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	==Education==		==Education==
	Hedlund studied at the [[Upland College]] in 1957 and thereafter undertook theological studies at the [[Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary]] where he was awarded the graduate degree of [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (B.D.) in 1961. After serving as a missionary in [[Italy]], Hedlund pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies at the [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Pasadena, California\|Pasadena]] between 1970-1974. In 2004, Hedlund pursued another doctorate at the State-run [[University of Madras]].<ref name="Ashbury" /><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Hedlund\|first=Roger E\|title=William Carey's American connections: implications for the Serampore mission, indigenous Christianity and India's renaissance\|date=2003\|language=English\|oclc=856826760}}</ref>		Hedlund studied at the [[Upland College]] in 1957 and thereafter undertook theological studies at the [[Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary]] where he was awarded the graduate degree of [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (B.D.) in 1961. After serving as a missionary in [[Italy]], Hedlund pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies at the [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Pasadena, California\|Pasadena]] between 1970 and 1974. In 2004, Hedlund pursued another doctorate at the State-run [[University of Madras]].<ref name="Ashbury" /><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Hedlund\|first=Roger E\|title=William Carey's American connections: implications for the Serampore mission, indigenous Christianity and India's renaissance\|date=2003\|language=English\|oclc=856826760}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Hedlund taught at the [[Union Biblical Seminary]], both at [[Yeotmal]] and at [[Pune]] from 1974-1978 and also at the [[Serampore College]] from 1994-1997. He is associated with ''Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research'' and with the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies ([[Chennai]]).<ref name="Laing">Roger E. Hedlund, ''Response to Persecution and Suffering in the History of Christian Mission'' in Mark T. B. Laing (Edited), ''Persecution and Suffering: Christian Reflections and Responses'', published for the Centre for Mission Studies, [[Union Biblical Seminary]], Pune by the ISPCK, New Delhi, 2007.</ref> Hedlund edited the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity''.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=O'Connor\|first=Dan\|date=December 2013\|title=Review: Roger E. Hedlund (Chief Editor). 2012. The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity\|journal=Studies in World Christianity\|language=en\|volume=19\|issue=3\|pages=286–287\|doi=10.3366/swc.2013.0063\|issn=1354-9901}}</ref>		Hedlund taught at the [[Union Biblical Seminary]], both at [[Yeotmal]] and at [[Pune]] from 1974 to 1978 and also at the [[Serampore College]] from 1994 to 1997. He is associated with ''Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research'' and with the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies ([[Chennai]]).<ref name="Laing">Roger E. Hedlund, ''Response to Persecution and Suffering in the History of Christian Mission'' in Mark T. B. Laing (Edited), ''Persecution and Suffering: Christian Reflections and Responses'', published for the Centre for Mission Studies, [[Union Biblical Seminary]], Pune by the ISPCK, New Delhi, 2007.</ref> Hedlund edited the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity''.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=O'Connor\|first=Dan\|date=December 2013\|title=Review: Roger E. Hedlund (Chief Editor). 2012. The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity\|journal=Studies in World Christianity\|language=en\|volume=19\|issue=3\|pages=286–287\|doi=10.3366/swc.2013.0063\|issn=1354-9901}}</ref>

	Hedlund has been prominent in the theological circles in India and known in the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Charismatic circles serving the cause of missiological research.<ref name="Ashbury" /> The papers and correspondence of Roger E. Hedlund have been preserved and made digitally available by the [[Asbury Theological Seminary]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Roger Hedlund {{!}} Asbury Theological Seminary Research {{!}} ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange\|url=https://place.asburyseminary.edu/rogerhedlund/\|access-date=2021-02-22\|website=place.asburyseminary.edu}}</ref>		Hedlund has been prominent in the theological circles in India and known in the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Charismatic circles serving the cause of missiological research.<ref name="Ashbury" /> The papers and correspondence of Roger E. Hedlund have been preserved and made digitally available by the [[Asbury Theological Seminary]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Roger Hedlund {{!}} Asbury Theological Seminary Research {{!}} ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange\|url=https://place.asburyseminary.edu/rogerhedlund/\|access-date=2021-02-22\|website=place.asburyseminary.edu}}</ref>
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{{short description|American pastor (born 1935)}}
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{{BLP sources|date=February 2021}}
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'''Roger E. Hedlund''' is an American [[pastor]] who has spent more than three decades in [[India]] as a [[Theology|theological]] teacher and researcher with major contributions to [[missiology]] with special reference to Indian ethos.<ref name="Ashbury"/>

==Education==
Hedlund studied at the [[Upland College]] in 1957 and thereafter undertook theological studies at the [[Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary]] where he was awarded the graduate degree of [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (B.D.) in 1961. After serving as a missionary in [[Italy]], Hedlund pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies at the [[Fuller Theological Seminary]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] between 1970-1974. In 2004, Hedlund pursued another doctorate at the State-run [[University of Madras]].<ref name="Ashbury" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E|title=William Carey's American connections: implications for the Serampore mission, indigenous Christianity and India's renaissance|date=2003|language=English|oclc=856826760}}</ref>

==Career==
Hedlund taught at the [[Union Biblical Seminary]], both at [[Yeotmal]] and at [[Pune]] from 1974-1978 and also at the [[Serampore College]] from 1994-1997. He is associated with ''Dharma Deepika: A South Asian Journal of Missiological Research'' and with the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies ([[Chennai]]).<ref name="Laing">Roger E. Hedlund, ''Response to Persecution and Suffering in the History of Christian Mission'' in Mark T. B. Laing (Edited), ''Persecution and Suffering: Christian Reflections and Responses'', published for the Centre for Mission Studies, [[Union Biblical Seminary]], Pune by the ISPCK, New Delhi, 2007.</ref> Hedlund edited the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Connor|first=Dan|date=December 2013|title=Review: Roger E. Hedlund (Chief Editor). 2012. The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity|journal=Studies in World Christianity|language=en|volume=19|issue=3|pages=286–287|doi=10.3366/swc.2013.0063|issn=1354-9901}}</ref>

Hedlund has been prominent in the theological circles in India and known in the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Charismatic circles serving the cause of missiological research.<ref name="Ashbury" /> The papers and correspondence of Roger E. Hedlund have been preserved and made digitally available by the [[Asbury Theological Seminary]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Hedlund {{!}} Asbury Theological Seminary Research {{!}} ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange|url=https://place.asburyseminary.edu/rogerhedlund/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=place.asburyseminary.edu}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E|title=The Protestant movement in Italy; its progress, problems, and prospects|date=1970|publisher=William Carey Library|isbn=978-0-87808-307-7|location=South Pasadena, Calif.|language=English|oclc=132850}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|title=Roots of the Great Debate in Mission|date=1981|publisher=Evangelical Literature Service|language=en|oclc=477724803}}
* {{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E|title=Building the church|date=1982|publisher=Evangelical Literature Service|location=Madras, India|language=English|oclc=14697911}}
* {{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|url=|title=Mission to Man in the Bible|date=1985|publisher=Evangelical Literature Service|language=en|oclc=14174448}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|title=Evangelization and Church Growth: Issues from the Asian Context|date=1992|publisher=C.G.R.C. McGavran Institute, India|language=en|oclc=1203446266}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|url=|title=God and the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Mission in the Asian Context|date=1997|publisher=ISPCK|isbn=978-81-7214-396-1|language=en}}
* {{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E|title=The mission of the church in the world: a biblical theology|date=2003|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|location=Eugene, Or.|language=English|oclc=54070487}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Leder|first=Arie C.|date=November 1993|title=Review|journal=[[Calvin Theological Journal]]|volume=28|issue=2|pages=468|issn=0008-1795}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|url=|title=Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous Origin: the "Little Tradition" in Indian Christianity|date=2000|publisher=ISPCK|isbn=978-81-7214-525-5|language=en}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E|title=Roots of the great debate in mission: mission in historical and theological perspective : revised and enlarged|date=2002|publisher=Theological Book Trust|isbn=978-81-7475-008-2|location=Bangalore, India|language=English|oclc=808564613}}
*{{Cite book|last=Hedlund|first=Roger E.|title=Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa|date=2017|publisher=[[Fortress Press]]|isbn=978-1-5064-3033-1|language=en}}<ref>Reviews of ''Christianity Made in India'':
*{{Cite journal|last=Easterling|first=John F.|date=January 2019|title=Review|journal=[[Missiology: An International Review]]|language=en|volume=47|issue=1|pages=94–95|doi=10.1177/0091829618824132k|issn=0091-8296|doi-access=free}}
*{{Cite journal|last=Spalding|first=P.S.|date=April 2019|title=Review|journal=[[Choice Reviews]]|volume=55|issue=8|pages=966|issn=0009-4978|eissn=1523-8253}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian Christian theologians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Fuller Theological Seminary alumni]]
[[Category:Baptist writers]]
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Missional Christianity]]
[[Category:Senate of Serampore College (University) faculty]]
[[Category:American expatriate academics]]
[[Category:Union Biblical Seminary, Pune faculty]]