The World's Christians

Douglas Jacobsen 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2021년 04월 21일 출간

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This accessible textbook describes Christianity, the world’s largest religion, in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. No other publication includes so much information or presents it so clearly and winsomely. This volume employs a “religious studies” approach that is neutral in tone yet accommodates the lived experiences of Christians in different traditions and from all regions of the globe. The World’s Christians is a perfect textbook for either public university classrooms or liberal arts campuses. 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. A 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 thir

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Introduction Part I: Who They Are Four Christian Mega-Traditions Introduction 1 The Orthodox Tradition 2 The Catholic Tradition 3 The Protestant Tradition 4 The Pentecostal Tradition Part II: How They Got There A Global History of Christianity Introduction 5 The Ancient Tradition: Beginnings to 500 6 The Great Division and the Age of the East: 500 to 1000 7 The Rise of the West and Decline of the East: 1000 to 1500 8 Christianity in a Global Era: 1500 to the Present Part III: Where They Are Christianity in Nine World Regions Introduction 9 The Middle East and North Africa: Barely Surviving 10 Eastern Europe: Nationalism and New Mission 11 Central and South Asia: Confidence and Complexity 12 Western Europe: Thin, but Alive 13 Sub-Saharan Africa: Hope and Despair 14 East Asia: Piety and Politics 15 Latin America: After Monopoly 16 North America: Power, Freedom, Race, and Nation 17 Oceania: Experiments in Identity Appendix: Counting Christians

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저자(글) Douglas Jacobsen

DOUGLAS JACOBSEN (Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO) is Co-Director of the Religion in the Academy Project and Distinguished Professor of Church History and Theology at Messiah University (Pennsylvania, USA). He is the award-winning author of a dozen books on a wide range of topics related to religion.