Call for Conference Papers

We are accepting proposals for academic papers, with a view subsequently to incorporating these into a publication that will emerge from the conference.

Papers should be between 3,000 and 8,000 words in length. Formatting should follow the style used by Missiology. Writers will be assessed on the suitability of their papers for presentation at the conference, and then through a blind peer review process for suitability for subsequent publication. Versions of the papers to be presented orally at the conference will need to be adapted to fit into limited presentation time.

Papers should focus on the advantages of the use of indigenous languages in mission and development, or those accruing from the use of indigenous resources in mission and development, or both. The following may be submitted:

  • Original articles in basic and applied research
  • Case studies
  • Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays

Please send proposed papers to Deborah Niccum. The deadline for completed papers is February 7, 2012.

Call for Conference Seminar Leaders

We will need people to lead some of the seminars / workshops at the 2012 conference. Please contact Fiona Adams if you would like to lead one of the sessions. The working-list of titles for the sessions is as follows:

Seminars on books/videos

  • When Helping Hurts” (book by Brian Fikkert)
  • Cross-Cultural Partnerships: Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission” (book by Mary Lederleitner)
  • God the Real Superpower” (book by Nelson Jennings)
  • Examples of VM by Indians and Ugandans (videos)

Seminars on VM contexts

  • Encouraging VM in mission agencies—what if the system is anti-VM?
  • Encouraging VM in universities and mission training centers; advising young or potential VMers
  • VM vs. short-term mission? Communicating VM in local churches
  • Married VMers and families

Theoretical issues

  • A biblical case for VM.
  • Definition of VM—just the old dependency debate?
  • The linguistics of untranslatability.
  • Prophetic VM – where will we be in 10 years?
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