Dr. Caleb O. Oladipo, Chair of Christian Evangelism and Missions
Toyin Falola
With a great deal of humility and happiness, Caleb, my friend and brother of many years, informed me of his elevation today, "the day the Lord has blessed,” to the prestigious chair of Christian Evangelism and Mission at Campbell University. Do please join me in congratulating him. We spoke, and he is full of energy to commence and expand upon his very distinguished career.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2016
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Campbell Divinity names Dr. Caleb O. Oladipo Chair of Christian Evangelism and Missions
BUIES CREEK, North Carolina—The Campbell University Divinity School has named Dr. Caleb O. Oladipo its Snellings Endowed Chair of Christian Evangelism and Missions, effective August 1, 2016.
Currently, Oladipo is the Duke K. McCall Professor of Christian Mission & World Christianity and director of the Mission Immersion Experience Program at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Oladipo to the faculty of Campbell University Divinity School,” said Campbell Divinity Dean Andy Wakefield. “Dr. Oladipo brings not only a strong academic record, but also practical and personal experience with cross-cultural missions. We believe he is uniquely suited to help us develop a robust program not only in missions and evangelism, but in helping our students move beyond traditional boundaries and categories, reaching across cultures to make a difference both around the world and around the corner.”
As the Chair of Christian Evangelism and Missions, Oladipo will oversee and expand Campbell Divinity’s missions and evangelism curriculum, as well as direct the World Religions & Global Cultures Center.
“I am very grateful that the Campbell University Divinity School invited me to join its strong faculty and serve in an environment of genuine intellectual freedom,” Oladipo said. “I look forward to what I am going to give and receive by God’s grace as we work with students during their formative years to interpret mainstream Christianity faithfully for our time.”
Before joining the Baptist Theological Seminary in 2003, Oladipo was an assistant professor in the Department of Church-State Studies at Baylor University and an adjunctive professor at Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
He is a widely-respected scholar, lecturer, and instructor in world religions and Christian doctrines. He has taught courses in and written numerous scholarly articles, reviews, and book chapters related to missiological studies, religion and body politics in contemporary Africa, Christian movements in the non-Western world, theology of liberation, and interfaith dialogue. He is also the author of two books: “The Will to Arise: Theological & Political Themes in African Christianity and the Renewal of Faith and Identity” and “The Development of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Yoruba (African) Indigenous Christian Movement.”
Complementing Oladipo’s scholarship is his cross-cultural experience. A native of Nigeria, Oladipo speaks or reads six languages: Yoruba (his native language), English, Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, French, and German.
He has also lectured or served as a visiting professor at seminaries and schools around the world, including the Baptist College of Theology in Benin City, Nigeria; Theological Seminary of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia; and Indian Baptist Theological Seminary in Kerala, India.
“This is one of the best times in human history to study the mission of God in the world,” Oladipo said. “The church in the Majority World is not only a mission field, but also a laboratory of knowledge for spiritual and Christian transformation. I remain grateful to God that the future global Christianity we have been waiting for has arrived, with new challenges and opportunities.”
Oladipo earned his Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Wayland Baptist University, Master of Divinity from Southeastern Theology Seminary, Master of Sacred Theology from Yale University Divinity School, and Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies from Baylor University. He received Wayland Baptist University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003.
He is a member of several professional associations, including the American Academy of Religion, African Studies Association, Association of Professors of Missions, and American Society of Missiology. He also serves as a member of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Mission Council.
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Ademola Dasylva
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With a great deal of humility and happiness, Caleb, my friend and brother of many years, informed me of his elevation today, "the day the Lord has blessed,” to the prestigious chair of Christian Evangelism and Mission at Campbell University. Do please join me in congratulating him. We spoke, and he is full of energy to commence and expand upon his very distinguished career.
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Another Mighty Congratulations to Dr. Caleb O. Oladipo, another mighty feather to his crown,
more grease to his elbow, more holy fountains of ink to his pen and more chrism oil to his anointment.
At this rate it looks like Nigeria (Nigerians) in the Diaspora West (North America) are dominating
academia in their newfound land. Of course, this is understandably due to Nigeria's numerical strength –
and at this sheer rate of expansion, with endless birth (and even ceaseless death) she could/ khan
become the most populous nation on earth, in a few hundred years time. Already, one in four Black persons
walking on the same earth that Jesus walked, is a Nigerian or of Nigerian ancestry and so will be their
grandchildren and their great great grandchildren... Indeed, we are living in interesting times. Dr. Ladipo's work should be of great interest to everyone
involved with the contextualization of religion, made even more interesting by Dr. Caleb O. Oladipo's
“The Development of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Yoruba (African) Indigenous Christian Movement.”
which I rushed to Google last night, immediately after saying Baruch Hashem and mentally saying
“Congratulations” with the hope of reading a free preview in Google Books – because for me,
the Holy Spirit //Ruach Hakodesh is indeed the Holy Spirit unfettered and unencumbered by any
dogmas or theology, although theologies and all that inspires to the acquisition of the Holy Spirit is
to be much appreciated.
R. Pinhas b. Yair says, «Heedfulness leads to (hygienic) cleanliness, cleanliness leads to cultic cleanness, cultic cleanness leads to abstinence, abstinence leads to holiness, holiness leads to modesty, modesty leads to the fear of sin, the fear of sin leads to piety, piety leads to the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit leads to the resurrection of the dead, and the resurrection of the dead comes through Elijah, blessed be his memory. Amen.» (Mishnah-Tractate Sotah 9:15). (Purity and the priesthood in the Hebrew Scriptures and Rabbinic tradition)
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Body Talk and Cultural Identity in the African World
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Overview
The body is a site bearing multiple signs of cultural inscriptions. People's postures, use of space, dress codes, speech particularities, facial expressions, tone qualities, gaze, and gestures are codes that send messages to observers. These messages differ across cultures and times. Some of these non-verbal messages are taken to be conscious or subconscious projection of a sense of personal or collective identity. The various forms of "body talk" may flag personal distinction, style, uniqueness or politics, in which case, the body and its presentations become stances of the self. Different from this, body talk may exhibit a society's or culture's standardized norms of valuation with respect to what conforms or deviates from expectations. The subject of this anthology is non-verbal communication signals with contributing studies from societies and cultures of Africa and African Diaspora. The goals are to document popular gestures, explore their meanings, and understand how they frame interactions and colour perception. The anthology is also aimed at offering interdisciplinary perspectives on the problematics of non-verbal communication by making sense of the various ways that different cultures speak without "voice", and to examine how people and groups make their presence felt as social, cultural and political actors. Some of the contributions include case studies, descriptive codification, theoretical analyses and performative studies. The issues highlighted range from film and literature studies, gender studies, history, religion, popular cultural, and extends to the virtual space. Other studies provide a linguistic treatment of non-verbal communication and use it as means of explicating perception and stereotyping.
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