Centre for the Study of World Christianity

Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Former name
Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World
Established1982
Field of research
World Christianity
DirectorsAlexander Chow and Emma Wild-Wood
LocationEdinburgh, United Kingdom
55°56′58″N 3°11′43″W / 55.9495°N 3.1953°W / 55.9495; -3.1953
AffiliationsNew College, University of Edinburgh
Websitewww.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk

The Centre for the Study of World Christianity (CSWC) is a research centre based in New College, the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. It was founded in the University of Aberdeen by Andrew F. Walls as the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World in 1982,[1][2] but later moved by Walls to the University of Edinburgh in 1986.[3][4] Its current name was adopted in 2009. The centre is currently directed by Alexander Chow and Emma Wild-Wood.[5]

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  2. ^ Cox, James L.; Sutcliffe, Steven J. (1 March 2006). "Religious studies in Scotland: A persistent tension with divinity". Religion. 36 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1016/j.religion.2005.12.001.
  3. ^ Stanley 2011, pp. 54–55.
  4. ^ Kerr, David (2004). "Mission Studies in Edinburgh". Newsletter (23). British and Irish Association of Mission Studies: 2.
  5. ^ "Centre for the Study of World Christianity". Centre for the Study of World Christianity. Retrieved 7 February 2020.