Roger E. Hedlund

American pastor in India (born 1935)
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Roger E. Hedlund
Born1935[1]
Minnesota[1]
NationalityEnglish-American
OccupationPastor
TitleThe Reverend Doctor

Roger E. Hedlund is an American 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]

Education

Hedlund studied at the Upland College in 1957 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. After serving as a missionary in Italy, Hedlund pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena between 1970 and 1974. In 2004, Hedlund pursued another doctorate at the State-run University of Madras.[1][2]

Career

Hedlund taught at the Union Biblical Seminary, both at Yeotmal and at Pune from 1974 to 1978 and also at the Serampore College from 1994 to 1997. He is associated with Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research and with the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies (Chennai).[3] Hedlund edited the Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity.[4]

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 by the Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky.[5]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Hedlund, Roger, "Roger Hedlund ARC2012 -002 - Finding Aid" (2012). Finding Aids. Book 18.[1]
  2. ^ Hedlund, Roger E (2003). William Carey's American connections: implications for the Serampore mission, indigenous Christianity and India's renaissance. OCLC 856826760.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Dan (December 2013). "Review: Roger E. Hedlund (Chief Editor). 2012. The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity". Studies in World Christianity. 19 (3): 286–287. doi:10.3366/swc.2013.0063. ISSN 1354-9901.
  5. ^ "Roger Hedlund | Asbury Theological Seminary Research | ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange". place.asburyseminary.edu. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Leder, Arie C. (November 1993). "Review". Calvin Theological Journal. 28 (2): 468. ISSN 0008-1795.
  7. ^ Reviews of Christianity Made in India:
    • Easterling, John F. (January 2019). "Review". Missiology: An International Review. 47 (1): 94–95. doi:10.1177/0091829618824132k. ISSN 0091-8296.
    • Spalding, P.S. (April 2019). "Review". Choice Reviews. 55 (8): 966. eISSN 1523-8253. ISSN 0009-4978.
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