“Think back to when you were in elementary school or perhaps high school. Who was at the dinner table at Christmas?”

Dr. Gwenfair Walters Adams Above the fold: This is where the most important news commands the upper left corner of the front page of your daily paper, whether in print […]

By Rev. Dr. William David Spencer “Yes, I saw it – a strange portent, as if the morning stars had converged on one spot – as if all the handiwork […]

Dr. Catherine McDowell This blog post is part two of a four-part Advent series. Read part one here.  When the angel of the LORD appears to Joseph, he addresses him […]

Dr. Donald Fairbairn It should come as no surprise that Advent, as a season of preparation for the celebration of Christ’s birth, was slow to emerge in Christian history. In […]

Dr. Stephen Macchia (MDiv ’83, DMin ’01) This blog originally appeared on Leadership Transformations. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. He was with God […]

MARIA ALEJANDRA FONTECHA RESEARCH ASSISTANT, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY Colombia, the beautiful. Not for its cheap stereotype of narcotics and political unrest, what only outsiders may see as […]

Christmas in Ethiopia is both somber and wondrous and a deeply religious tradition. Worship is the core of Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, as the centerpiece of Ganna tradition lies in the dawn service.

MICHAEL HAHN RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY I never asked many questions about Korean Christmas in Southern California. While our rituals seemed as random as those […]

Seasons Greetings from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity! This month we’re featuring a series of blogs from our very own Research Assistants on some of their Christmas […]