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The Changing Face of Christianity : Africa, the West, and the World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198039402
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Changing Face of ChristianityDDC classification:
  • 270.8/3
LOC classification:
  • BR481.C47 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Changing Face of Christianity: The Cultural Impetus of a World Religion -- PART I. Christianity as a Non-Western Religion: Studies from Africa and the African Diaspora -- 1. Religion Bridge: Translating Secular into Sacred Music: A Study of World Christianity Focusing on the U.S. Virgin Islands -- 2. Culture, Christianity, and Witchcraft in a West African Context -- 3. Shall They Till with Their Own Hoes? Baptists in Zimbabwe and New Patterns of Interdependence, 1950-2000 -- 4. A View of Ghana's New Christianity -- 5. The Role of Churches in the Peace Process in Africa: The Case of Mozambique Compared -- 6. Christian Witness in the Public Sphere: Some Lessons and Residual Challenges from the Recent Political History of Ghana -- PART II. Reflex Impact: World Christianity and the West since 1850 -- 7. Interpreting Karen Christianity: The American Baptist Reaction to Asian Christianity in the Nineteenth Century -- 8. Missionary Thinking about Religious Plurality at Tambaram 1938: Hendrik Kraemer and His Critics -- 9. Contextual Theology: The Last Frontier -- Conclusion: The Current Transformation of Christianity -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically. In 1900, 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America. Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of that region. This change calls for areexamination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and its modes of expression. Perhaps most significant is the role of Africa as the new Christian heartland. The questions and answers about Christianity and its contemporary mission now beingdeveloped in the African churches will have enormous influence in the years to come. This volume offers nine new essays addressing this sea-change and its importance for the future of Christianity. Some contributions consider the development of non-Western forms of Christianity, others look at theimpact of these new Christianities in the West. The authors cover a wide range of topics, from the integration of witchcraft and Christianity in Nigeria and the peacemaking role of churches in Mozambique to the American Baptist reception of Asian Christianity. The Changing Face of Christianity showsthe striking cultural differences between the new world Christianity and its western counterpart. But with so many new immigrants in Europe and North America, the faith's fault lines are not purely geographical. The new Christianity now thrives in American and European settings, and northerners needto know this faith better. At stake is their ability to be good neighbors-and perhaps to be good Christian citizens of the world.
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Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Changing Face of Christianity: The Cultural Impetus of a World Religion -- PART I. Christianity as a Non-Western Religion: Studies from Africa and the African Diaspora -- 1. Religion Bridge: Translating Secular into Sacred Music: A Study of World Christianity Focusing on the U.S. Virgin Islands -- 2. Culture, Christianity, and Witchcraft in a West African Context -- 3. Shall They Till with Their Own Hoes? Baptists in Zimbabwe and New Patterns of Interdependence, 1950-2000 -- 4. A View of Ghana's New Christianity -- 5. The Role of Churches in the Peace Process in Africa: The Case of Mozambique Compared -- 6. Christian Witness in the Public Sphere: Some Lessons and Residual Challenges from the Recent Political History of Ghana -- PART II. Reflex Impact: World Christianity and the West since 1850 -- 7. Interpreting Karen Christianity: The American Baptist Reaction to Asian Christianity in the Nineteenth Century -- 8. Missionary Thinking about Religious Plurality at Tambaram 1938: Hendrik Kraemer and His Critics -- 9. Contextual Theology: The Last Frontier -- Conclusion: The Current Transformation of Christianity -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically. In 1900, 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America. Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of that region. This change calls for areexamination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and its modes of expression. Perhaps most significant is the role of Africa as the new Christian heartland. The questions and answers about Christianity and its contemporary mission now beingdeveloped in the African churches will have enormous influence in the years to come. This volume offers nine new essays addressing this sea-change and its importance for the future of Christianity. Some contributions consider the development of non-Western forms of Christianity, others look at theimpact of these new Christianities in the West. The authors cover a wide range of topics, from the integration of witchcraft and Christianity in Nigeria and the peacemaking role of churches in Mozambique to the American Baptist reception of Asian Christianity. The Changing Face of Christianity showsthe striking cultural differences between the new world Christianity and its western counterpart. But with so many new immigrants in Europe and North America, the faith's fault lines are not purely geographical. The new Christianity now thrives in American and European settings, and northerners needto know this faith better. At stake is their ability to be good neighbors-and perhaps to be good Christian citizens of the world.

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