Introducing World ChristianityCharles E. Farhadian This interdisciplinary introduction offers students a truly global overview of the worldwide spread and impact of Christianity. It is enriched throughout by detailed historic and ethnographic material, showing how broad themes within Christianity have been adopted and adapted by Christian denominations within each major region of the world.
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Contents
Persisting in the Lands of Islam | 7 |
Flocking to the Churches | 21 |
Padres Pastors Prophets and Pentecostals | 36 |
The Aesthetics of WellBeing | 51 |
Mission Fields Old and New? Simon Coleman | 65 |
A Story of Pain Glory Persecution and Freedom | 77 |
Negotiating Religious Pluralism | 93 |
Similarity and Difference in a Culturally Diverse Region | 108 |
Christianity on the Periphery | 154 |
Changing Churches in a Changing Continent | 171 |
Pentecostalized Christianity in Latin Americas Largest Nation | 186 |
Faith and Politics in Secular Soil | 203 |
Transforming the Islands | 218 |
The Interplay between Church and Culture | 230 |
Transforming the Warrior Spirit | 244 |
World Christianity Its History Spread and Social Influence | 259 |
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