From Nairobi to the world : David B. Barrett and the re-imagining of world Christianity / by Gina A. Zurlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zurlo, Gina A., author.

Series:

Theology and mission in world Christianity ; v. 26.

Theology and mission in world Christianity ; volume 26

Standardized Title:

Miracle from Nairobi

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barrett, David B--Archives.

Barrett, David B.

Christianity--Statistics.

Christianity.

Religion and sociology--Research--Methodology.

Religion and sociology.

Genre:

Archives.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

155 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"In 1982, David B. Barrett released his 1,000-page World Christian Encyclopedia, which presented a comprehensive quantitative assessment of World Christianity for the first time. This book is the first historical project to analyze Barrett's archival materials, which shed light not only on the production of the Encyclopedia, but more importantly, on the development of World Christianity as a discipline and the importance of both African Christianity and quantitative perspectives in its history. This book captures innovations at the intersection of World Christianity, mission studies, and the sociology of religion - the kind of interdisciplinary research that makes World Christianity studies unique"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Boston University, 2017, under the title: "A miracle from Nairobi : David B. Barrett and the quantification of world Christianity, 1957-1982."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9004541039

9789004541030

OCLC:

1371747762