The Cambridge history of Christianity. Volume 9, World Christianities c.1914-c.2000 / edited by Hugh McLeod.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLeod, Hugh, editor.

Series:

Cambridge history of Christianity

The Cambridge history of Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--19th century.

Church history.

Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 717 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The twentieth century saw changes as dramatic as any in Christian history. The Churches suffered serious losses, both through persecution and through secularisation, in what had been for several centuries their European heartlands, but grew fast in Africa and parts of Asia. This volume provides a comprehensive history of Catholicism, Protestantism and the Independent Churches in all parts of the world in the century when Christianity truly became a global religion. Written by a powerful team of specialists from many different countries, the volume is broad in scope. The first part focuses on institutions and movements which have had a worldwide impact, including the papacy, the ecumenical movement and Pentecostalism. The second provides a narrative of Christian history in each region of the world. The third focuses on selected themes from an international perspective, including changes in worship, relations with Jews and Muslims, science and the arts, gender and sexuality.

Contents:

Introduction / Hugh McLeod

Being a Christian in the early twentieth century / Hugh McLeod

The papacy / John Pollard

Ecumenism / David M. Thompson

Christianity, colonialism and missions / Kevin Ward

The pentecostal and charismatic movements / Allan Anderson

Independency in Africa and Asia / Allan Anderson and Edmond Tang

The great war / Michael Snape

The Christian churches and politics in Europe, 1914-1939 / Martin Conway

Latin America, c. 1914-c. 1950 / Christopher Abel

African Christianity : from the world wars to decolonisation / Ogbu U. Kalu

The African diaspora in the Caribbean and Europe from pre-emancipation to the present day / Roswith Gerloff

Christianity in the United States during the inter-war years / Colleen McDannell

Christian churches in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 1914-1970 / Katharine Massam

Catholicism and protestantism in the second world war in Europe / Andrew Chandler

The Cold War, the hegemony of the United States and the golden age of Christian democracy / Dianne Kirby

The religious ferment of the sixties / Michael Walsh

The crisis of Christianity in the west : entering a post-Christian era? / Hugh McLeod

The revolutions in eastern Europe and the beginnings of the post-communist era / Philip Walters

The transformation of Latin American Christianity, c. 1950-2000 / Edward L. Cleary

Religion and racism : struggles around segregation, "Jim Crow" and apartheid / Steve De Gruchy

Post-colonial Christianity in Africa / David Maxwell

South Asia, 1911-2003 / Chandra Mallampalli

Christianity in south-east Asia, 1914-2000 / John Roxborogh

East Asia / Richard Fox Young

Liturgy / Bryan D. Spinks

Relations between Christians and Jews, 1914-2000 / Daniel R. Langton

Relations between Christians and Muslims / David Thomas

Relations between Christians and Buddhists and Hindus / David Cheetham

Theologies of religions / David Cheetham

Wealth and poverty / Duncan B. Forrester

Marriage and the family / Adrian Thatcher

Homosexuality / David Hilliard

Patriarchy and women's emancipation / Pirjo Markkola

The Church as women's space / Pirjo Markkola

Christianity and the sciences / Peter J. Bowler

Literature and film / David Jasper

Music and Christianity in the twentieth century / Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Christianity and art / Jutta Vinzent

Church architecture / Nigel Yates

Role models / Hugh McLeod

Being a Christian at the end of the twentieth century / Hugh McLeod.

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ISBN:

9781139054850 (ebook)

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