Brian Stanley

Professor Brian Stanley is a British historian, best known for his works in the history of Christian missions and world Christianity.

He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in history from University of Cambridge and has taught in theological colleges in London, Bristol, and Cambridge.

From 1996 to 2001 he was director of the Currents in World Christianity Project in the University of Cambridge, where he was a fellow of St Edmund's College before joining the faculty at the University of Edinburgh in January 2009. He is currently Professor of World Christianity and Director for the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the School of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh.

He is also currently the chief editor of the academic journal Studies in World Christianity and part of the editorial board of The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Along with Robert Eric Frykenberg, Stanley is co-editor of the Studies in the History of Christian Missions book series from the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.