CURRICULUM VITAE AND REFEREES

Dr.Laurent William

SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Laurent Ramambason’s Research Record

Book

1999:

* Missiology: Its Subject-Matter and Method. A Study of ‘Mission-doers’ in Madagascar. Hamburg: Peter Lang, 1999. Reviewed by Marc Spindler in International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden NL, February 21, 2000, p. 42.

Articles

2006

‘Ny fiarahamonina itoriana ny filazantsara’ (The Society of Communities where Missions are Lived out). Fiarahamientana amin’ny fitoriana ny Filazantsara sy asa vavolombelona ataon’ny FJKM 2006 - 2008. [The reference document for the three year mission plan of the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar] Antananarivo : TP FJKM. pp. 23-29.

2001:

* “Culture”, Dictionnaire œcuménique de missiologie, edited by Ion Bria, Philippe Chanson, Jacques Gadille, Marc Spindler, Paris: CERF, Genève: Labor et Fides, Yaoundé: CLE, 2001, pp.76-78.

* “Nationalismes et mission”, Dictionnaire œcuménique de missiologie, edited by Ion Bria, Philippe Chanson, Jacques Gadille, Marc Spindler, Paris: CERF, Genève: Labor et Fides, Yaoundé: CLE, 2001, pp.234-237.

2000:

* “Time to Break Free” in Inside Out, Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, 2000 Issue 15, p. 9

1999:

* “A Wider Ecumenism” in Inside Out , Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, 1999 Issue 13, p. 11.

* ‘Dekolonisation und Mission’, Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, edited by Jörg Persch, Tübingen: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1999, cc. 636-637.

* Foreword for Dr Anne Hadfield’s book, Grassroots Mission: Holistic Mission in a Fractured World. Wellington, New Zealand: Philip Garside Publishing, 1999.

1998:

* “Kultur ist das, was übrigbleibt”. KEM Auftrag, Nr. 1, Januar 1998, 14-15, Basel: Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missionen.

* “Readiness for Responsibility”, International Review of Mission, Vol. LXXXVII Nr 345, April 1998, 273-279.

* “Dies ist das Wort des Herrn” wer spricht so? in ‘Der text im Kontext: die Bibel mit anderen Augen gelesen’, Hamburg:Evangelisches Missionwerk in Deutschland.

1997:

* “Ministers: More Hindrance than Help?” in Inside Out, Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, 1997 Issue 1, p. 11.

* “Sociologie des sectes: Transition gorbachévienne, églises et sectes à Madagascar”, Eglises instituées et nouveaux groupements religieux . Institut Catholique de Madagascar: Collection ISTA Nr 7, 1997, 84-102

* “Malagasy Christians amidst the Lubricating Blood of Grinding Economic Models A Missiological Approach to Socio-economic Issues” [Mission Studies, Journal of the IAMS, Vol. XIII-1&2, 1996, 256-267] and [Mission Matters , edited by Lynne Price, Juan Sepúlveda & Graeme Smith, ‘Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity’, Vol. 103. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien: Peter Lang, 1997, 197-206]

1995:

* “The Merina/Sakalava Encounter in the Region of Analalava: Self-Sacrifice and Betrayal in a Non-Western Missionary Enterprise”, Cultures of Madagascar: Ebbs and Flows of Influences, Leiden: International Institute for Asian Studies, 1995, 207-219, edited by Sandra Evers and Marc Spindler

Papers

2004

Malagasy Spelling for SMS : Towards a Reformed Spelling of the Malagasy Language.  Symposium on ‘The Present and Future Role of  Protestants in the Country’. National Academy of Madagascar. 28-30 June 2004.

2003

Church Decline : Reflection on a Dialogue with a British Minister. Faculty Study Circle. Bishop’s College, Kolkata, India. Tuesday 25 November 2003

‘Wicked Problems’ and the Disciples of Jesus Christ : Environmental Sciences and Missiology. Interdiciplinary Seminar on Water. Bishop’s College, Kolkata, India. Friday 21 November 2003.

2002

‘Holos Anthropos : Reflection on some Critiques and Alternaties to Inculturation’. Joint Faculty Seminar. Bishop’s College,  Kolkata, India. 21 September 2002.

2001

Religiology of Mission and Missiology of Religion. Faculty Study Circle. Bishop’s College, Kolkata, India. Tuesday 27 November 2001.

1998:

* "The Study of Mission in Theological Schools: A Critical Synopsis" (International Consultation on Mission and Ecumenics, United Theological College, Bangalore, India, September 10-13, 1998)

1997:

* Church Centredness in Theological Education: Some Milestones in the Mission History of Ministerial Formation in Madagascar (Academy of Madagascar, 130th anniversary and centenary of the arrivals of, respectively, the pioneer British Friends and French protestant missionaries in Madagascar)

* Eglise et 'secte': une approche sociologique (Inter-disciplinary week on "Eglises instituées et nouveaux groupements religieux" sponsored by the Catholic Theological and Philosophical Seminary of Ambatoroka - Antananarivo, February 17-22, 1997)

1996:

* Socio-economic Issues and Mission: Malagasy Christians amidst the Lubricating Blood of Grinding Economic Models  (International Conference of the International Association for Mission Studies, Buenos Aires 10-19 April 1996, on "God or Mammon: Economies in Conflict")

* Missiologie de la culture (Symposium, FJKM Faculté de Théologie, Madagascar 1996)

Thesis and Dissertations

1995:

*'Mission-doers' in Madagascar: A Contribution to the Subject -Matter and Method of Missiology (Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham, UK)

1991:

* Mestoimenija kak tchast' retchi -'Pronouns as part of speech'- (Research paper for Postgraduate Certificate in Russian Studies)

1989:

* I Ionaha: Dikateny, Heviteny, Dingana mankany amin'ny sosiolojian'ny heviteny - 'Jonah: Translation, Exegesis, towards a Sociology of Interpretation'- (dissertation for the M.Th. -Maîtrise en Théologie)

1986:

* Enfants sans abri: Essai de sociologie ici et maintenant - 'Homeless Children: A Sociological Essay Here and Now' - (dissertation for the Licence en Sociologie)

1983:

*Ny fandikana ny Testamenta Vaovao amin'ny Teny Malagasy: Ny amin'ny Isa - 'The Translation of the New Testament into Malagasy: Of Numbers' - (dissertation for the Licence en Théologie)

Book reviews

2005

‘The Variables and Constants of Christian Mission’ in :  Mission Studies, vol. 22, N° 1, 2005, pp. 148-151 ;  a review article of Constants in Context : A Theology of Mission for Today  by Stephen B. Bevan, and Roger Schroeder, American Society of Missiology Series, N° 30, Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, 2004, xxii + 488 pp.

2001

* The Church Mission Society and World Christianity, 1799-1999, “Studies in the History of Christian Missions” by Kevin Ward and Brian Stanley (eds.). Grand Rapids / Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans; Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 2000

in: Exchange.

* Nigerian Catholics and the Independent Churches: A Call to Authentic Faith, ‘Neue Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft, Supplementa Vol. 45’ ” by Kenneth Enang. Freiburg: Paulusdruckerei, 2000. in: Exchange.

* To Understand the World, To Save the World: The Interface Between Missiology and the Social Sciences by Charles R. Taber, (“Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series”, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press International, 2000. 12cm x 18cm, pp. 146) in Inside Out, Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, Issue no 20, p. 21.

* A World of Blessing: Benedictions from Every Continent and Many Cultures, compiled by Geoffrey Duncan, Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2000, in Inside Out, Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, Issue no 18.

2000:

* Footprints of God. A Narrative Theology of Mission by Charles Van Engen, Nancy Thomas and Robert Gallagher (eds.), Monrovia, California: MARC, 1999, 236 pages. ISBN 1-887983-14-7, in Inside Out, Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, 2000 Issue no 17, p. 19.

* Grassroots Mission: Holistic Mission in a Fractured World by Anne Hadfield’s (Wellington, New Zealand: Philip Garside Publishing, 1999) in Inside Out , Journal of the Council for World Mission, London, 2000 Issue no 16, p. 19.

* Inculturer pour évangéliser en profondeur: Des initiations traditionnelles africaines à une initiation chrétienne engageante, by Jean de Dieu Mvuanda, Etudes d’histoire interculturelle du Christianisme Band 101. Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M, New York, Paris, Wien: Peter Lang. 1998. ISBN 3-906757-31-5 in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, Heft 3, Leipzig, März 2000. ISSN 0040-5671

1998:

* “Mae Enga Myths and Christ’s Message: Fullness of Life in Mae Enga Mythology and Christ the Life (Jn 10:10)” by Maria Dlugosz SSPS [Studia Instituti Missiologici Societatis Verbi Divini Nr. 66. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 1998] in: Exchange, vol. 28,4: 1998: 388-390.

* Mission Matters. [edited by Lynne Price, Juan Sepúlveda & Graeme Smith ,‘Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity’, Vol. 103. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien: Peter Lang, 1997] in: Exchange, vol. 27 Nr 3, 1998: 277-279.