The world's Christians : who they are, where they are, and how they got there / Douglas Jacobsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsen, Douglas G. (Douglas Gordon), 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

Summary:

Christianity is the world's largest religion and has a truly global presence, with one third of the world's population identifying as Christian. The World's Christians, Second Edition is a guide to global Christianity in all of its historical and contemporary diversity, tracing the development of the faith over time with significant attention to culture, theology, and geography. The book offers a balanced and readable account of how Christianity has developed and spread around the world that accommodates the lived experiences of Christians in a variety of traditions and geographies. --

Divided into three parts, the text first describes the world's four largest Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal) which together account for roughly 98 percent of all Christians worldwide. The second section focuses on Christian history, explaining the movement's developing ideas and practices, and examining Christianity's engagement with people and cultures around the world. The third and longest portion of the text details the distinctive experiences, contemporary challenges, and demographics of Christians in nine geographic regions, including the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Eastern and Western Europe, South Asia, North America, East Asia, and Oceania. --

The second edition of this popular text has been thoroughly rewritten to take recent developments into account, and each chapter now includes two primary source readings, highlighting the diversity of voices that exist within the world Christian movement. Like the first edition, the revised volume is enhanced with easily understandable maps, charts, tables and illustrative photographs. Designed to be accessible to all readers, the second edition of The World's Christians is a valuable introduction to the multicultural Christian faith, and is an ideal textbook for university courses as well as a resource for general readers who want to understand world Christianity. --Book Jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: What Christians Hold in Common

Christian Traditions

1. The Orthodox Tradition

Spirituality

Salvation

Structure

Story

Notes

Suggestions for Further Reading

2. The Catholic Tradition

3. The Protestant Tradition

Note

4. The Pentecostal Tradition

Introduction

Christianity's Pre-History and Relationship with Judaism

Christian History and Globalizations

5. The Ancient Tradition

Convictions

Encounters

6. The Great Division And The Age Of The East

7. The Rise Of The West And Decline Of The East

8. Christianity In A Global Era

Immigrants, Missionaries, and the Changing Shape of World Christianity

Mapping World Christianity

9. The Middle East And North Africa

Description of the Region

Christian Profile

Faith and Ethnicity

Weariness and Decline

Spirituality and Survival in Egypt

Turkey and Armenia

Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Hope?

10. Eastern Europe

Current Christian Profile

The Crucible of Communism

The Balkans: Blending Ethnicity and Faith

Catholic Central Europe

Orthodoxy in the Russian Sphere of Influence

11. Central And South Asia

Overview of Christianity in South Asia

Religion and Nation-Building in India

The Varieties of Indian Christianity

Christianity and Dalits

Jesus, Christianity, and Indian Culture

12. Western Europe

Catholic Western Europe

Scandinavia's Protestant Turf

Religiously Mixed Western Europe

13. Sub-Saharan Africa

The Crucible of Colonization

The Postcolonial Era

Challenges

Nigeria: Christianity, Islam, and the Evangelization of the World

Church and Politics in South Africa

Ethiopia: The Last Christian Empire

14. East Asia

Asian Spirituality and Christian Faith

Faith and Politics in the Philippines

Christianity's Changing Public Image in South Korea

Indonesia: Politics and Religion in Changing Times

The Complexities of Christianity in China

15. Latin America

Description of Region

A Complex History of Church, State, and Economy

Popular Catholicism: The Importance of Mary

Non-Catholic (Evangelico) Christianity

Pentecostalism and Catholic Renewal

The New Religious Economy in Brazil

Holding the Line in Mexico

The Caribbean Differencgq

16. North America

Denominationalism: The Protestant Diversity that Freedom Produced

Simplifying Protestant Diversity: Mainline and Evangelical

Historically Black Churches

The Fuzzy Boundaries of Pentecostalism

Catholicism in Transition

Orthodoxy in the United States

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

17. Oceania

A Complex Conversion History

Mapping the Pacific: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia

Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Fiji

Christianity and the Relaxed Spirituality of Australia

Suggestions for Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Jacobsen, Douglas G. (Douglas Gordon), 1951- World's Christians.

ISBN:

9781119626107

1119626102

OCLC:

1158505800