· The Next Christendom: The Coming Global Christianity. Philip Jenkins Oxford University Press, USA Jenkins, distinguished professor of history and religious studies at Penn State University, argues that the astounding growth of Christianity in the Southern Hemisphere over the last century is indicative of both the true global character of Christianity and the central role . It may seem like that in the western world, but soon enough, the center of Christianity is going to be Africa and Latin America (Location ). After elaborating on that point, Jenkins begins to paint a picture of the history of Christianity and how it has expanded across the world/5(64). Philip Jenkins (jpj1@bltadwin.ru) was the distinguished professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University when this was written. His book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, won the Christianity Today Book Award, the Gold Medallion Book Award, and the Theologos Book Award for the best academic book. I would like to begin with an example of not .
The Next Christendom is the first book to take the full measure of the changing face of the Christian faith. Philip Jenkins shows that the churches that have grown most rapidly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are often more morally conservative and apocalyptic than their northern counterparts. Contemporary Christianity has shifted south, and its preponderant weight has gone pear-shaped, which is the gist of Philip Jenkins' remarkable and disturbing synthesis, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global bltadwin.ru bare facts may be old news, but few have spelled out the trouble they portend for the cultural empire of the liberal establishment of the North Atlantic. The first edition of The Next Christendom has been hailed as a landmark in our understanding of modern Christianity. In this new and substantially expanded second edition, Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expanion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America--as well as the clash betwen Islam and Christianity since September
The Next Christendom.: The Coming of Global Christianity. In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in. In this new and substantially expanded Third Edition, Philip Jenkins continues to illuminate the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South--in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Drawing upon the extensive new scholarship that has appeared on this topic in recent years, he asks how the new Christianity is likely to affect the poor, among whom it finds its most devoted adherents. The Next Christendom - Philip Jenkins - This new and substantially expanded edition of Philip Jenkins's influential book The Next Christendom tracks the remarkable expansion of Christianity in the global South, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the implications of that shift in.
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