The next Christendom : the coming of global Christianity / Philip Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Series:

Jenkins, Philip, 1952- Future of Christianity trilogy.

Future of Christianity trilogy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Forecasting.

Christianity.

Church membership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

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 division and conflict? Does Christianity liberate women, or introduce new scriptural bases for subjection?

Contents:

1 The Christian Revolution; 2 Disciples of All Nations; 3 Missionaries and Prophets; 4 Standing Alone; 5 The Rise of the New Christianity; 6 Coming to Terms; 7 God and the World; 8 The Next Crusade; 9 Coming Home; 10 Seeing Christianity Again for the First Time.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-23234-0

9786613232342

0-19-987749-1

OCLC:

747410630