01585nam a2200313 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200110006308200120007410000210008610000100010710000110011724500250012824500380015324500190019125000090021026000070021926000280022626000090025430000110026330000280027430000100030249000350031252008040034765000220115165000320117385600660120520260119071531.02024-11-16 13:58:45  a9780199767465  aeng  a270.83  bJ52-P55  aJenkins,  Philip  d1952-  eAuthor  aThe Next Christendom  bThe Coming of Global Christianity  cPhilip Jenkins  a3 rd  aUK  bOxford University Press  c2011  a346tr.  bPaperback, Illustration  c24 cm  aFuture of Christianity Trilogy  aIn 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. How should we interpret the enormous success of prosperity churches across the Global South? Politically, what will be the impact of new Christian movements? Will Christianity contribute to liberating the poor, to give voices to the previously silent, or does it threaten only to bring new kinds of division and conflict? Does Christianity liberate women, or introduce new scriptural bases for subjection?  aChurch membership  aChristianity -- Forecasting4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15896/18.jpgyCover Image