The Next Christendom The Coming of Global Christianity
ISBN: 9780199767465 | 0199767467
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 9/13/2011
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In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity is likely to affect the poor, among whom it finds its most devoted adherents. How should we interpret the enormous success of prosperity churches across the Global South? Politically, what will be the impact of new Christian movements... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| List of Tables | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Maps | p. xiv |
| The Christian Revolution | p. 1 |
| Disciples of All Nations | p. 21 |
| Missionaries and Prophets | p. 51 |
| Standing Alone | p. 69 |
| The Rise of the New Christianity | p. 101 |
| Coming to Terms | p. 134 |
| God and the World | p. 171 |
Philip Jenkins is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. He is the author of many books and articles, including the acclaimed The Future of Christianity Trilogy, consisting of The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South, and God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis.
