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Notes from Past Lectures

Notes from past lectures are now stored on Moodle (since late 2005). For those with OCMS Moodle access, the link is: Lecture notes.

Religion in Africa: a series of three lectures by Terence Ranger
Lecture Two: Mission Christianity
by Terence Ranger
Given on 4th October 2005
Religion in Africa: a series of three lectures by Terence Ranger
Lecture One: African Religion
by Terence Ranger
Given on 30th August 2005
Christian Missons, Capitalism And Empire: The State Of The Debate
by Terence Ranger
Given on 21st June 2005
Early Christian Interpretation of the Qur’ān
by Mark Beaumont
Given on 5th April 2005
African Missionary Activity At Home And Overseas
by David Killingray
Given on 15th March 2005
What is and is not Christian about business?
by Makonen Getu
Given on 8th March 2005
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy: The Pastor and the Suffering God
by Robert Ellis
Given on 15th February 2005
Ibn ‘Arabi and Religions
by Jane Clark
Given on 8th February 2005
Secularisation, World Church and Mission
by Andrew Kirk
Given on 29th November 2004
On Theologising Theology within the Secular University
by Gavin D'Costa
Given on 23rd November 2004
The Holy Spirit in Mission in India
by Kirsteen Kim
Given on 13th October 2004
The Origins of Pentecostalism and its Global Spread
by Allan Anderson
Given on 7th October 2004
Identity in Christ according to Paul
by William Campbell
Given on 29th September 2004
Debates On Conversion In India
by Sebastian Kim
Given on 21st September 2004
Garden or Circus: Christian Care in the face of Contemporary Pressures
by Susan Phillips
Given on 14th September 2004
Religion and Politics in Kenya
by John Lonsdale
Given on 31st August 2004
Christian-Muslim Relations in Iraq Today
Précis of the lecture by George Sada in the form of an interview by Andrew Carey, Church of England Newspaper
by Andrew Carey
Given on 18th November 2003
Historiography, Patriotic History and the History of the Nation: the struggle over the past in Zimbabwe
by Terence Ranger
Given on 28th October 2003
'Contextual Hermeneutics: A study in method'
by Augustine Pagolo
Given on 30th September 2003
Muslim Van Gujjars of Rajaji National Park in Uttaranchal, India
by David Emmanuel Singh
Given on 16th September 2003
'The Independent Madrasas, Muslim Seminaries, of South Asia: Dar al-'Ulum, Deoband'
by David Emmanuel Singh
Given on 9th September 2003
Biblical Foundations for Holistic Mission: Narrative Dynamics in Matthew’s Mission Theology
by Rollin G. Grams
Given on 13th May 2003
The Continuing Relevance of Roland Allen
by Hubert Allen
Given on 21st January 2003
Worship and Mission
by Barney Ford
Given on 2nd May 2002

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