2022 World Christianities Essay Prize winner: Kate Tilson, University of Cambridge
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the World Christianities Essay Prize for 2022 is Kate Tilson (University of Cambridge) for her essay entitled “Childbirth and Emerging Missionary Information Networks in Britain and the South Pacific.” The essay will be published in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History in 2023.
Judges' commendation: "This is a beautifully written, well crafted, professional essay. It charts new territory in mission history and nuanced, thoughtful reflection on complex medical, religious and sociological themes. It breaks fresh ground via an innovative combination of themes: cross cultural intimacy and boundary making across gender and race; knowledge creation and exchange and the making of texts; the relation of religion to science. The author has read widely and comparatively. The result is a fascinating article, original in its insights, and exhibiting an exemplary conversation between archival sources and modern historical and anthropological scholarship."
Many congratulations to Kate Tilson!