Next Christendom The Coming of Global Christianity

Name: Next Christendom The Coming of Global Christianity
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ISBN: 9780199767465

ISBN-10: 0199767467

ISBN-13: 9780199767465

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Philip Jenkins

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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? Will Christianity contribute to liberating the poor, to give voices to the previously silent, or does it threaten only to bring new kinds of…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Philip Jenkins is professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University. His many books include Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis.



Acknowledgments


List of Tables


Preface


Maps



The Christian Revolution



Disciples of All Nations



Missionaries and Prophets



Standing Alone



The Rise of the New Christianity



Coming to Terms



God and the World



The Next Crusade



Coming Home



Seeing Christianity Again for the First Time


Notes


Index