The world's Christians who they are, where they are, and how they got there

The Orthodox tradition -- The Catholic tradition -- The Protestant tradition -- The Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition -- The Middle East and North Africa : barely surviving -- Eastern Europe : nationalism and new mission -- Central and South Asia : confidence and complexity -- Western Europe : thin,...

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1. Verfasser: Jacobsen, Douglas (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chichester, West Sussex u.a. Wiley-Blackwell 2011
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:The Orthodox tradition -- The Catholic tradition -- The Protestant tradition -- The Pentecostal/Charismatic tradition -- The Middle East and North Africa : barely surviving -- Eastern Europe : nationalism and new mission -- Central and South Asia : confidence and complexity -- Western Europe : thin, but alive -- Sub-Sahara Africa : hope and despair -- East Asia : piety and politics -- Latin America : after monopoly -- North America : faith in a free market -- Oceania : experiments in identity -- The ancient tradition, beginnings to 500 -- The great division and the age of the East, 500-1000 -- The rise of the West and decline of the East, 1000-1500 -- Christianity in a global era, 1500 to the present.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XV, 399 S., [32] S. of plates
Ill. (some col.), maps
25 cm
ISBN:1405188898
1-4051-8889-8
1405188871
1-4051-8887-1
9781405188890
978-1-4051-8889-0
9781405188876
978-1-4051-8887-6