Dana L. Robert
Truman Collins Professor of
World Mission
Boston University
School of Theology
745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-3064
drobdan@bu.edu BU Mission Studies Research Resources
Marthinus L. Daneel
Professor of Missiology,
Part-time, Boston University School of Theology
8 Acacia Ave.
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
1991 Founder of Association of African Earthkeeping Churches (grassroots environmental and tree-planting movement, composed of 180 African Independent denominations)
1988 Founder of Association of Zimbabwean Traditional Ecologists (grassroots traditionalist earthkeeping and tree-planting movement, composed of traditional chiefs, spirit mediums, headmen, etc.)
1984 Founder of Zimbabwean Institute
of Religious Research and Ecological Conservation (composed of
departments of research, ecology, development programs, women’s desk, youth
desk, wildlife, theological education by extension, finance and
administration.)
1972-1989 Founder and Director of African Independent Church Conference (Fambidzano) (ecumenical movement of independent churches for theological training and community development, founded in the midst of Zimbabwe’s liberation war and now the oldest ecumenical movement of AIC’s in Zimbabwe; at its peak 600 students enrolled at 40 extension centers annually)
PUBLICATIONS
Series of Publications on
AFRICAN INITIATIVES
IN CHRISTIAN MISSION
This series addresses the missionary genius of African churches, treating them as social movements, as products of indigenous culture and leadership, and as creator of African theologies. Empirical and archival research underpins these fascinating studies.
Series Editors: Marthinus L. Daneel and Dana L. Robert
Pretoria, South Africa
To submit proposals, contact Dana L. Robert
Other recent and forthcoming publications.
Dana and Inus at home
With friends in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
Colossians 1:17, 19-20 “He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together… For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.”
Revelation 22:1-2 “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”