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The Wiley Blackwell companion to world Christianity / edited by Lamin Sanneh and Michael J. McClymond.

Other author/creatorSanneh, Lamin O. editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info The Atrium, Southern Gates, Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.
Descriptionxx, 758 pages ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)
Variant title Companion to world Christianity
Series The Wiley Blackwell companions to religion
Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion. ^A1179555
Contents Introduction / Lamin Sanneh, Michael J. McClymond -- I. Historical section. A . -- The roots (50-1750 CE) -- Jewish and Hellenic worlds and Christian origins / John J. Collins -- The "triumph" of Hellenization in early Christianity / Wendy Elgersma Helleman -- Ancient Eastern Christianity : Syria, Persia, Central Asia, and India / Scott W. Sunquist -- Christianity and the European conversions / Tomás O'Sullivan -- Byzantium and Islam in the Mediterranean world / James C. Skedros -- The medieval synthesis : religion, society, and culture / Joseph P. Huffmann -- Early modern missions and maritime expansion / Felipe Fernandez-Armesto -- Bibles, printing, books, churches / Lori Ferrell -- The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation / Jeffrey Klaiber.
Contents B. Issues in the modern period (1750-2000 CE) -- The legacy of Christendom / Philip Jenkins -- Slavery, antislavery, and Christianity : Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean / Christopher Schmidt-Nowara -- Medicine, agriculture, and technology in the missionary enterprise / Christopher H. Grundmann -- Schools and education in the missionary enterprise / Norman Etherington -- Conversion, converts and national identity / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Church and state relations in the colonial period / Brian Stanley -- Ideologies, the quest for a just society, and Christian responses / Govert Buijs -- The ecumenical movement : why violence, why not peace? / Jan van Butselaar -- Vatican II : renewal, accommodation, inculturation / Peter C. Phan -- Christian revival and renewal movements / Michael J. McClymond.
Contents II. Thematic section. -- Bible translation, culture, and religion / Lamin Sanneh -- Christianity and interreligious encounters / Martin Ganeri -- Women in church, state, and society / Angelyn Dries -- Worship, liturgy, sacraments / Geoffrey Wainwright -- Freedom, persecution, and the status of Christian minorities / John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green -- Christianity and "western classical" music (1700-2000) / David Martin -- Music in the newer churches / Brian Schrag -- Visual arts in world Christianity / Volker Küster -- Church architecture worldwide since 1800 / David R. Bains -- Charismatic gifts : healing, tongue-speaking, prophecy, and exorcism / Michael J. McClymond -- Changing uses of old and new media in world Christianity / Jolyon Mitchell, Jeremy Kidwell -- Global evangelical and Pentecostal politics / Paul Freston.
Contents III. Christianity since 1800 : an analysis by regions and traditions. -- The Middle East and North Africa, I : Egypt and North Africa / George Berbary -- The Middle East and North Africa, II : Christians in the Ottoman Empire and in Bilad al-Sham / Souad Slim -- African Christianity : historical and thematic horizons / Lamin Sanneh -- Christianity in Western Europe / Simon Coleman -- Russia and Eastern Europe / Scott M. Kenworthy -- Latin America and the Caribbean / Stephen Dove -- North America / Amanda Porterfield -- South Asia / Chandra Mallampalli -- China / Daniel H. Bays -- Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia / J. Nelson Jennings, Yong Kyu Park, Antolin V. Uy.
Contents Christianity in Australia and Oceania (ca. 1800-2000) / Stuart Piggin, Peter Lineham -- The historical development of Christianity in Oceania / Manfred Ernst, Anna Anisi -- Roman Catholicism since 1800 / Thomas P. Rausch -- Orthodoxy and Eastern Christianity / John A. McGuckin -- Anglicanism / Kevin Ward -- Protestantism / Alister McGrath -- Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity / Allan H. Anderson -- Indigenous and vernacular Christianity / Michèle Miller Sigg, Eva M. Pascal, Gina A. Zurlo -- IV. Expansion and secularization : a demographic and statistical analysis. -- The transmission of Christian faith : a reflection / Andrew Walls -- The demographics and dynamics of the world Christian movement / Todd M. Johnson -- Christianity in Europe and North America : decline, transition, or pluralization? / David Martin.
Abstract The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity presents a collection of essays that explore a range of topics relating to the rise, spread, and influence of Christianity throughout the world. Features contributions from renowned scholars of history and religion from around the world ; Addresses the origins and global expansion of Christianity over the course of two millennia ; Covers a wide range of themes relating to Christianity, including women, worship, sacraments, music, visual arts, architecture, and many more ; Explores the development of Christian traditions over the past two centuries across several continents and the rise in secularization. (Publisher).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wiley Blackwell companion to world Christianity. Hoboken : Wiley, 2016 9781118554395
LCCN 2015038421
ISBN9781405153768
ISBN1405153768

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