... A C Kennedy David Nietzsche Friedrich Oliver French Chadwick John Hubbard George Henry fundamentalist opposition toward Lodge Henry Cabot Luther Martin criticism of liberal Protestantism World’s Christian Fundamentals Association Bolshevik Revolution 1917 Catholicism Gaebelein Arno...

... ranges between cultural studies theories (such as discourse theory, postcolonial studies, semiotics) and theological approaches (such as world Christianity, mission theology). The thesis is put forward that it is precisely by integrating different perspectives that intercultural theology can make...

... and nondenominationalism, and because of their experience of suffering resulting in deep devotion and spiritual vigor—could make a global impact shaping world Christianity. China Orthodoxy postdenominationalism Sinicization Catholicism Syria Dominicans Jesuits laity Ricci Matteo ritual China Inland Mission...

..., it also defines the organizing lenses of mission, race, and empire as used in the book’s approach and choice of investigations, and the overall outline and structure of the book. missiology American history Episcopal Church world Christianity race empire mission The Episcopal Church provides...

..., contextualizing it just as it does for those who are “served” by mission. contextualization mission race Episcopal Church sexuality and world Christianity In 2016, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, visited Standing Rock Reservation, a hub of Sioux Episcopalianism. He and many other...

... of mission, race, and empire provides a revisioning or engagement of central issues in the discipline. Modern studies of mission history and world Christianity have emphasized the agency of local converts and the importance of contextualization and indigenization, as well as the intertwining...

...; and 3) highlighting ways in which Christians past and present have sought to attend to the spiritual formation of children and the meaning of Christmas amidst various obstacles and distractions. By exploring these three lines of inquiry and offering examples from world Christianity, including Ethiopian...

... of African Christianity and Asian Christianity away from their old intellectual and political cradle in Europe. These new forms of “world Christianity” are expressed in more languages, cultural traditions and models of faith and practice than ever before, and they are engaged in a growing cultural conflict...

...The epilogue makes a concluding point that evangelical missionaries, even if they came from ordinary or marginal situations in America, were almost always in the role of elites as missionaries. New movements of world Christianity, however, built on evangelical dynamics brought by missionaries...

... the historical origins, characteristics, ideologies, theologies, and emphases of Pentecostalism as it developed from a small number of obscure Christian revivalist sects at the beginning of the century, to representing, in many different forms today, possibly as much as a quarter of the world’s Christian...

... foreign missions empire world Christianity Protestant dissent This fourth volume in the series on Protestant ‘dissenting traditions’ covers the twentieth century (as does the fifth volume), a period of unprecedented globalization and worldwide Christian expansion. By 1900, after some three-and-a-half...

... contours of modern Christianity, illustrating each one with contrasting case studies, usually taken from different parts of the world. Unlike other books on world Christianity, this one is not a regional survey or chronological narrative, nor does it focus on theology or ecclesiastical institutions...

..., and perspectives on wealth, power, and public affairs that animate contemporary world Christianity. The first six chapters investigate (1) gospel musicians and revival movements in the eastern Caribbean, (2) views of witchcraft among Christians in Nigeria, (3) the problem of sustaining missionary-founded...

... transnationalism diversity inculturation oral culture visual culture digital media ethnography mission studies missiology world Christianity practice knowledge production mobility ecumenism interreligious engagement missio Dei grassroots agency Mission studies, or missiology...

... scholars focused on the dynamic intersection of local contexts with the universalizing logic of the Christian Gospel. Mission studies as a formal academic discipline, therefore, played a major role in the emergence of world Christianity as an academic discourse. The chapter argues that contemporary...

..., including contributions by William Carey, David B. Barrett, and digital data in the twenty-first century. The chapter concludes with up-to-date statistics on mission and world Christianity from the World Christian Database (Brill, 2020), highlighting the continued shift of Christianity from...

... in the field of World Christianity. Rwanda Pilgrim’s Progress The Skipper Dora revivalism eschaton honour and shame domestication religious revivals Chambers George mission East Africa Revival conversion church discipline Rwanda Uganda World Christianity The East African Revival was a Christian...

... Western male missionary narrative alongside the overlooked stories of Ottoman residents-especially women-and it locates this exploration of Syrian Protestant history within the field of World Christianity. American Mission Press AMP in Beirut American Syria Mission Damascus Druze Lebanon massacres...

... points of reference to various constituencies within world Christianity than any other modern Christian theologian. Augustine God Marsden George Pentecostalism Charismatic Movement Holifield E Brooks Nevin John Williamson Schaff Philip Thuesen Peter Diary divinization Holy Spirit Miscellanies...

... of transformative dialogue. ethnography world Christianity structuralism anthropology of Christianity prosperity gospel worship epistemological fundamentalism Harding Susan F Melanesian Pentecostal spiritual Baptist Howell Brian mission Coleman Simon Comaroff Jean Comaroff John evangelical Evans...