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Date: Ongoing
Dr Ralph Norman
What was a founder of the SANC (the political forerunner of the ANC), Nathaniel Cyril Kondile Mhala, doing in Canterbury in 1867? He was one of 76 international students who attended St Augustine’s Missionary College (1848-1947), including students of UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage. Global Canterbury: Stories from St Augustine’s Missionary College brings together Church history, mission studies, digital humanities and education, to ensure the histories of these students are remembered and shared. It examines the extent to which people of different backgrounds and races formed a shared religious identity at St Augustine’s, exploring what their stories reveal about the international dynamics of Anglicanism in this period and how they illuminate contemporary questions of race, faith and identity. It does not retreat from deeply concerning questions of empire and colonialism relevant to missionary work in the 19th and early 20th centuries; but does seek to revision mission studies in light of the identities of these students, and position Canterbury within an international and racially diverse network relevant to our contemporary understanding of world Christianity.
For a sample of the ongoing work we are completing for the St Augustine's Foundation, please see: