part of the OCMS experience, and scholars are expected to contribute willingly and enthusiastically, both as leaders and as participators in the seminar cycle.
Seminar Schedule
NB: Seminars usually take place at 11am each Wednesday, but please do check the OCMS website calendar for any individual changes to schedule
| 5th June | Lynette Teagle |
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The challenges of developing a missiology for international student ministry |
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| Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough | |
| 12th June | Klaus Derungs |
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Batemi (Tanzania) religion in the interface between mythology and ritual |
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Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp |
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| 19th June | Guichun Jun |
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Cultural Migration: How can I improve my professional practice as a pastor |
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Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr |
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| 26th June | Maqsood Kamil |
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An inquiry into the doctrine of salvation in Islam and Christianity |
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Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene |
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2013 PAST SEMINARS
29th May: Samuel Ngaihte
Text, Action and Self: A Hermeneutical reading of ‘dharma’
22nd May: Graham Chipps
‘IMAGINATION: Mission Practice out of the Future.’
15th May: Maria-Jose Soerens
‘Suffering, Self, and Sanidad : A dialogue between Pentecostal Theology and the CognitiveSciences’
15th May:Laurence Gatawa
‘Christology as Ideology of Revolution for the Disciples’
8th May: John Hess
Interpreting Post Communist Transition Using a Polanyian Political Critique
1st May: The online research resources of Middlesex University.
24th April: Ishak Ghatas
Muslims in Europe or Europen Muslims
17th April: John de Valve
Songhai people and their relationship to Music
10th April: Jane Crane
How Best to Research Widows in Burundi, Africa
3rd April: Dawd Lee
A systematic methodology for translating Psalms from Hebrew Old Testament to Nafusi Berber language
27th March: Oscar Osindo
Production and nature of Garre Space
20th March: Kofi Wiafe
Pentecostal Evangelism in Africa: Tele-evangelism Trends Among Pentecostals in Ghana
13th March:
STUDENT FORUM
6th March:Ole Kirchheiner
The Propagation of Christianity in Nepal
27th February: Oliver Simiyu
Protestants and Race relations In Kenya
20th February:Siobhan Miles
Post Khmer Rouge Cambodian women’s understanding of prostitution
13th February: David Han
What Does Native Salvation Look Like? Re-thinking Christianity in the First Nation communities of Western Canada
6th February: Forum on Seminars
30th January: David Ro & Dr Tom Harvey
China's Current Ideological Trends: How the church should respond?
23rd January: Munther Isaac
A Palestinian Christian Theology in the Midst of Conflict
16th January: Victor Cuartas
Religious Conversation of Hispanics in America to Islam
2012 PAST SEMINARS
12th December: Munther Isaac
Theology of Land
5th December: Ben Ngaya-An
Analysing the Mission Policy of Bishop Charles Henry Brent in the Philippines
28th November: Dr Ben Knighton
‘Kenyatta’s Ritual Obligations: Politico-religious alliances unto death’
21st November: Fanen Ade
Agency and Social Contract in the Advancement of the Human Development Approach in North Central Nigeria
14th November: Richard Haney
Mapping Mission as Translation with reference to Michael Polanyi’s Heuristic Philosophy
7th November: Student Forum
31st October: Brian Edwards
Self-deception at the Intersection of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul
24th October: Sudhakar Mondithoka
Islam and Science: An Overview of Issues and Perspectives and an Evaluation of Some Current Trends
17th October: Bruce Anderson
Belarus in Search of Democracy: An historical contextual examination of the relevance of Calvin’s political theology
10th October: Oliver Simiyu
Protestant missions and the inculcation of citizenship responsibilities
3rd October: John Tuggy
Partnerships & Power: Perspectives from the Past, Features of the Future, & Covenant Community
26th September: Ronald Beno
Translating Pentecost to Transformed Communities: Pentecostal Worldview and Social Change in El Salvador
Mike Kuhn
A Decaying Interfaith Environment: Muslim Christian Relations in the Early Abbasid Era (758-1043)
19th September:Sung Hoon Kim
The missional significance of “Justification by Faith” in Lesslie Newbigin’s missional ecclesiology
Gary Stephens
The Roles of Belief Revision and Apologetics in Deep Disagreements
12th September: Desta Demissie
Local Transformational Development in Ethiopia: The self-help groups & Microfinance
5th September: Edwardneil Benavidez
Conceptual Framework on Collaboration of Christian Development Organisations
29th August: Nick Spencer, presented by Dr Andy Hartropp
The Bible and politics Christian sources of British political thought by Nick Spencer
22nd August Bob Oh
Aid Dependency Issues of Cambodian Evangelical Churches
15th August Guichun Jun
An analysis of conflicts in a multicultural evangelical congregation
8th August Jonathan Wang
The Context faced by the Chinese Students of the Christian Schools from 1919 to 1927
July 25th Kofi Wiafe
Christianity and the media in Africa: television in the history and ministry of the church of Pentecost in Ghana
July 25th Amiel Drimbe
Paul and the use of OT in the First Letter to the Corinthians
July 18th Muther Isaac
The Covenanted Land
July 11th Bawa Leo
Mimēsis (imitation) motif in the Paul's Letters
June 27th Maqsood Kamil
Mawlvi Imad-ud-din Lahiz: A critical enquiry into the conversion of 19th Century Indian Muslim Convert to Christianity
June 27th Norman Piatti
The Tibetan Diaspora and the Politics of Belonging in the Twin Cities
June 20th Graham Chipps
The Future Earth: Narrative, Gospel, Mission. A Biblical Theology of Our Earth’s Future.
June 20th Klaus Derungs
Reconciliation processes in Temi society, Tanzania
June 6th Merid Desta
Ethnicity and Conflict: Role of Evangelical Churches in Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
May 30th Lynette Teagle
The challenges of developing a missiology for international student ministry
May 30th Jonathan Libag
Participatory Action Research towards enhancing the socio-economic conditions of the Pastors in Naguilian, La Union Province, Philippines.
May 23rd Oliver K Simiyu
The Wrath of a Negated Belonging
May 16th Lesley-Anne Leighton
Incarnation Reality: Improvement of a Pedagogy for Cross-Cultural Mission Educators.
May 16th Victor Cuarts
Religious Conversion of Hispanics in America to Islam
May 9th Gabriella van Breda
Reflective Practice and its Application for Personal Leadership Development
May 9th Trevor Smith
African Ontology:Real or Imagined
May 2nd John de Valve
Songhai people and their relationship to Music
May 2nd John Tuggy
Biblical Covenant: Towards a Meeting Ground for Missional Partnership between American and Ugandan churches
April 25th Sangjin Choi
The Politics of Mediation: Network Dynamics between Cultural and Biblical Factors of Mediation in Multi-racial Conflict Resolution applied to Inner-city Ghettos
April 18th Ishmael Baya
Christian Enculturation among the Mijkenda in Coastal Kenya
April 11th George Kalu
Environmental Unsustainability in the Niger Delta Region: What Can the Church Do?
April 4th Dr Tim Keene
A Clear and Present Word
March 28th John Hess
Interpreting Post Communist Transition Using Polanyian Political Critique
March 21st Maria-Jose Soerens
The exploration of culturally appropriate ways to address the healing of trauma for members of displaced populations
March 14th John Madinda
Critical Study on the Role of the Church in the Changing Paradigm in Tanzania since the 1990s, with special reference to the Central Region
March 7th Kirk Sims
The Methodist Church Ghana as a case
March 7th Bob Oh
Foreign Financial Aid to Cambodis
February 29th Student Forum
February 22nd Aklilu Lalegoa
An Assessment of the Impacts of Evangelical Christianity on the socio-cultural and religious transformation of Ethiopian society with specific reference to the southern region especially Sidama Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough
February 15th Irene Mutalima
What needs to change in microfinancing models Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough
Maqsood Kamil
An inquiry into the doctrine of salvation in Islam and Christianity: Its impact (i.e. psychological, spiritual, social and ethical) on the life and behavior of believers Chairperson: Dr David Singh
February 8th Laurence Gatawa
Orality and Mark Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp
February 1st David Marshall
Fulfilment: An Exercise in Christian Apologetic Chairperson: Dr Damon So
January 25th Michio Ogino
Kierkegaard's Strategy of Evangelism: How He Used Don Juan, Faust, Ahasverus, and Socrates in His Evangelism Chairperson: Dr Damon So
January 11th Deborah Flint
Jesus As Agent of Transformation: A reflection on the dynamics of Christian leadership in the formation of followers. Chairperson: Dr Bill Prevette
January 18th Judy Berina
The Relationship of Anglicanism to the Liturgical Worship of the Anglican Church of Sabah, Malaysia. Chairperson: Dr Julie Ma
2011 Past Seminars
Improving My Theology: Listening, Intervening and Collaborating for a Theology of Redemption among Refugees Located in Europe
12th January, 2011: Paul Sydnor
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
Kingdom of God: Commonality and Consonance Between Jesus and Paul
19th January, 2011: by Damon So, Research Tutor, OCMS
Grounded Theory: Qualitative Data Analysis
26th January, 2011: Ole Kirchheiner
Chairperson: Dr David Singh
Presentation of Data and Analysis of Research Findings
2nd February, 2011: Fanen Ade
Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough
Comparative Characterization of Jesus and the Disciples in Mark
9th February, 2011: Laurence Gatawa
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
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Evangelical Baptist Church in Russia at the End of 1980’s and Beginning of 1990’s
9th February, 2011: Alexander Yuchkovski
Chairperson: Tim Keene
Portraits of Luyia Worldview: View of Man
16th February, 2011: Tim Wambunya
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The Garre Religion:
A Study of Religious Space & the Implications of the Sibghat’Allahi Rite
16th February, 2011: Oscar Osindo
Financial Dependency of the Evangelical Churches in Cambodia
2nd March, 2011: Bishop Sukhwan Oh
Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp
Environmental Unsustainability in the Niger Delta Region: What Can the Church Do?
9th March, 2011: George Kalu
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
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The Theology of Land in Genesis 2-3
9th March, 2011: Munther Isaac
Chairperson: Dr Tom Harvey
The Influence of Pentecostal Leadership in Kenyan Initiated Pentecostal Churches in Nairobi Slum, Kenya
16th March, 2011: Tae Kyung Joshua Ahn
Indigenous Fundraising: An Inquiry into the Relevance of IF for Strong and Sustainable Ministries.
23rd March, 2011: Deborah Flint
Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp
From Beit Abe to Angamali: Roles, Functions and Connections of the Church of the East's Monasteries in 9th Century Christian - Muslim Relations
29th March, 2011: Steve Cochrane
Chairperson : Dr David Singh
April 27 Merid Desta
Ethnicity Related Conflicts in Ethiopia and the Role of the Church in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
May 4 Brian Edwards
Toward a Modern Christian Understanding of Foucault’s Darkened Self in Light of Nietzsche’s Ressentiment: A study in self-deception
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
May 11 Richard Haney
An Application of Michael Polanyi’s Epistemological Insights for Evaluating Mission Activities in a Post-Modern World with reference to the missiology of David.
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
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May 11 David Han
What Does Native Salvation Look Like? Re-thinking Christianity in the First Nation communities of Western Canada
Chairperson: Dr Tom Harvey
May 18 Kirk Sims
International Mission Sending’: an inquiry into a missionary practice in selected Protestant denominations in Anglophone West Africa with special reference to Bosch’s mission elements: An Emerging Methodology
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
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May 18 Edward Benavidez
Collaboration Participated by Christian Organisations (Churches and Christian Development Organisations {CDOs}) towards Holistic Transformation
Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough
May 25 Sabine Müri
Contextualizing Theology as a Mediator: The Old Testament Notion of Sin in the Culture of the Bakongo in Congo-Brazzaville as a Case Study
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
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May 25 George Kalu
A Cross Denominational Description of the Perception of Nigerian Christians in the Niger Delta Concerning their Physical Environment
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
June 1 John Madinda
A Critical Study on the Role of the Church in the Changing Paradigm in Tanzania since the 1990s, with special reference to the Central Region
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
June 8 Aklilu Lalegoa
An Assessment of the Impacts of Evangelical Christianity on the socio-cultural and religious transformation of Ethiopian society with specific reference to the southern region especially Sidama
Chairperson: Mr Brian Woolnough
June 15 John R Devale
Songhai people and their relationship to Music
Chairperson: Dr Tom Harvey
June 22 Amiel Drimbe
Hoc est Corpus Meum – an exegetical, historical and theological approach to 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. A search for the hermeneutical shift from Paul to Irenaeus
Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene
June 29 Gary Stephens
Dialectics and Commitment: A Study of Christian Apologetic Dialogues with non Believers in 21st Century West Cameroon
Chairperson : Dr David Emmanuel Singh
July 6 Jonathan Libag
Participatory Action Research towards Motivating Christian Ministries into Agriculture Development in Northern Philippines
Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp
Dawd Lee
Translating Psalms from Hebrew Old Testament
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
July 13 Hany Fouad
Immigration and Faith interaction:
An Examination of the Evangelical Faith-based Engagements
Chairperson: Dr David Singh
Trevor Smith
Awake O Christians! Confronting a return to traditional Bafut religion among Presbyterians in Cameroon
Chairperson: Dr Tom Harvey
July 20 Greg Monette
An Historical Study on Determining Trustworthiness of Eyewitness Testimony: with special reference to the eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus of Nazareth
Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene
Chairperson: Dr Bill Prevette
July 27 Kofi Wiafe
Pentecostal Evangelism in Africa: Tele-evangelism Trends Among Pentecostals in Ghana and its socio-economic significance in society
Chairperson: Dr Bill Prevette
Jonathan Wong
Christian Education in China before 1949
Chairperson: Dr Tom Harvey
August 10 Esther Maxton
Contribution of Japan Evangelistic band to the church in Japan
Chairperson: Dr Julie Ma
August 17 Pravinkumar Israel
Toward A Pentecostal Theology of Spiritual Discernment - An Analytical Study of the Classical Pentecostal - Reformed (World Alliance of Reformed Churches) Dialogue
Chairperson: Dr David Singh
August 24 Praises Omole-Ekun
Dynamics of existing social structures
Chairperson: Dr David Singh
August 31 Sangjin Choi
The Politics of Mediation: Network Dynamics between Cultural and Biblical Factors of Mediation in Multi-racial Conflict Resolution applied to Inner-city Ghettos
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
September 7 Doug Birdsall
Conflict and Collaboration: A Narrative History of Four Global Movements that have shaped the Contemporary Mission Agenda
Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene
September 14 Klaus-Peter Derungs
Lassoing the Sun - Batemi (Tanzania) religion in the interface between mythology and ritual
Chairperson: Dr Andy Hartropp
September 21 Guichun Jun
Cultural Migration: How can I improve my professional practice as a pastor in order to develop moral competence of others in a multicultural church?
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
28 September Dr Tim Keene
Issue of Ecclesiology: Authority, Congregation, Community
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
5 October Desta Demessie
Local Transformation Development in Ethiopia: In what ways does the Ethiopian Evangelical Churchs' Development Program help indigenous/local institutions in mobalizing their communities for participatory and sustainable development, and the empowerment of the poor and poorest?
12 October Terry Garde
Towards a theology of nonrenewable resources
Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene
19 October DJ Konz
'Un-thinking mission: the challenge of Karl Barth and missio Dei'
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
26 October Bruce Anderson
'Andrej Wolan's Political Theology in His Secondary Writings'
Chairperson: Dr Damon So
Victor Cuartas
Religious Conversion of Hispanics in America to Islam
Chairperson: Dr Tim Keene
2 November Bishop Taban from Southern Sudan
Southern Sudan Challenges and Opportunities
9 November
Student Forum
November 16 Steve Cochrane
From Beit Abe to Angamali
Chairperson: Dr David Singh
November 23 Doug Birdsall
Conflict and Collaboration
Chairperson: Dr Bernard Farr
November 30 Dong Woo Jung
International Married Migrant Women and their state in South Korea
December 7 Paul Sydnor
Listening, Intervening and Collaborating for a Theology of Redemption among Refugees Located in Europe
December 14 Cathy Nyameino
How Can I Improve My Practice in the Adventist Media Centre of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Kenya
Chairperson: Dr Bill Prevette
