The next Christendom: the coming of global Christianity

"In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Philip 1952- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2002
In:Year: 2002
Reviews:The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, by Philip Jenkins. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 288 pp.; 28.00 (cloth) (2004) (Langham, Thomas C.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / Christianity / Future / Non-Western world
Further subjects:B Jahrhundert, 21
B Church membership
B Christianity Forecasting
B century, 21st
B Asia
B Futurology
B Africa
B Zukunftsforschung / Futurology
B Christianity
B Latin America
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Summary:"In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has barely registered on Western consciousness. Nor has the globalization of Christianity - and the enormous religious, political, and social consequences it portends - been properly understood." "Philip Jenkins' The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity is the first book to take the full measure of the changing face of the Christian faith. Jenkins asserts that by the year 2050 only one Christian in five will be a non-Latino white person and that the center of gravity of the Christian world will have shifted firmly to the Southern Hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET
"In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has barely registered on Western consciousness. Nor has the globalization of Christianity - and the enormous religious, political, and social consequences it portends - been properly understood." "Philip Jenkins' The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity is the first book to take the full measure of the changing face of the Christian faith. Jenkins asserts that by the year 2050 only one Christian in five will be a non-Latino white person and that the center of gravity of the Christian world will have shifted firmly to the Southern Hemisphere."--BOOK JACKET
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0195146166