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This Collection of his Writings and Photographs is a Memorial
​to the Life and Work of Murdoch MacKenzie              

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Bossey Students' Research Projects 

Dear Friends

Here is a list of Research Papers in which we have been involved with 43 students from the following countries:

Burundi 2, China 2, Cyprus 1, Greece 1, Guatemala 1, Guinea 2, India 2, Kenya 1, Myanmar 1, Nigeria 5, Poland 1, Romania 4, Russia 1, Rwanda 3, Serbia 1, Sierra Leone 2, South Korea 1, Sri Lanka 1, Sudan 1, Tanzania 3, Thailand 1, Uganda 1, Ukraine 1, USA 2, Zambia 2.

Their studies include:
  1. Core course on the Ecumenical Movement
  2. Workshop on Ecumenical Biblical Interpretation
  3. Ecumenical Social Ethics
  4. Ecumenical Missiology
  5. Ecumenical Biblical Hermeneutics
  6. Ecumenical Theology
We have not read all their papers but have been involved in about 40 of them. These include the following topics which will give you a flavour of what Bossey students have been doing in the 60th Graduate School 2008-2009:

SOCIAL ETHICS

          * The situation of child soldiers in Sudan
          * Transitional Justice with reference to Rwanda
          * Solidarity with vulnerable Myanmar ethic children and youth
          * Environmental Sustainability:Eco-Justice in relation to Climate Change
          * Listening with Love – A pastoral approach of Justice as Healing in the African context of HIV/AIDS
          * The Role of Religion in the Restoration of Peace and Economic Integration in
          * Nigeria – Yorubaland as a case study
          * Human Trafficking as an aspect of Globalisation with reference to Northern Thailand as a case study
          * Inculturation of the traditional Chewa religious and cultural practices as a possible solution for the
            healing of marginalized societies:with particular consideration of the Nyau Traditional dance of the
            Chewa people of Eastern Zambia
          * The Challenges posed by Wealth and Poverty – an analysis of some Ecumenical Responses
          * Violence against Women in Northern Nigeria
          * The ethical implications of the cross of Jesus in the light of the issues of War and peace.
          * The Ecumenical Movement in the struggle against violence in the Great Lakes region of Africa

MISSIOLOGY

          * Aspects of a Theology for Mission Today
          * Mission among young people in Myanmar within the context of Migration
          * Inter-religious dialogue as a form of Church Mission in the context of violence in the Great Lakes
            region of Africa
          * Mission in Post-modernity
          * Mission amidst Affluence and Affliction:Altering Borders for a Third Space
          * The Impact of the Church Missionary Society from a Rwandan Perspective
          * Mission as a Ministry of Dialogue:Between Buddhism and Christianity from a Thai Context
          * Mission Alongside the Vulnerable
          * The role of Indigenous Prophetic Leaders in the building of Pentecostalism in South Western
            Nigeria (1918-1980)
          * An examination into the major concepts and understandings of unity in the African Instituted
            Churches
          * Children’s Church and the Challenges it faces in Today’s Mission

BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS

          * Polygamy among the Dinka tribes in Southern Sudan
          * The Power of Words in St James’ Letter
          * Justice in the Book of Amos and its relevance for Dalits in India today
          * Ecumenism and the Holy Spirit:with special reference to 1 Corinthians 12:1-13
          * Isaiah 7:14 ‘Virgin and Messiah?’
          * The Prologue of the Gospel according to John
          * John 17
          * Bible Study on Isaiah 52:13-53:12
          * The Messianic Secret
          * Pauline approach to Christian living in community according to Romans 12

THEOLOGY

          * The Unity of the Church and its relationship with Baptism and Eucharist
          * An Ecumenical Perspective on Affirming Life and Growing in Fellowship: A Study of the
            African Understanding of Life with special reference to HIV/AIDS
          * Infant Baptism – An Issue in the Ecumenical Context of Sri Lanka
          * Division and Unity:The reasons for divisions between Christian Churches in Korea in the light of the
            search for Visible Unity
          * Anglican and Roman Catholic Ordained Ministry:Towards Mutual Recognition
          * The Unity we Seek – the reports of the 3rd, 5th and 7th WCC Assemblies
          * A Cry from the Infant World – A Wake-up Call to the World Council of  Churches – Infants response to
            the Lima text
          * ‘Filioque’ in the Roman-Catholic-Orthodox discussions in the 19th Century
          * Chrismation in Orthodox and Catholic Churches’ dialogues
          * The Relation between the WCC and the Catholic Church
          * Understanding Unity in the Chinese Context
          * The Church of the Brethren Practice of the Eucharist in relation to the BEM Document
          * An Orthodox Response to the Eucharistic Section in BEM
          * The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) and the challengesit faces today as a United Church
          * Church Unity in the Chinese Context

This will give you some idea of the breadth of the work here. The students are now in the middle of their exams. In early February they will all go to Rome as the guests of the Vatican. On their return the students on the 60th Graduate School will attend a closing ceremony and receive their certificates from the University of Geneva. About half the present students will leave on or about 15th February. The others will remain to continue their studies on the Masters course whilst the nuns (2 Catholic, 2 Orthodox and 2 Lutheran) will continue their course in Spirituality. We will continue helping them with these studies and in teaching them how to improve their English.

Love and Peace

Anne and Murdoch


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