Roger E. Hedlund
Roger E. Hedlund | |
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| Born | 1935[1] Minnesota[1] |
| Nationality | English-American |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Title | The Reverend Doctor |
Roger E. Hedlund is a Pastor who has spent more than three decades in India as a theological teacher and researcher with major contribution to Missiology with special reference to Indian ethos.[1]
Hedlund taught at the Union Biblical Seminary, both at Yeotmal and at Pune[2] during 1974-1978[2] and also at the Serampore College, a constituent College of the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) from 1994-1997.[2]
At present he is associated with the Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research and with the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies, Chennai. Hedlund edited the Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity.[2]
Contents
1 Studies
2 Contribution and writings
2.1 Articles
2.2 Books (authored)
2.3 Books (edited)
3 References
Studies
Hedlund studied at the Upland College in 1957[1] and thereafter undertook theological studies at the Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary where he was awarded the graduate degree of Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) in 1961.[1] After serving as a missionary in Italy, Hedlund pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena between 1970-1974.[1]
In 2004, Hedlund pursued another doctorate at the State-run University of Madras [1]
Contribution and writings
Roger E. Hedlund has been prominent in the theological circles in India and known in the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Charismatic circles serving the cause of missiological research.[1] The papers and correspondence of Roger E. Hedlund have been preserved and made digitally available[3] by the Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky.
Articles
- In 1985, Caste and the Bible,[4]
- In 1993, William Carey's Universal Significance,[5]
- In 1998, Christian History from the Under Side: Indian Instituted Churches and Indigenous Christianity,[6]
- In 1999,
Indian Christians of indigenous origins and their solidarity with original groups,[7]
Indian Instituted Churches: Indigenous Christianity Indian Style,[8]
- In 2002, Emerging Indigenous Christianity in India and Asia (19th and 20th Centuries),[9]
- In 2003, The Importance of the Study of India's New Christian Movements,[10]
- In 2004, The Witness of New Christian Movements in India[11]
- In 2005, Indigenous Pentecostalism in India,[12]
- In 2008, Hindus and Christians for 2000 years[13]
- In 2010,
- Present-day Independent Christian Movements: A South Asian Perspective’’[14]
- Understanding Southeast Asian Christianity’’[15]
- In 2012, with Sebastian Kim and Rajkumar Boaz Johnson, Indian and Christian: The Life and Legacy of Pandita Ramabai,[16]
Books (authored)
- In 1970, The Protestant Movement in Italy: Its Progress, Problems, and Prospects,[17]
- In 1982, Building the Church,[18]
- In 1985, Mission to Man in the Bible,[19]
- In 1991, The Mission of the Church in the World: A Biblical Theology,[20]
- In 1992, Evangelization and Church Growth: Issues from the Asian Context,[21]
- In 1993, Roots of the Great Debate in Mission: Mission in Historical and Theological Perspective,[22]
- In 1997, God and the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Mission in the Asian Context,[23]
- In 2000, Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous Origin: the "Little Tradition" in Indian Christianity,[24]
- In 2012, William Carey's American Connections: Implications for the Serampore Mission, Indigenous Christianity and India's Renaissance,[25]
Books (edited)
- In 1977, Church Growth in the Third World,[26]
- In 1980, with F. Hrangkhuma, Indigenous Missions of India,[27]
- In 1982, with Beulah Herbert, Culture and Evangelization: A Collection of Indian Anthropological Readings[28]
- In 1993, with J. T. K. Daniel, Carey's Obligation and India's Renaissance,[29]
- In 2000, Christianity is Indian: The Emergence of an Indigenous Community,[30]
- In 2004, with Paul Bhakiaraj, Theological Trends in Mission in the 20th Century’’[31]
- In 2012, with Jesudas Athyal, Joshua Kalapati and Jessica Richard, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity,[32]
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| Preceded by - | Professor, Serampore College, West Bengal 1994-1997 | Succeeded by - |
References
^ abcdefgh Hedlund, Roger, "Roger Hedlund ARC2012 -002 - Finding Aid" (2012). Finding Aids. Book 18.[1]
^ abcd Roger E. Hedlund, Response to Persecution and Suffering in the History of Christian Mission in Mark T. B. Laing (Edited), Persecution and Suffering: Christian Reflections and Responses, published for the Centre for Mission Studies, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune by the ISPCK, New Delhi, 2007.
^ Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, Papers of Roger E. Hedlund
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Caste and the Bible, ICGQ, Volume 7, Number 2 (April–June, 1985). [2]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, William Carey's Universal Significance in Roger E. Hedlund, J. T. K. Daniel (Edited), Carey's Obligation and India's Renaissance, Serampore, 1993, pp.96-113. Cited in Klaus Koschorke (Edited), in Transcontinental Links in the History of Non-Western Christianity, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2002. [3]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Christian History from the Under Side: Indian Instituted Churches and Indigenous Christianity, Keynote address, Conference on Subaltern Perspectives on Seminary Training, Centre for Dalit Solidarity, Dharmaram College, Bangalore, 23 October 1998, Cited in P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of Indigenous Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2003, p.157. [4]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Indian Christians of indigenous origins and their solidarity with original groups, Journal of Dharma, 24 (1):13-27 (1999). [5]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Indian Instituted Churches: Indigenous Christianity Indian Style, Mission Studies, Volume XVI-I, 31, 1999:26-41. Cited in P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of Indigenous Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2003, p.157. [6]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Emerging Indigenous Christianity in India and Asia (19th and 20th Centuries) in Klaus Koschorke (Edited), in Transcontinental Links in the History of Non-Western Christianity, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2002. [7]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, The Importance of the Study of India's New Christian Movements in P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: The Story of Indigenous Mission in Andhra Pradesh, India, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2003, pp.163-170. [8]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, The Witness of New Christian Movements in India, August 2004, Paper for the IAMS Assembly in Malaysia. [9]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Indigenous Pentecostalism in India in Allan Anderson, Edmond Tang (Edited), Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic Face of Christianity in Asia, Regnum Books, Baguio, 2005. [10]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Hindus and Christians for 2000 years, January 2008, Global Missiology.[11]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, ‘’ Present-day Independent Christian Movements: A South Asian Perspective’’ in Michael Nai-Chiu Poon (Edited), ‘’Christian Movements in Southeast Asia: A Theological Exploration’’, Genesis Books and Trinity Theological College, Singapore, 2010, pp.39-58. [12]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, ‘’ Understanding Southeast Asian Christianity’’ in Michael Nai-Chiu Poon (Edited), ‘’Christian Movements in Southeast Asia: A Theological Exploration’’, Genesis Books and Trinity Theological College, Singapore, 2010, pp.59-100. [13]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Sebastian Kim and Rajkumar Boaz Johnson, Indian and Christian: The Life and Legacy of Pandita Ramabai, Religious Studies Review, Volume 38, Issue 2, page 104, June 2012. [14]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, The Protestant Movement in Italy: Its Progress, Problems, and Prospects, William Carey Library, Pasadena, 1970. [15]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Building the Church, Evangelical Literature Service, Bangalore, 1982. [16]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Mission to Man in the Bible, Evangelical Literature Service for Church Growth Research Centre, Madras, 1985. [17]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, The Mission of the Church in the World: A Biblical Theology, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1991. [18]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Evangelization and Church Growth: Issues from the Asian Context, C.G.R.C. McGavran Institute, Madras, 1992.[19]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Roots of the Great Debate in Mission: Mission in Historical and Theological Perspective, Theological Book Trust, Bangalore, 1993. [20]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, God and the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Mission in the Asian Context, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1997. [21]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous Origin: the "Little Tradition" in Indian Christianity, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2000. [22]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, William Carey's American Connections: Implications for the Serampore Mission, Indigenous Christianity and India's Renaissance, First Fruits Press, Wilmore, Kentucky, 2012. [23]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Church Growth in the Third World, Gospel Literature Service, Bombay, 1977. [24]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, F. Hrangkhuma (Edited), Indigenous Missions of India, Church Growth Centre, Madras, 1980. Cited in W. John Roxborogh, Situating South East Asian Christian Movements in the History of World Christianity in Michael Nai-Chiu Poon (Edited), Christian Movements in Southeast Asia: A Theological Exploration, Genesis Books/Trinity, Singapore, 2010, p.30. [25]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Beulah Herbert (Edited), Culture and Evangelization: A Collection of Indian Anthropological Readings, Church Growth Research Centre, Madras, 1982. [26]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, J. T. K. Daniel (Edited), Carey's Obligation and India's Renaissance, Serampore, 1993, pp.96-113. Cited in Klaus Koschorke (Edited), in Transcontinental Links in the History of Non-Western Christianity, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2002. [27]
^ Roger E. Hedlund (Edited), Christianity is Indian: The Emergence of an Indigenous Community, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2000. Cited in Klaus Koschorke (Edited), in Transcontinental Links in the History of Non-Western Christianity, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2002. [28]
^ Roger E. Hedlund, Paul Bhakiaraj (Edited), Theological Trends in Mission in the 20th Century, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004.
^ Roger E. Hedlund, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012. [29]
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