Facing West : American evangelicals in an age of world Christianity / David R. Swartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swartz, David R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--History--21st century.

Missions.

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The dramatic growth of Christianity around the world in the last century has shifted the balance of power within the faith away from the traditional strongholds of Europe and the United States to the Global South. While we typically imagine Western missionaries carrying religion to the ends of the earth, David R. Swartz shows that the line of influence has often run the other way, as evangelicals in nations such as Korea, India, and Uganda shaped the American church from abroad. Swartz tells stories of evangelicals crossing national boundaries, offering new insights into a tradition that imagines itself as simultaneously American and part of a global communion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Christian Americanism. Chicago 1945: Youth for Christ and World War II

Seoul 1952: World Vision and the Korean War

Global Encounters. Sat Tal 1958: COuld War and Caste

Lausanne 1974: a Latin American Challenge to North American Missiology

Occidentall Mindoro 1983: transformational development and the de-Americanization of World Vision

Almolonga 1999: Pentecostalism and the enchangment of the North

Mbarara 2007: an East African critique of American Sexuality

Disorientations. Chiang Mai 2017: a campaign against human trafficking

Boston 2045: the quiet revival and non-Western immigration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Swartz, David R., Facing West

ISBN:

9780190250805

0190250801

OCLC:

1127067547

Publisher Number:

99984752942