GFDD/Funglode Fellow to Present During the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

As part of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, GFDD/Funglode Fellow Dr. Christina Davidson will present her recent publication “Analysis of Evangelical Christianity in the Dominican Republic” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

The book, formally presented at the headquarters of la Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) in Santo Domingo in November, provides a glance at two historical protestant churches with great presence in the DR: the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Dominican Evangelical Church.

According to the research, the history of the Evangelical Church in the Dominican Republic reflects the popular understanding of a unified identity among evangelical Christians, despite many differences among their beliefs and practices. This reflection and much more will be presented during the panel discussion and book release in New York that will take place from 1:00pm to 2:15pm on Friday, February 1, 2019. The event will be held in Room 7 of the United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017.

Registration for this free event is required. Please email un@globalfoundationdd.org by January 25, 2019 for a UN Ground Pass.

About the Author:
Dr. Christina Davidson has a dual degree in Latin American Studies and International Studies from Yale University, as well as a master’s and doctorate in History from Duke University. Her doctoral thesis was sponsored by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award. From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Davidson collaborated with GFDD/Funglode for the second time. In 2007 Davidson carried out her first research in the Dominican Republic as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.

About the Fellows Program:
The Fellows Program, an extension of the internship and academic exchange program InteRDom, was developed in 2009 to respond to the desire of GFDD and FUNGLODE to develop a community of scholars that contributes to the Foundations” growing body of research on matters of international concern that directly impact the Dominican Republic, complementing the overall mission of GFDD and FUNGLODE to promote academic exchange, generate scholarship, and influence the creation of public policy related to economic and social development both at the national and international level.