Faith in the future
Subtitle: Christianity's interface with globalization
By: Patrick Nachtigall.
Publisher: Warner Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Anderson, Ind
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593173173
Subjects: Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Engage the world, engage the future!; title: The opportunities; title: How the world got its groove back; title: An unprecedented era of peace and prosperity is upon us; title: The poor you will always have with you?; title: Can we really make poverty disappear?; title: Searching and planning for the poor; title: A challenge to rethink aid strategies; title: The gravitational shift; title: World Christianity is taking the stage; title: Where have all the Christians gone?; title: Christianity's vanishing act in Europe may be temporary; title: Students are plentiful, but teachers are few; title: Christian education is a key to transforming the world; title: Good morning, Vietnam!; title: Battle-scarred nation is a hotbed of Christian and economic growth; title: The challenges; title: Scourge of the new century; title: Sexual slavery is in our own backyard; title: The terrorist threat is different now; title: Why transnational terrorism is new and more dangerous; title: Consider the Jatrophas of the field; title: Christians should care about the environment more than anybody; title: The Russians come in from the cold; title: Instead of overpopulation, beware of underpopulation; title: Focus on the city; title: Urbanization is remaking our world, for better and for worse; title: A glimpse of hell; title: Resisting globalization has enabled Christian persecution in North Korea; title: A new theological imperialism in Latin America; title: Amid globalization's prosperity comes the threat of theological heresy.