The rise of the Global South : the decline of Western Christendom and the rise of Majority World Christianity / Elijah J.F. Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Elijah J. F. (Elijah Jong Fil)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--21st century.

Christianity.

Church history--21st century.

Church history.

Christianity--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 487 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Wipf & Stock, [2012]

Summary:

Global Christianity has been experiencing an unprecedented historical transition from the West to the non-Western world. The leadership of global Christianity has taken on a new face since the twentieth century. Christendom in Europe and America has experienced a great decline while there has been a rise in Majority World Christianity. Churches in the Global South have given their voices to global Christianity through their leadership, world mission movements, and theology. The phenomenal church growth has risen from the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement. Pentecostalism has become the dominant force in global Christianity today. The Rise of the Global South examines the significance this shift has had on global Christianity by going through the history of Christianity in the West and the causes of the shift. Book jacket.

Contents:

Twenty-first century Christianity

The crisis of Christianity in Europe

What is European Christianity?

Secularization in Europe

Revival movements in Europe

American awakenings and revivals

The secularization in the United States

Global trends in Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1610979702

OCLC:

794463310

Publisher Number:

99949278351