Heleen Murre-van den Berg’s research is focused on so-called ‘non-western’ forms of Christianity, as they developed in the pre-modern and modern periods, in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These new forms of Christianity are characterized by a mix of both local and global elements, for which sociologists have coined the term ‘glocal’. In recent research on World Christianity, the varying local forms have received ample attention, ignoring or taking for granted the global developments and interactions. Murre-van den Berg, therefore, concentrates on the study of these multi-national and multi-local developments, as they took and take place in missions, in ecumenical organizations and in all kinds of informal exchanges. The Christianity of the Middle East is studied in detail. The varieties of oriental Christianity, on which were grafted new forms of Catholicism, Protestantism and Pentecostalism, represent World Christianity in both its local and global manifestations. Current projects include research on the Christianity of Iraq (especially concerning the Church of the East, Assyrian and Chaldean), as well as on Christian views of the ‘Holy Land’, especially in connection to past and present relationships between Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the coming year, new research projects will be started that follow up on these projects.