Roger E. Hedlund

Roger E. Hedlund is a pastor who has spent more than three decades in India as a theological teacher and researcher with major contributions to missiology with special reference to Indian ethos.[1]

Roger E. Hedlund
Born1935[1]
Minnesota[1]
NationalityEnglish-American
OccupationPastor
TitleThe Reverend Doctor

Hedlund taught at the Union Biblical Seminary, both at Yeotmal and at Pune[2] from 1974-1978[2] and also at the Serampore College from 1994-1997.[2]

At present he is associated with 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]

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

Books (authored)
  • In 1970, The Protestant Movement in Italy: Its Progress, Problems, and Prospects,[4]
  • In 1982, Building the Church,[5]
  • In 1985, Mission to Man in the Bible,[6]
  • In 1991, The Mission of the Church in the World: A Biblical Theology,[7]
  • In 1992, Evangelization and Church Growth: Issues from the Asian Context,[8]
  • In 1993, Roots of the Great Debate in Mission: Mission in Historical and Theological Perspective,[9]
  • In 1997, God and the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Mission in the Asian Context,[10]
  • In 2000, Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous Origin: the "Little Tradition" in Indian Christianity,[11]
  • In 2012, William Carey's American Connections: Implications for the Serampore Mission, Indigenous Christianity and India's Renaissance,[12]

Books (edited)
  • In 1977, Church Growth in the Third World,[13]
  • In 1980, with F. Hrangkhuma, Indigenous Missions of India,[14]
  • In 1982, with Beulah Herbert, Culture and Evangelization: A Collection of Indian Anthropological Readings[15]
  • In 1993, with J. T. K. Daniel, Carey's Obligation and India's Renaissance,[16]
  • In 2000, Christianity is Indian: The Emergence of an Indigenous Community,[17]
  • In 2004, with Paul Bhakiaraj, Theological Trends in Mission in the 20th Century’’[18]
  • In 2012, with Jesudas Athyal, Joshua Kalapati and Jessica Richard, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity,[19]

References
  1. Hedlund, Roger, "Roger Hedlund ARC2012 -002 - Finding Aid" (2012). Finding Aids. Book 18.
  2. 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.
  3. Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, Papers of Roger E. Hedlund
  4. Roger E. Hedlund, The Protestant Movement in Italy: Its Progress, Problems, and Prospects, William Carey Library, Pasadena, 1970.
  5. Roger E. Hedlund, Building the Church, Evangelical Literature Service, Bangalore, 1982.
  6. Roger E. Hedlund, Mission to Man in the Bible, Evangelical Literature Service for Church Growth Research Centre, Madras, 1985.
  7. Roger E. Hedlund, The Mission of the Church in the World: A Biblical Theology, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1991.
  8. Roger E. Hedlund, Evangelization and Church Growth: Issues from the Asian Context, C.G.R.C. McGavran Institute, Madras, 1992.
  9. Roger E. Hedlund, Roots of the Great Debate in Mission: Mission in Historical and Theological Perspective, Theological Book Trust, Bangalore, 1993.
  10. Roger E. Hedlund, God and the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Mission in the Asian Context, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1997.
  11. Roger E. Hedlund, Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous Origin: the "Little Tradition" in Indian Christianity, ISPCK/MIIS, New Delhi/Madras, 2000.
  12. 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.
  13. Roger E. Hedlund, Church Growth in the Third World, Gospel Literature Service, Bombay, 1977.
  14. 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.
  15. Roger E. Hedlund, Beulah Herbert (Edited), Culture and Evangelization: A Collection of Indian Anthropological Readings, Church Growth Research Centre, Madras, 1982.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Roger E. Hedlund, Paul Bhakiaraj (Edited), Theological Trends in Mission in the 20th Century, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2004.
  19. Roger E. Hedlund, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2012.
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