ISBN:
0195300653
,
9780195300659
,
9780195368512
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 252 S.
,
24 cm
DDC:
270.8/3
Keywords:
Christianity Forecasting
;
Christianity and culture
;
Christianity and culture
;
Südliche Hemisphäre
;
Christentum
;
Christentum
;
Südliche Hemisphäre
Abstract:
Christianity is growing so rapidly in the global South that soon Africa may be home to the world's largest Christian population. But what sort of Christianity will that be? In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Christians live in settings very close to the social, cultural, and intellectual milieu in which the New Testament itself was written. For this reason, Philip Jenkins argues, they read the Scriptures with a freshness and authenticity impossible in the prosperous societies of North America and Europe. At first sight, the rising Christianity of the global South appears fundamentalist and deeply conservative. But at the same time these new Christians draw conclusions from scripture that are innovative, creative, and socially liberating, in their impact on social structures and gender relations.
Description / Table of Contents:
Shall the fundamentalists win? -- Power in the book -- Old and new -- Poor and rich -- Good and evil -- Persecution and vindication -- Women and men -- North and south -- Appendix one: the Epistle of James -- Appendix two: Psalm 91
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25237
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015490.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-d.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25237
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015490.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-d.html
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25237
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015490.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006015490-d.html
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